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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Hunt is a Clinician Scientist working in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Monash Health. His research focus is in the field of Neonatal Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurodevelopment; interrogating mechanisms of perinatal brain injury and neuroprotection. The goal is to reduce perinatal brain injury and improve long term outcomes, including further reductions in rates of cerebral palsy.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, PhD, The relationship of the neuroendocrine axis to brain development in infants less than 30 weeks' gestation, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 25 Aug 2007
Clinical Epidemiology, Master of Medicine, Low superior vena cava flow in the first 24 hours of life is associated with Neurodevelopmental Impairment, University of Sydney
Award Date: 16 Apr 2004
External positions
Director of Research, Victoria, Cerebral Palsy Alliance
1 Jul 2020 → …
Chair, Neonatal Sub-committee, Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (CCOPMM) (Victoria)
1 Sept 2018 → …
Research area keywords
- Neonatal brain injury
- Neurodevelopment
- Cerebral Palsy
- neuroscience
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Monash Partners Children’s Acute Care Data Project: Optimising the use of electronic medical records data to improve hospital care for children
Craig, S., Williams, K., Lovett, A., Taylor, D. A., Nixon, G., Coleman, J. M., Winderlich, J., Noorman, J., Parkhurst, K., Fahey, M., Nataraja, R., Hunt, R., Lamont, S., Nold, M., Polglase, G., Jones, A. & Pigott, C.
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research
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Fell NN: Formalised training of neonatal neurologists in Australia
1/07/22 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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TARGETED SURVEILLANCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY AND IMPAIRMENTS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN BORN VERY PRETERM
Anderson, P., Desai, N., Cruz, M., Swami Palaniswami, M., Bates, A., Teede, H., Cheong, J., Enticott, J., Burnett, A. C., Roberts, G., Spittle, A., Hua, X., Hunt, R., Mainzer, R. M. & Doyle, L. W.
1/07/22 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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Cerebral Palsy SYNERGY Network to Protect, Repair and improve Outcomes
Boyd, R. N., Novak, I., Rose, S. E., Fahey, M., Colditz, P. B., Hunt, R., Badawi, N., Fripp, J., Sakzewski, L., Corbett, M., McIntyre, S., Ware, R. S., Miller, S., Gecz, J., Locke, W., Palmer, K., Morgan, C., Pannek, K., Comans, T. A. & Malhotra, A.
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Cognitive Improvement through early Restoration of cirCADian rhythms in very preterm Infants via Environmental Modification: The CIRCA DIEM Study
Pillow, J. J., Hunt, R., Anderson, P., Mark, P., Spittle, A., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Marsh, J. A., Elliott, C. M. & Badawi, N.
1/07/21 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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A prospective, longitudinal, case–control study to evaluate the neurodevelopment of children from birth to adolescence exposed to COVID-19 in utero
Hill, R. A., Malhotra, A., Sackett, V., Williams, K., Fahey, M., Palmer, K. R., Hunt, R. W., Darke, H., Lim, I., Newman-Morris, V., Cheong, J. L. Y., Whitehead, C., Said, J., Bignardi, P., Muraguchi, E., Fernandes, L. C. C., Oliveira, C. & Sundram, S., Dec 2023, In: BMC Pediatrics. 23, 1, 8 p., 48.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Harnessing neuroplasticity to improve motor performance in infants with cerebral palsy: A study protocol for the GAME randomised controlled trial
Morgan, C., Badawi, N., Boyd, R. N., Spittle, A. J., Dale, R. C., Kirby, A., Hunt, R. W., Whittingham, K., Pannek, K., Morton, R. L., Tarnow-Mordi, W., Fahey, M. C., Walker, K., Prelog, K., Elliott, C., Valentine, J., Guzzetta, A., Olivey, S. & Novak, I., Feb 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 3, 11 p., e070649.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Individualized vancomycin dosing in infants: prospective evaluation of an online dose calculator
Wilkins, A. L., Lai, T., Zhu, X., Bolisetty, S., Chiletti, R., Cranswick, N., Gardiner, K., Hunt, R., Malhotra, A., McMullan, B., Mehta, B., Michalowski, J., Popat, H., Ward, M., Duffull, S., Curtis, N. & Gwee, A., Mar 2023, In: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 61, 3, 7 p., 106728.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Interleukin-1: an important target for perinatal neuroprotection?
Kelly, S. B., Green, E., Hunt, R. W., Nold-Petry, C. A., Gunn, A. J., Nold, M. F. & Galinsky, R., Jan 2023, In: Neural Regeneration Research. 18, 1, p. 47-50 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Maternal SARS-CoV-2 exposure alters infant DNA methylation
Hill, R. A., Gibbons, A., Han, U., Suwakulsiri, W., Taseska, A., Hammet, F., Southey, M., Malhotra, A., Fahey, M., Palmer, K. R., Hunt, R. W., Lim, I., Newman-Morris, V. & Sundram, S., Feb 2023, In: Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health. 27, 6 p., 100572.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus)