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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.
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Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, PhD, New Bedside Techniques Utilising Near Infrared Spectroscopy In Preterm Infants, 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
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Personalising brain care in preterm babies
Wong, F. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
1/01/25 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
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BabyFace: Development of face perception and psychosocial function in preterm infants - The BabyFace Study
Wong, F. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
1/01/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Reducing Brain Injury and Improving The Care Of High-Risk Newborn Infants
Wong, F. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
Department of Health and Aged Care (Australia)
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Maternal hyperoxygenation - a potential new fetal treatment for hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Wong, F. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
1/04/16 → 1/10/17
Project: Research
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Fetal and neonatal therapy to improve perinatal outcome and long-term neurodevelopment
Wong, F. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/15 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
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Blood pressure and cerebral oxygenation with physiologically-based cord clamping: sub-study of the BabyDUCC trial
Badurdeen, S., Blank, D. A., Hoq, M., Wong, F. Y., Roberts, C. T., Hooper, S. B., Polglase, G. R. & Davis, P. G., 2024, In: Pediatric Research. 96, p. 124–131 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Longitudinal effects of early exposure to intermittent hypoxia on autonomic cardiovascular control in very preterm infants
Horne, R. S., Yee, A. K., Shetty, M., Siriwardhana, L. S., Wong, F. Y. & Walter, L. M., Jul 2024, In: Sleep Medicine. 119, p. 458-466 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Preterm infants experience a nadir in cerebral oxygenation during sleep three months after hospital discharge
Yee, A. K., Shetty, M., Siriwardhana, L. S., Walter, L. M., Wong, F. Y. & Horne, R. S. C., Jun 2024, In: Acta Paediatrica. 113, 6, p. 1298-1305 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Temporal Trends in Severe Brain Injury and Associated Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants
Razak, A., Johnston, E., Stewart, A., Clark, M. A. T., Stevens, P., Charlton, M., Wong, F., McDonald, C., Hunt, R. W., Miller, S. & Malhotra, A., Aug 2024, In: Neonatology. 121, 4, p. 440–449 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
Autonomic cardiovascular control is altered by intermittent hypoxia in preterm infants
Yee, A. K., Shetty, M., Siriwardhana, L. S., Wong, F. Y., Walter, L. M. & Horne, R. S. C., Nov 2023, In: Acta Paediatrica. 112, 11, p. 2359-2367 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (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, M. (Recipient), Lalzad, A. (Recipient), Chai, S. (Recipient) & Wong, F. (Recipient), Nov 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)