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Amy Bleakley graduated from Plymouth University, UK, with a First Class Honours degree in Biomedical Science in 2015. She is currently a laboratory Research Assistant and PhD student in the Child and Maternal Health division at Menzies School of Health Research. Her research involves investigation of the microbiological and immunological processes underlying the development of respiratory infections in children and aims to understand how early-life immune development contributes to an increased risk of infection. She is currently leading the laboratory component of a randomised control trial evaluating the use of perinatal vitamin D supplementation (D-Kids) as a preventative strategy against early childhood respiratory infections. Her PhD is nested within the D-Kids trial and will characterise neonatal immune responses to common paediatric respiratory pathogens with a focus on the immunomodulatory role of vitamin D supplementation.
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):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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The effects of vitamin D on immune responses relevent to acute respiratory infections in chidren
Binks, M. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Bleakley, A. S. (Student Investigator)
9/03/22 → …
Project: HDR Project › PhD
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Can non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae carriage surveillance data infer antimicrobial resistance associated with otitis media?
Bowman-Derrick, S., Harris, T. M., Beissbarth, J., Kleinecke, M., Lawrence, K., Wozniak, T. M., Bleakley, A., Rumaseb, A., Binks, M. J., Marsh, R. L., Morris, P. S., Leach, A. J. & Smith-Vaughan, H., Mar 2023, In: Pediatric Investigation. 7, 1, p. 13-22 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Extracellular traps are evident in Romanowsky-stained smears of bronchoalveolar lavage from children with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
Bleakley, A. S., Kho, S., Binks, M. J., Pizzutto, S., Chang, A. B., Beissbarth, J., Minigo, G. & Marsh, R. L., Dec 2023, In: Respirology. 28, 12, p. 1126-1135 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Randomised controlled trial of perinatal vitamin D supplementation to prevent early-onset acute respiratory infections among Australian First Nations children: The 'D-Kids' study protocol
Binks, M. J., Bleakley, A. S., Pizzutto, S. J., Lamberth, M., Powell, V., Nelson, J., Kirby, A., Morris, P. S., Simon, D., Mulholland, E. K., Rathnayake, G., Leach, A. J., D'Antoine, H., Licciardi, P. V., Snelling, T. & Chang, A. B., 16 Aug 2023, In: BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 10, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., bmjresp-2023-001646.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evidence of maternal transfer of antigen-specific antibodies in serum and breast milk to infants at high-risk of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae disease
Martinovich, K. M., Seppanen, E. J., Bleakley, A. S., Clark, S. L., Andrews, R. M., Richmond, P. C., Binks, M. J., Thornton, R. B. & Kirkham, L. A. S., 21 Sept 2022, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 13, p. 1-17 17 p., 1005344.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can dried blood spots be used to accurately measure vitamin D metabolites?
Binks, M. J., Bleakley, A. S., Rathnayake, G., Pizzutto, S., Chang, A. B., McWhinney, B. & Ungerer, J., Jul 2021, In: Clinica Chimica Acta. 518, p. 70-77 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nasopharyngeal carriage of otitis media pathogens in infants receiving 10-valent non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV10), 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) or a mixed primary schedule of both vaccines: A randomised controlled trial
Beissbarth, J., Wilson, N., Arrowsmith, B., Binks, M., Oguoma, V., Lawrence, K., Bleakley, A., Mulholland, E. K., Morris, P., Cheng, A. C. & Leach, A., 15 Apr 2021, In: Vaccine. 39, 16, p. 2264-2273 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Vitamin d modulation of the innate immune response to paediatric respiratory pathogens associated with acute lower respiratory infections
Bleakley, A. S., Licciardi, P. V. & Binks, M. J., 19 Jan 2021, In: Nutrients. 13, 1, p. 1-24 24 p., 276.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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