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The Children’s Respiratory Science group’s research has an emphasis on mechanisms of respiratory health in children including those that predict and underpin acute viral respiratory infections in children.

The greatest threat to children’s health in the future is environmental change, including climate change. The Future Child Health project aims to quantify how current and future environmental changes affect child health.

Large numbers of children need emergency medical treatment each year for respiratory illnesses, particularly for wheezing and asthma.

An NHMRC grant exploring epigenetic factors that affect wheezing and asthma development.