Acknowledgements
BLT Pregnancy Study
Pilot funding
John Hunter Hospital Charitable Trust
Hunter Medical Research Institute/Singleton Foundation
University of Newcastle
Main trial funding
NHMRC Project Grant 2014-2019
NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (VM)
University of Newcastle School of Medicine and Public Health
Woodend Foundation
HNE LHD Health Research Translation Centre
University of Newcastle CDF support (VM)
University of Newcastle Brawn Fellowship (VM)
Funding for sub-studies
University of Newcastle Faculty Health & Medicine
University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell
Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand
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BLT Investigators
Vanessa Murphy
Peter Gibson
Michael Hensley
Joerg Mattes
Warwick Giles
Michael Peek
Andrew Bisits
Leonie Callaway
Kirsten McCaffery
Helen Barrett
John Attia
Christopher Doran
Sean Seeho
Paul Colditz
Alistair Abbott
Andrew Searles
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BLT Collaborators
Katie Baines
Dorottya Czovek
Zoltan Hantos
Maralyn Foureur
Elizabeth Holliday
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JHH Maternity Staff
BLT Staff
Kelly Steel
Megan Jensen
Cat Delahunty
Anne Lainchbury
Susan Brandrick
Felicity Stalley
Katie Foxcroft
Xanthe Sansome
Sue Downward
Peta Armstrong
Charlene Dunn
Lori Grlj
Shelley Starkis
Anmaree Wegener
Lyndsey Harvey
Carol Cooke
Michelle Gleeson
Amy Cashmore
Warwick Giles
Heather Powell
Calida Garside
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BLT PhD Students
Dr Karen McLaughlin
Dr Annelies Robijn
Soriah Harvey
Study Sites
John Hunter Hospital
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Royal Hospital for Women Randwick
Royal North Shore Hospital
Nepean Hospital
Canberra Hospital
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BLT Laboratory Staff
Lakshitha Gunawardhana
Bridgette Donati
Kellie Fakes
Michelle Gleeson
Naomi Fibbens
Heather Macdonald
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BLT Students/
Volunteers
Cheryl Newton
Iliyana Sarib
Nisreen Al-Saedi
Carolina Green
Annalyse Bonnard
Amy Gregson
Denise Tang
Hamish Evans
Georgina Shafren
Jane Burn
Bridget Fredericks
BLT Paediatric Respiratory Study
Paediatric Respiratory Study
Funding
NHMRC Project Grant 2014-2019
John Hunter Hospital Charitable Trust
University of Newcastle
Rebecca L Cooper Foundation
University of Newcastle Faculty of Health & Medicine
University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell
Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Fellowship (AC)
Hunter Children’s Research Foundation
NHMRC Ideas Grant 2021-2025
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Investigators
Joerg Mattes
Vanessa Murphy
Adam Collison
Peter Gibson
Paul Robinson
Peter Sly
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Collaborators
Wilfried Karmaus
Urs Frey
Philip Latzin
Hongmei Zhang
Su Chen
Olga Gorlanova
Chris Oldmeadow
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Study Sites
John Hunter Hospital
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Queensland Children’s Hospital
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Staff
Ana de Siqueira
Kathryn Jesson
Jane Grehan
Matthew Morten
Joseph Meredith
(Sydney)
Kate Hardaker
Alexander Wong
Katie Bayfield
Anneliese Blaxland
Nicole Sonneveld
(Brisbane)
Sally Galbraith
Dorottya Czovek
Naima Islam
Zahir Islam
PhD Students
Patricia de Gouveia Belinelo
Gabriela Martins Costa Gomes
Carla Rebeca da Silva Sena
Ediane de Queiroz Andrade
Elizabeth Percival
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Students/Volunteers
Biarta Rhys-Jones
BLT Nutrition Study
Nutrition Study
Funding
Asthma Australia
John Hunter Hospital Charitable Trust
University of Newcastle Faculty of Health & Medicine
Hunter Children’s Research Foundation Peggy Lang Fellowship (MJ)
Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
Lung Foundation Australia
Hunter Children’s Research Foundation
University of Newcastle School of Medicine and Public Health
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Investigators
Megan Jensen
Vanessa Murphy
Peter Gibson
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Collaborators
Megan Jensen
Vanessa Murphy
Peter Gibson
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Staff
Kelly Steel
Fiona Feltrin
Gillian Harris
Amy Cashmore
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PhD Students
Soriah Harvey
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Students/Volunteers
Illyana Sarib
Gwen Ng
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Study Sites
John Hunter Hospital
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BLT Child Development Study
Funding
University of Newcastle Faculty of Science & IT
University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell
Hunter Medical Research Institute
University of Newcastle Faculty of Health & Medicine
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Investigators
Linda Campbell
Alison Lane
Frini Karayanidis
Vanessa Murphy
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Collaborators
Titia Benders
Gwendalyn Webb
Traci Flynn
Liz Spencer
Hannah Watson
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PhD Students
Dr Olivia Whalen
Dr Carly Mallise
Dr Alix Woolard
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Students
Kelsey Philpott-Robinson
Helen Armstrong
Gabrielle Milton (Easey)
Briana Shailer
Olivia Spohr
Joshua Smith
Brooke Sainsbury
Taylah Armstrong
Meagan Van Aswegen
Nicola Jarman
Tanayah Tooze
Madeline Cordingley
Madison Turner-Presker
Jordan Tait
Sarah Morris
Tanya Crawford
Hiu Chung
Esther Chan
Joshua Mattiske
Volunteers
Stephanie Kumar
Helena Predojevic
Tegan Morgan
Helena Predojevic
Megan Son Hing
Isaac Goodchild
Bianca Cranswick
Zoe Crittenden