DYK GenV is designed to test & evaluate new interventions & approaches? In April Andrew Leigh shared how randomised controlled trials help us understand what policies work & the value of using existing data to improve trials.

📸:Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Leigh Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Dir K. North

MCRI Director Prof Kathryn North AC has discussed our #childhealth research scope on 7NEWS Melbourne as part of a $1.89 billion health & #medicalresearch announcement from Federal Health Minister Mark Butler MP | #MCRI #MCRI research #MRFF #NHMRC

More ➡️ mcri.edu.au/news-stories/e…

Help us welcome our 5 Fellowship holders, who are driving important research shaping GenV’s future. Their work spans geospatial capabilities, a genomic strategy, inclusive school entry wave design & clinical and pathology data linkage. Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)
🔗genv.org.au/about-genv/the…

Int'l Day of the Midwife occurs on 4 May. We celebrate all midwives in our health systems who play an important role in health care for communities. We're honoured to work with Maree Pigdon who has been working with us since 2021. #idm2024
🔗genv.org.au/blog/spotlight…

Congrats to #MCRI Prof Mimi Tang, who has received a Distinguished Leadership Award from the BioMelbourne Network for her pioneering food allergy research and industry-leading innovations. #MCRI #MCRI research #Innovation #Allergy #ChildHealth

➡️mcri.edu.au/news/awards/pr…

To mark World Immunisation Week, we’re highlighting Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Associate Professor Margie Danchin’s work with the GenV Maternal Vaccine Study. #HumanlyPossible #WorldImmunizationWeek
Learn more: youtu.be/AIA-j6a67Ig

📢 Calling all GenV families! Have you recently changed any of your contact details? Changed phone number or email? Moved house?

Please email us at [email protected]

And you can find more news for participants here: genv.org.au/for-parents/fo…

“The GenV biobank comprises one of the 🌏’s largest collections of pregnancy, newborn & parental biosamples. It was designed to accommodate the large # of biosamples we’re collecting as part of our 🌏-leading research program.”—Prof Richard Saffery
🔗: genv.org.au/blog/spotlight…

“Any time there is a research study, & you can sign up to help out, get a bigger sample size, & for benefit, that’s why we wanted to sign up.” Find out why GenV parents Patrick & Paige signed up to GenV.

If you're a GenV parent, get more information here: genv.org.au/for-parents/fo…

Are you a GenV family? Did you miss our latest newsletter? No stress — you can still check it out here: genv.org.au/for-parents/pa…

The latest newsletter is also available in 7 languages – English, Arabic, Burmese, Dari, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese and Vietnamese.

DYK March is #WomensHistoryMonth ? On 8 March, we celebrated International Women's Day and continue to share stories and advice from women on our team. We want to highlight their meaningful contributions now and throughout the year.

Meet Laura: genv.org.au/blog/spotlight…

Happy birthday to GenV baby & 'cheeky little man', Arthur! Looks like he had some wild friends at his safari birthday! 🐘🦓🐆🦒

Read about Arthur's love of Puffing Billy, why his mum Sasha joined GenV & why she thinks GenV is so important: genv.org.au/blog/spotlight…

MCRI Prof Stephanie Brown, A/Prof Graham Gee and Prof Prof Sharon Goldfeld welcomed Senator Senator Jana Stewart today and explored our shared commitment to addressing inequities in #childhealth | #MCRI #Research #MCRI research #Equity GenV CCCH

Happy International Women’s Day! GenV has many talented & passionate women working behind the scenes & we're sharing 3 of their stories this week. #IWD2024 #IWD2024
🔗 genv.org.au/blog/whats-hap…

The health and well-being of #deaf and hard of hearing children will significantly improve under the first national system that can track their care | #ChildHealth #MedicalResearch #Deafness #HearingLoss #WorldHearingDay ⬇️| mcri.edu.au/news-stories/n…

“GenV arose from the opportunity to consider what might be needed if we're going to do research at the scale & speed necessary to solve the complex problems for children & their parents for the next generation to come.” —Prof Prof Sharon Goldfeld

🔗: eqt.com.au/about-us/media…

Our colleagues at @murdoch_childrens have uncovered a link between very rare neurological, blood & heart-related medical conditions & COVID-19 vaccines using big data to better understand & monitor vaccine safety.

Read what Prof Buttery says about it: mcri.edu.au/news-stories/b…

DYK GenV is home to Australia's biggest collection of breastmilk & newborn stool samples? That's right – over 7,000 of each! 😲

This rich resource could help us learn about important topics like mental health, obesity, and autism.

🔗genv.org.au/blog/spotlight…

🧬🔬🧪 We're celebrating Int'l Day of Women & Girls in Science all week! We're proud that so many women at GenV are leading the way in science. #February11

Meet Ashleigh, a PhD Student in Policy & Equity: genv.org.au/blog/whats-hap…

'Leveraging over 15 years of research spearheaded by Professor Mimi Tang at... #MCRI , Prota’s innovative technology has shown promising results.' Read about Mimi Tang's research on #allergy remission.⬇️| #childhealth Best Stocks National Allergy Centre of Excellence bit.ly/3wctd3s