Dr Caroline Alexander PhD
@c_f_alexander
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Postdoctoral fellow / Data Manager / Early Moves / Curtin University / Perth Children’s Hospital / Telethon Kids Institute / she-her / all views my own
Perth, Western Australia
Joined May 2019
Grants are so hard. Not the science part, the science is easy. Even the writing part is great. It’s the admin. The coordinating. The budgets. The signatures. The back. The forward. I’m so tired, but no rest as tmrw it starts again with the next grant, albeit a much smaller one!
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This new language-free touchscreen tool appears to be valid to identify mild cognitive impairment in typically developing children in 15mins @AoifeJones05 @Kiely_Mairead @demurray
https://t.co/jHdx1QuZhZ
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Are you an early career researcher with a commitment to child health research? BrightSpark Foundation and Western Australian Future Health Research and Innovation Fund inaugural 2023 round of the WA Early-Career Child Health Researcher Fellowships
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A new study led by @DrLungSimpson has found a common asthma drug is effective for some very #premature babies who go on to suffer from #lung complications – as published in @LancetChildAdol. @telethonkids @CurtinMedia More https://t.co/x52esmHI1Q Congrats all authors- see thread
walyanrespiratory.thekids.org.au
A new study has found a common asthma drug is effective for some very premature babies who go on to suffer from lung complications.
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Life before vaccines, good health care, antibiotics, clean water. Long live Science, long live research. 💪
Poor Esther. She had a lot of babies. Few survived. Amyton Cemetery, southern Flinders Ranges.
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RSV research is so important and relevant right now. Grateful for all the staff, students and community members I work with @WCVID @CurtinMedia @telethonkids
A/Prof @HannahMooreWA appeared on @9NewsPerth last night to discuss the prevalence of #RSV in #Australia, and how world-first treatments developed by @telethonkids will aim to significantly reduce infection rates:
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Advice not advise 🤦🏻 clearly my brain isn’t working full capacity yet!
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Australia faces another record flu season – and children’s vaccination rates are alarming. Get vaccinated, people!
theguardian.com
Since 2023’s influenza season started, children have made up almost 80% of those admitted to hospital
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This year has been busy, and the flu jab constantly slipped down the family to do list. As we finally (hopefully) see light in the end of a miserable three week influenza tunnel, with multiple GP and one ED trip, I have one word of advise: #vaccinate
A/Prof @AshaBowen and Dr @ChrisBlyth74 have warned that this #flu season could be one of the biggest on record, with low vaccination rates putting more #Australian kids at risk. Read more in the @ConversationEDU. @uwanews #PublicHealth
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Every so often, this incident comes up on social media and everybody has a laugh at the ignorant biologist that didn't know basic math. I think this case illustrates something very toxic about the way many of us think about a life in science.
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The @EACDtweet has developed a #lifelong perspective for quite some time, as highlighted again during @EACD2023. Should we consider adapting our name from European Academy of Childhood Disability to European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability, keeping the same acronym?
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My last day in Slovenia and I finally managed to order and pay for my coffee without speaking any English! I may have accidentally slipped in to Spanish and said Si instead of Ja, and she 💯 knew I was English speaking but I’m still counting it as a win 😂
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Along with my presentation I also got to engage in some wonderful conversations about why we find such low rates of “age adequate” movement repertoire at a population level, and what it means for those using #generalmovements. @EACD2023 @EACDtweet
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Late to the @EACD2023 Twitter party as I was so busy being inspired, challenged and awed by the incredible work being conducted around the world. It was an absolute honour to share this (giant) stage with such formidable researchers, clinicians and parents. Thank you!
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Fantastic talk on AI and the General Movements Assessment by @elyse_biomed @EACD2023. We’ve still got away to go before it’s part of clinical care but great to see more feasibility data using open access models @MCRI_for_kids @UniMelbMDHS @CREnewborn
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What a line up that was in our early detection sesh at #EACD2023 ! So good to delve in deep about #GeneralMovements, motor optimality, teleassessment across four continents 👏 @c_f_alexander @AliciaSpittle
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What a great success for networking. 30 Early Career Researchers sharing some mexican drinks and dishes 🌮!
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On Friday 26th afternoon, we have an informal session planned where all interested Early Career Researchers can join to learn more about each other’s research interests and future plans and ideas. 🕜 Friday May 26th, 2:30-3:15PM 📍 M3,4 Hall, conference venue, @EACD2023.
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Update: they sent me a tiny poster as well as my full sized one 😂
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Accidentally ordered my conference poster as 90mm x 180mm instead of cm! The printers picked up on it but now I really want a tiny poster to pin at my desk 😂
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