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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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Projects
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Reducing Brain Injury and Improving The Care Of High-Risk Newborn Infants
Department of Health (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
Research output
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Burden of hypoxia and intraventricular haemorrhage in extremely preterm infants
Ng, I. H. X., Da Costa, C. S., Zeiler, F. A., Wong, F. Y., Smielewski, P., Czosnyka, M. & Austin, T., 1 May 2020, In : Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 105, 3, p. F242-F247 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Induction of left ventricular hypoplasia by occluding the foramen ovale in the fetal lamb
Wong, F. Y., Veldman, A., Sasi, A., Teoh, M., Edwards, A., Chan, Y., Graupner, O., Enzensberger, C., Axt-Fliedner, R., Black, M. J. & Schranz, D., 1 Jan 2020, In : Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 11 p., 880.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Surveillance Practice for Sonographic Detection of Intracranial Abnormalities in Premature Neonates: A Snapshot of Current Neonatal Cranial Ultrasound Practice in Australia
Lalzad, A., Wong, F. Y., Singh, N., Coombs, P., Brockley, C., Brennan, S., Ditchfield, M., Rao, P., Watkins, A., Saxton, V. & Schneider, M., 1 Sep 2020, In : Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 46, 9, p. 2303-2310 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The Cerebral Hemodynamic Response to Pain in Preterm Infants With Fetal Growth Restriction
Dix, L. M. L., Shepherd, K., Polglase, G. R., Miller, S. L., Sehgal, A. & Wong, F. Y., 27 May 2020, In : Frontiers in Pediatrics. 8, 8 p., 268.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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When does prone sleeping improve cardiorespiratory status in preterm infants in the NICU?
Shepherd, K. L., Yiallourou, S. R., Odoi, A., Yeomans, E., Willis, S., Horne, R. S. C. & Wong, F. Y., 15 Apr 2020, In : Sleep. 43, 4, 14 p., zsz256.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 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), Assema Lalzad (Recipient), Chai, Siew (Recipient) & Wong, Flora (Recipient), Nov 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)