Vicki Clifton
@vickiclifton842
Scientist committed to women’s and babies health research. Love placental research and it’s role in fetal growth and life long health
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20-07-2017 00:12:02
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Nice review by Sarah Steane, Karen Moritz and James Cuffe: The role of maternal choline, folate & one‐carbon metabolism in mediating the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on placental & fetal development. 👏physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP… Journal of Physiology SRB ANZPRA
Check out our latest research looking at imprint genes in the placenta! Click the link to be taken to the pre-print article!🔬✨🌟 Adam Ewing Vicki Clifton biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Our researchers are working to #ClosetheGap for QLDers like little Beckham & his family who are part of a QLD Family Cohort study following mothers, partners & babies during pregnancy, birth & into young adulthood. Learn more: mater.li/baby-beckham
Prof Michael Kimlin opens the Qld Family Cohort annual Symposium. A day to showcase our achievements #QldFamilyCohort #Symposium QLD Family Cohort
Prof Josephine Forbes discusses RAGE and developmental origins of kidney disease from the Qld Family Cohort Study #QldFamilyCohortStudy #Symposium QLD Family Cohort
Dr Dilani Mendis outlines foot pain in pregnancy and it’s impact on daily life. Over 50% women experience foot pain in pregnancy which persists postpartum. #QldFamilyCohort #Symposium QLD Family Cohort
PhD candidate Ms Jade Kubler discusses how the placenta a grows with exercise versus long sitting times. Growth factor production by placenta altered by >8hr sitting time per day. Need to move for a healthy placenta! #QldFamilyCohort #Symposium QLD Family Cohort
PhD candidate Sreeparna Bhaumik shows mental health conditions in pregnant women may be driven by increased production of inflammatory factors from the placenta #QldFamilyCohort #Symposium QLD Family Cohort
A/Prof Adam Ewing discusses the placenta imprintome and new technologies for understanding mum and dads’ genetic contribution to placental function #QldFamilyCohort #Symposium QLD Family Cohort
Loretta Weatherall and Luciana Massi discuss the Indigenous Qld Family Cohort consultation project to identify the major health issues concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families during pregnancy #QldFamiyCohort #Symposium QLD Family Cohort
Latest #SystematicReview from the #QLDFCS team discussing #recruitment & #retention of those identifying as #male in longitudinal #healthresearch AssocProf KymRae David Honeyman Danielle Borg Mater Research Translational Research Institute UQ Medicine rdcu.be/dzoen?utm_cont…
Excited to publish this work as a national collaboration of placental biologists Olivia Holland Stacey Ellery ANZPRA