Carbon dioxide rebreathing and sudden infant death by Dr EL Ryan, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Edgell Gerber Grant 1979

Immunogenetic studies in the sudden infant death syndrome by Dr B Tait, Tissue Typing Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital 1979-1980

Changes in pulmonary arteries of infants dying as a result of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by Dr CR Hunter, Mr N Wreford, Department of Anatomy, Monash University, Melbourne 1980

Studies of breathing in sleep on ‘near miss’ and high risk SIDS infants by Dr P Rahilly, Assoc Prof H Jeffreys, Department of Physiology, Sydney University 1980

The effect of hypoxia on the development of the cardio-respiratory system of the fetus and newborn by Dr JE Maloney, Centre for Early Human Development, Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne 1980-1981

Immunogenetic studies in sudden infant death syndrome by Dr J Matthews, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne 1982

Continuous measurement of oxygen saturation in normal and chronically hypoxemic sheep fetuses and in term and pre-term new born lambs by Dr R Harding, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne 1982-1983

Hypoxic changes in sudden infant death syndrome by Mr N Wreford, Department of Anatomy, Monash University 1983

Sleep, cardiovascular disturbances and arousal in the newborn lamb by Prof A Walker, Monash University Centre for Early Human Development 1984

The role of the opioid peptide system in the fetus and neonate by Dr C McMillen, Physiology Department, Monash University 1984-1985

Factors influencing fluid and electrolyte balance in the fetus by Ms M Towstoless, Physiology Department, University of Melbourne, Postgraduate Scholarship 1984-1986

The incidence of SIDS in Latrobe Valley, Victoria, January 1974 to December by Mrs RS Dunn 1985

Cardiac function, thermal stress and sleep in newborn lambs by Prof A Walker, Monash University Centre for Early Human Development 1985-1986

The role of the enkephalin peptides system in fetal and neonatal response to hypoxia by Dr C McMillen, Ms C Coulter, S Walmsley, Physiology Department, Monash University 1986-1987

The development of the enkephalins within the carotid body; and ontogenic and functional study by Ms C Coulter, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Postgraduate Scholarship 1986-1988

The role of endogeous opioid peptides in the control of foetal breathing movements and The role and regulation of the nerve chemical moradrenaline in stimulating breathing during the perinatal period by Mr S Joseph, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Postgraduate Scholarship 1986-1989

The role of pulmonary surfactant in SIDS by Dr R Gibson, Dr T McMurchie, Paediatric Department, Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia 1987

Hypothalamic Implications in cardiorespiratory function by Dr C Hinrichson, Department of Anatomy, University of Tasmania 1987*

Catecholamine and serotonin neurones in the brainstem of fetal and newborn lambs, and their role in cardiorespiratory regulation by Dr D Walker, J Stephen, Physiology Department, Monash University 1987-1988*

The respiratory muscles of the newborn and their susceptibility to fatigue by Dr P Berger, M Soust, R Griffiths, Monash University Centre for Early Human Development, Monash Medical Centre 1988

Amniotic fluid volume and fetal lung development by Dr R Harding, K Dickson, Department of Physiology, Monash University 1988

Salivary cortisol: An index of hypoxaemic stress in the newborn infant? by Dr C McMillen, Dr D Henderson-Smart, Department of Physiology, Monash University, King George V Hospital, Sydney 1988

Regulation of hemoglobin switching in sheep by Dr M Wintour-Coghlan, Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne 1988

Funding purchase of home apnoea monitors for the home monitoring program by Dr P McDougall, Dr P Loughnan, Royal Children’s Hospital 1988-1992

Possible role of toxigenic escherichia coli as a cause of sudden infant death syndrome by Dr K Bettelheim, Dr B Dwyer, Fairfield Hospital 1989

The role of catecholamines and opioid peptides in the adrenal medulla of the fetal and newborn lamb by Ms C Coulter, Department of Physiology, Monash University, David Read Scholarship 1989*

Factors affecting arousal of the newborn from sleep (included purchase of Pulse Oximeter) by Prof M Adamson, Prof A Walker, Department of Paediatrics, Monash Medical Centre, Centre for Early Human Development, Monash Medical Centre 1989

The development of 24 hour sleep-wake and hormonal rhythms in preterm infants and infants at increased risk of SIDS by Dr C McMillen, Assoc Prof M Adamson, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Department of Paediatrics, Monash University 1989

Response of Newborn Babies to Changes in the Air They Breathe by Dr C McMillen, Prof D Henderson-Smart, Ms C Xu and Ms H Mulvogue, Monash University, Victoria and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales 1990

Reflex heart rate control in SIDS infants by Prof A Walker, Centre for Early Human Development, Monash Medical Centre (Joint project with Dept of Paediatrics, Monash Medical Centre; Menzies Centre for Population Health Research, Royal Hobart Hospital; Queen Alexandra Hospital, Hobart; Calvary Hospital, Hobart) 1990

The Distribution of Substance P (SP) in the Carotid Body and Medulla Oblongata of SIDS Infants by Dr T Cheah, Mr P Johnston, Dr R Murugasu, Department of Applied Sciences, Newcastle University, New South Wales 1990-1991

Sleep Breathing Studies during Upper Respiratory Tract Infection in Babies at High Risk of SIDS by Dr C Seton & A/Prof CE Sullivan, University of Sydney, New South Wales 1990-1991

Reflex Control of Heart Rate in SIDS Infants by A/Prof A Walker, A/Prof T Adamson and Ms S Cranage, Prof T Dwyer, Dr A Ponsonby, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 1990-1991

Toxigenic Escherichia Coli and SIDS by Dr J Goldsmid, Mr A Hunt, Miss S Bettiol, Department of Pathology, University of Tasmania 1990-1991

Family Environments in Families at Very Low (0.5/1000) & Very High (15/1000) Risk of SIDS by Dr J Lumley, Dr S Gifford, Ms M Sombekke, Ms A Potter, Ms J Yelland, Ms B Handfield , Centre for the Study of Mothers’ and Children’s Health, Monash University, Victoria 1990-1992

Relationship Between Intrauterine Smoking and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by Dr P Sly, Dr S Stick, Dr P Le Souef, Ms E Ellis, The West Australian Research Institute for Child Health, Western Australia 1990-1992

The Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction to Detect Infectious Agents in Infants Dying of SIDS by Dr B Atchison, Dr P Campbell, Dr D Ranson, Mrs A Georgalis, Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology, Victoria 1990-1992

Perinatal Respiratory Muscle Development: Implications for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by Dr I Griffiths, Westfield Park Primary School SIDS Research Fellow, Centre for Early Human Development, Monash University, Victoria 1990-1992

Neural Control of Cardiac and Respiratory Function in SIDS by Dr C Hinrichsen, Department of Anatomy, University of Tasmania, Tasmania 1990-1992

Morphology, Projections & Neurotransmitter Content of Medullary Respiratory Neurons by Dr P Pilowsky, Dr I Llewellyn-Smith, Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia 1990-1992

The epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome in Victoria: A case-control study by Dr J Lumley, J Singleton (to 1/91), G Dite, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Research Foundation & Monash University, Coles Fosseys Grant 1990-1993

Control of coordinated catecholamine and opioid peptide biosynthesis and secretion in the sympathetic nervous system during development by Dr G Simonetta, Department of Physiology, Monash University, David Read Scholarship 1990-1992

Funding of Network Coordinator (94), Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Support (SANDS) 1990-1996

Funding Dr P Campbell, the SIDRF sessional consultant in paediatric pathology by Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology, Coronial Services Centre, Royal Victorian Bowls Association Grant – 1990 1990-1998*

SIDS is not Associated With Stress-Induced Changes in the Thymus by Dr B Harmon, Dr G Gobe, Dr G Middleton,Department of Pathology, University of Queensland, Queensland 1991

E. Coli Toxins and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by Dr R Luke, Dr K Bettelheim, Miss J Pearce, Miss H Evangelidis, Mr D Agbodaze, Dr P Goldwater, School of Agriculture, La Trobe University, Victoria 1991

Funding purchase of an 18 channel Grass recorder for sleep laboratory, Prof M Adamson, Department of Paediatrics, Monash Medical Centre 1991

Perinatal respiratory muscle development: Implications for sudden infant death syndrome by Dr R Griffiths, Monash Medical Centre 1991-1992

SIDS is not Associated With Stress-Induced Changes in the Thymus by Dr B Harmon, Dr G Gobe, Dr G Middleton, Department of Pathology, University of Queensland, Queensland 1991

Purchase of Cryopreservation Research Unit and of nitrogen for preservation of tissues removed at autopsy,Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology, Coronial Services Centre 1991-1994

Psychological Symptoms, Marital Status & Fertility in Families Five Years after Infant Loss by Dr JC Vance, Dr MJ Thearle, A/Prof JM Najman, Dr G Embelton, Mr WJ Foster, Department of Child Health, Mater Children’s Hospital, Queensland 1991-1992

