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Communicating with and Understanding your Baby

This study is investigating whether a machine learning based approach can be used to improve fetal brain anatomy measurement for learning development studies.

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ORIGINS' SYMBA study awarded State Government grant to extend vital research into allergies

Learn about our timepoints for online questionnaires and Kids Check Appointments.

Publications, papers and findings coming out of ORIGINS and its sub-projects

Interventions and explorations that focus on modifiable elements of the early life environment are being investigated, to assess and improve all aspects of physical and psychological wellbeing - both in childhood and in later life. These include nutrition, physical activity, time in nature, built environments, plastics and pollutants.

The BioMood project will study how following a Mediterranean diet during pregnancy affects the gut microbiome, metabolism, and inflammation, with the expectation that it will promote a healthier microbiome and better mental health.

Research

Dietary intake during the first year of life is a key determinant of a child's growth and development. ORIGINS is a longitudinal birth cohort study investigating factors that contribute to a 'healthy start to life' and the prevention of non-communicable diseases.

ORIGINS has several sub-projects exploring allergy development within the cohort, with a focus on nutritional strategies for allergy prevention.