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Biography
Dr. Flora Wong is a Consultant Neonatologist at Monash Newborn, Monash Medical Centre, with a joint appointment as senior research fellow at the Department of Paediatrics and The Ritchie Centre, Monash University. Her research interests are in preterm cerebral pathophysiology, cerebral blood flow and oxygenation in relation to brain injury in newborn infants undergoing intensive care. She has expertise in the application of Near Infra-red Spectroscopy to examine the cerebral pathophysiology in both animal and clinical studies, employing a translational paradigm.
Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, PhD, MONASH UNIVERSITY
Award Date: 10 Feb 2009
Medicine, MBBS, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 30 Nov 1993
Research area keywords
- preterm infant
- Neonatal brain injury
- cerebral blood flow
- cerebral oxygenation
- neurodevelopment
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Reducing Brain Injury and Improving The Care Of High-Risk Newborn Infants
Department of Health and Aged Care (Australia)
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Protecting the brain of preterm babies - critical role of dopamine receptors as a potential therapeutic target
Wong, F. & Brew, N. F.
1/04/14 → 30/04/15
Project: Research
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Cerebral haemodynamic response to somatosensory stimulation in preterm lambs and 7–10-day old lambs born at term: Direct synchrotron microangiography assessment
Inocencio, I. M., Tran, N. T., Nakamura, S., Khor, S. J., Wiersma, M., Stoecker, K., Maksimenko, A., Polglase, G. R., Walker, D. W., Pearson, J. T. & Wong, F. Y., Feb 2022, In: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 42, 2, p. 315-328 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Fatal Perinatal Mitochondrial Cardiac Failure Caused by Recurrent De Novo Duplications in the ATAD3 Locus
Frazier, A. E., Compton, A. G., Kishita, Y., Hock, D. H., Welch, A. E., Amarasekera, S. S. C., Rius, R., Formosa, L. E., Imai-Okazaki, A., Francis, D., Wang, M., Lake, N. J., Tregoning, S., Jabbari, J. S., Lucattini, A., Nitta, K. R., Ohtake, A., Murayama, K., Amor, D. J., McGillivray, G., & 25 others, 15 Jan 2021, In: Med. 2, 1, p. 49-73.e10 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access12 Citations (Scopus) -
Melatonin augments the neuroprotective effects of hypothermia in lambs following perinatal asphyxia
Aridas, J. D. S., Yawno, T., Sutherland, A. E., Nitsos, I., Wong, F. Y., Hunt, R. W., Ditchfield, M., Fahey, M. C., Malhotra, A., Wallace, E. M., Gunn, A. J., Jenkin, G. & Miller, S. L., Aug 2021, In: Journal of Pineal Research. 71, 1, 15 p., e12744.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Prone sleeping affects cardiovascular control in preterm infants in NICU
Shepherd, K. L., Wong, F. Y., Odoi, A., Yeomans, E., Horne, R. S. C. & Yiallourou, S. R., Jul 2021, In: Pediatric Research. 90, 1, p. 197-204 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The severe epilepsy syndromes of infancy: A population-based study
Howell, K. B., Freeman, J. L., Mackay, M. T., Fahey, M. C., Archer, J., Berkovic, S. F., Chan, E., Dabscheck, G., Eggers, S., Hayman, M., Holberton, J., Hunt, R. W., Jacobs, S. E., Kornberg, A. J., Leventer, R. J., Mandelstam, S., McMahon, J. M., Mefford, H. C., Panetta, J., Riseley, J., & 9 others, Feb 2021, In: Epilepsia. 62, 2, p. 358-370 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
16 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Bioeffects of Doppler ultrasound on the newborn brain: A pilot study to investigate structural effects in an in vivo rat model.
Schneider, Michal (Recipient), Lalzad, A. (Recipient), Chai, Siew (Recipient) & Wong, Flora (Recipient), Nov 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)