Creation of a Co-operative SIDS Research Centre at the Children’s Hospital, Camperdown NSW by Prof C Sullivan, Prof D Henderson-Smart, Dr H Jeffery, Dr C Mellis, Dr P Prokopis, Dr P Rahilly, Dr R Grunstein, Dr C Seton, Dr K Waters, Dr P Asperen, Dr M Berthon-Jones, David Read Paediatric Sleep Disorders Centre, Children’s Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales 1991-1996

Airway Inflammation in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by Dr A James, Dr G Cadden, Mr N Carroll, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Western Australia 1992

Brainstem Development and Its Relationship to SIDS by Dr R Harding, Dr C McMillen, Dr S Rees, Dr D Walker, The Fetal and Neonatal Unit, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Victoria; Prof F Mendelsohn, Dr D MacGregor, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Prof J Robinson, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, South Australia 1992

Effect of Bacterial Toxins in Conjunction with Influenza Virus by Dr B Chang, A/Prof J Mackenzie, Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia 1992

Normal and Disrupted Co-ordination of Breathing and Swallowing in Preterm Infants by Dr H Jeffery, Ms M Page, Department of Perinatal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales 1992

Arousal in the Newborn at Risk for Sudden Infant Death by Prof TM Adamson, Mr P Read, Ms S Cranage, Ms B Chau, Ms K Radford, Ms K Brasher, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria 1992

Escherichia Coli Toxins and SIDS by Dr R Luke, Dr K Bettelheim, Mr D Agbodaze, Miss H Evangelidis, Dr P Goldwater, Miss J Pearce, School of Agriculture, La Trobe University, Victoria 1992-1993

Immune Response and Viral Infection in SIDS Lungs by Dr Y Zhao, Prof J Bradley, A/Prof J Skinner, Dr I Beckman, Ms D Berokas, Clinical Immunology, Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia 1992-1994

National SIDS Autopsy Protocol & Database by Prof S Cordner, Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology Victoria;Dr P Campbell and other Pathologists at VIFP, Melbourne; Dr K Lee, Darwin, Prof P Herdson, ACT; Dr C Naylor, QLD;Dr T Bourne, SA; Dr T Brain, Hobart; Prof J Hilton & Dr J Duflou, Glebe NSW; Dr P Ellis, Westmead NSW; Dr C Cooke,Nedlands WA 1992-1994

Failure of Cardio-Respiratory controls as a cause of SIDS: An experimental study of protective mechanisms in sleep & their disruption by stress by A/Prof A Walker, Dr P Berger, Dr R Griffiths, Dr J Smolich; Dr M Wilkinson, A/Prof M Adamson, Dr A Ramsden, Centre for Early Human Development, Monash University, Victoria; Dr J Fewell, Dr D Grant, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Calgary, Canada; Dr H Mitchell, Dr M Sparrow, Department of Physiology, University of Western Australia, WA; Dr J Trinder, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 1992-1994

The Chemical Neuroanatomy of Brainstem Centres Controlling Cardiac and Respiratory Function by Dr D MacGregor, Prof F Mendelsohn, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital, Victoria 1992-1994

Development of Neurotransmitter Receptors in the Brain and Vulnerability to Asphyxia by Dr P Dodd, Ms D Andersen, Dr A Tannenberg, Mr G Thomas, John Wilson Memorial Clinical Research Laboratory, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland 1992-1994

Home monitoring program by Prof M Adamson, Dr K Brasher, Department of Paediatrics, Monash Medical Centre 1992-1996

Determinants of fetal and neonatal development by E Keramidaris, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Postgraduate Scholarship 1992-1994

Trends and risks factors for SIDS in Victoria 1982-1991 by Dr J Lumley, Dr R Cooper, Centre for Study of Mothers and Children’s Health 1992-1993

SIDS Global Strategy Task Force & meetings 1992-1999

Funding of development of SIDS event scene investigation protocol, Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology, Coronial Services Centre, (SIDS Assist – 1999) 1992-1999*

Funding the SIDS national autopsy protocol and database, Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology, Coronial Services Centre 1992-1993

Arousal in the newborn at risk of SIDS by Prof M Adamson, Monash University 1993*-1994

Climate and SIDS in Victoria by P Cooper, L Watson, G Dite, J Lumley, Centre for the Study of Mothers’ and Childrens’ Health, Monash University 1993*

Sleeping position, bedding, temperature and SIDS – effects of rebreathing by Prof D Henderson-Smart, Mr G Cohen, Dr G Malcolm, The University of Sydney 1993

The effects on repetitive hypoxia on arousal responses in new born lambs by R Johnston, Centre for Early Human Development, Monash Medical Centre, Postgraduate Scholarship 1993-1995*

