2012 Scientific Report - Queensland Children's Medical Research ...

Feeding and Developmental Therapies Group
The Feeding and Developmental Therapies group is a multi-disciplinary group focusing on
two main areas of research: Therapy options for children with feeding difficulties, as well as
the use of telehealth to provide therapy services to sick children at home. All team
members hold clinical positions at the Royal Children’s Hospital or Mater Children’s Hospital.
The past year has seen team members present at a number of national and international
conferences. Group leader, Dr Pamela Dodrill, has also been an invited key note speaker at
two international conferences in the United States. The group hosted a number of
workshops for paediatric health professionals in 2012, with over 600 clinicians from across
Australia and New Zealand attending.
Research Activities and Achievements
Keynote addresses at international conferences
‣ Dodrill P. Management of feeding difficulties in preterm neonates: Using plasticity to
drive function. Dysphagia Research Society Meeting. Toronto, March 2012
‣ Dodrill P. Managing early feeding difficulties: Getting it right for later life. Feeding
Disturbances Conference. Phoenix, January 2012.
Research Grants and Contracts
Years Grant Agency Chief
Investigators
2012-
2013
Australia New
Zealand Children’s
Haematology and
Oncology Group
Dr P Dodrill,
Ms O Taylor,
Dr N Armfield,
A/Prof A Smith,
A/Prof A
Hallahan
Title
Telehealth Therapy: Delivering
therapy services to children with
cancer via telehealth
Amount
$30,000
2011 -
2013
QCMRI/ Children’s
Health Foundation
Dr P Dodrill
Clinical PhD Scholarship,
Ms J Marshall
$122,500
2013 QCMRI/ Children’s
Health Foundation
Dr P Dodrill
QCMRI Allied Health Near Miss
Grant
$15,000
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