The Epidemiology & Pathology of SIDS in First Nation Infants in Western Australia by Dr A Read, Prof F Stanley, Dr V Waddell, Dr C Cooke, Dr L Alessandri, Ms P Morich, Ms S Serafino, Mr E d’Espaignet, WA Institute for Child Health, Western Australia 1993

Sleeping Position, Bedding, Temperature and SIDS – Effects of Rebreathing by Prof D Henderson-Smart, Mr G Cohen, Dr G Malcolm, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 1993

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Chaos and the Control of Breathing by Dr S Stick, Dr K Judd, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, Western Australia 1993

A Pathological & Radiological Study of the Neuromuscular System in SIDS by Dr R Pamphlett, Department of Pathology, University of Sydney, New South Wales 1993

Swallowing Oesophageal and Cardiorespiratory Reflexes during Sleep in Normothermic and Hyperthermic Neonates by Dr E Post, Dr H Jeffery, Dr A Wood, Ms M Page, University of Sydney, New South Wales 1993-1994

Amino-Acid, Monoamine-, and Neuropeptide- Containing Nerve Pathways in the Control of Respiratory Motor Neurons by Ms S Murphy, Flinders University, South Australia 1993-1995

Chemical neuroanatomy of brainstem centres controlling cardiac and respiratory function by Dr DP MacGregor, Prof F Mendelsohn, University of Melbourne – Austin Hospital 1993-1995

Maternal smoking and SIDS: New evidence for a link by Dr H McGregor, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Postgraduate Scholarship 1993-1995*

Tasmanian prospective SIDS research program and The Tasmanian infant health survey, Menzies Centre for Population Health Research, University of Tasmania 1993-1995

Fellowship program for SIDS research (Postgraduate scholarships and Postdoctoral fellowships); Distinguished visiting fellowships, Monash Research Foundation for Mothers & Babies 1993-1996

Children’s Sleep Unit (incorporating the Home Monitoring Program) by Dr G Cooper, John Hunter Children’s Hospital, NSW 1993-1997

Does a Postnatal Intervention Alter Maternal Behaviours that Reduce the Risks of SIDS by Dr A Gardiner, Prof R Heller, Dr Higginbotham, Dr J Rooney, Dr E Murphy, New England Public Health Unit, Armidale, New South Wales 1994

The Emotional Impact on Families Who Monitor Vulnerable Infants at Home by Mr P Read, Ms K Brasher, Dr A Stocky, Ms J Fisher, Prof M Adamson, Prof B Tonge, Department of Paediatrics Monash Medical Centre, Victoria 1994

Intensive Studies of Pulmonary Immune Response in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by Dr H Xu, Department of Clinical Immunology, Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia 1994

An Immunisation Programme to Prevent Sudden Infant Death: Animal Model Test System by Dr WG Murrell, Department of Microbiology, University of Sydney, New South Wales 1994

Development of Respiratory Responses: Effect of Rebreathing & Temperature by Prof D Henderson-Smart, Dr M Girvan, Mr G Cohen, Department of Perinatal Medicine, King George V Hospital, New South Wales 1994

Postnatal Consequences of Prenatal Compromise by Dr D Walker, Dr R Harding, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Victoria; Dr S Rees, Dept of Anatomy, Melbourne University, Victoria 1994-1996

Protective airway reflexes following spontaneous and simulated gastro-oesophageal reflux in normothermic and hyperthermic neonates by Dr E Post, University of Sydney 1994

Cytokines and pulmonary vasculature in SIDS by Prof K Forsyth, Flinders University 1994

Funding for the Barwon Paediatric Bereavment Programme 1994-1999

Apnoea during sleep onset in infants by M Corbo, Institute of Reproduction and Development, Monash Medical Centre, Postgraduate Scholarship 1994-1996

Determine the effects of stress factors before and after birth on respiratory chemoreflexes and Ventilatory responses to progressive hypoxia and hypercapnia in developing lambs by T Moss, Institute of Reproduction and Development, Monash Medical Centre, Postgraduate Scholarship 1994-1996*

Morphology, Projections & Neurotransmitter Content of Respiratory Neurons in the Medulla and Spinal Cord by Dr P Pilowsky, Dr I Llewellyn-Smith, Department of Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia 1994-1995

Brain Pathways Mediating Arousal Responses by A/Prof WW Blessing, Department of Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia 1995-1997

Computerised Data Base for all SIDS cases SA for 25 years by Assoc Prof R Byard, Womens and Childrens Hospital 1995-1997

Arousal in the newborn at risk of SIDS by Prof M Adamson, Mr PA Read, Dr R Horne, Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre 1995-1996

A Review of Lung Elastic Tissue from SIDS Cases Compared to Controls – Effect of Cigarette Smoke by Dr PJ Robinson, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria 1996

Vulnerability of the Brain to Intra-uterine Compromise by Dr EC Mallard, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 1996-1998

Acute Brain Stem Ischemia in SIDS: The Vertebral Artery Hypothesis by Dr R Pamphlett, Department of Pathology, University of Sydney NSW 1996

Dynamical Properties of Respiratory Oscillations by Dr S Stick, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Western Australia 1996

Co-ordination of Breathing, Swallowing and Oesophageal Reflexes in Breast Fed compared with Formula Fed Infants by A/Prof HE Jeffery, Department of Perinatal Medicine, King George V Hospital New South Wales 1996

Effects of maternal smoking on the functional development of the autonomic nervous system in the fetus and infant and possible relationship to SIDS by Prof P Colditz, Royal Women’s Hospital 1996

Arousal from sleep in the new born infant – effects of respiratory illness by Assoc Prof M Adamson/ Dr R Horne, Monash University 1996-1998

Development of Infant sleep and SIDS by Prof C McMillen, University of Adelaide 1996-1997

Pulmonary Elastic Tissue and small Airway Changes in SIDS by Dr PJ Robinson, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital Victoria 1997

Arousal from Sleep in the Newborn Infant: Effects of Sleeping Position and Maternal Smoking by Dr RSC Horne, Department of Paediatrics, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria 1997-99

The effect of inter utero smoking exposure on indices of sleep, carbon dioxide stability and arousal response by Dr A Chang, Mater Children’s Hospital 1998

Novel prevention strategy for SIDS with acute life threatening episodes by Dr D Gleeson, Royal Newcastle Hospital 1998

Role of neuroreactive steroids in the suppression of arousal in neonates by Dr Hirst/ Dr Walker, Monash University 1998

The effects of maternal smoking on neonatal upper airway and oesophageal reflexes in the prone and supine positions by Dr H Jeffery, King George V Hospital 1998-1999

Do Neuropathological Findings in SIDS Infants Correlate with Sleep Position? by Dr KA Waters, Sleep Unit, The New Children’s Hospital, New South Wales 1999

Arousal from sleep in the newborn infant (Fellowship) by Dr R Horne, Monash University 1999

Airway smooth muscle abnormalities in the pathogenesis of SIDS by Dr P Robinson, Royal Children’s Hospital 1999

Purchase of seven apnoea monitors by Prof M Adamson, Paediatric Sleep Research Unit, Monash Medical Centre, SIDS Assist 1999

The Effects of Maternal Smoking on Infant Ventilatory Responses to Hypoxic Hypercapnia by Prof PB Colditz, Perinatal Research Centre, Royal Women’s Hospital, Queensland 1999-2000

Effects of prematurity on maturation of infant sleep: Can this be related to later development and behaviour? by C Egodagamage, Ritchie Centre for Baby Health, Monash Medical Centre, SIDS Assist Post Graduate Scholarship 1999-2001

Brain Neurotransmitter Receptor Development and SIDS by Dr PR Dodd, Department of Biochemistry, University of Queensland, Queensland 1999-2001

Further Studies into Smooth Muscle Abnormalities in SIDS by Dr P Robinson, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria 2000

The Impact of Prenatal drug Exposure on the Neonate and Its role in SIDS by A/Prof HE Jeffery, Department of Neonatal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales 2000

Distinguished visiting fellowships

Prof H Hoffman, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA; Prof C Rambaud, Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France; Prof C Bryan, Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Canada 1993

Dr Paul Johnson, Paediatrician, Oxford University; Prof R Beard, St Mary’s Hospital, London; Prof J Berry, Professor of Paediatric Pathology, University of Bristol 1994

Dr B Thatch, Professor of Paediatrics, St Louis Children’s Hospital, University of St Louis, Missouri; Dr L Becker, Professor of Pathology and Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. 1995

Kaarene Fitzgerald Fellowship/Scholarship

2006-2008 Denise O’Driscoll. Central apnoeas have significant effects on blood pressure and heart rate in children by Denise M. O’Driscoll, Alison M. Foster, Michelle L. Ng, Joel S. C. Yang, Farhat Bashir, Shi Wong, Gillian M. Nixon, Margot J. Davey, Vicki Anderson, Adrian M. Walker, John Trinder, Rosemary S. C. Horne. First published: 31 August 2009 – Journal of Sleep Research

2009-2011 Stephanie Yiallourou

2011-2013 Stephanie Yiallourou

2014-2016 Emily Cohen