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The six ingredients of a 20 year international research collaboration John Newnham School of Women’s and Infants’ Health

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The six ingredients of a20 year international

research collaboration

John NewnhamSchool of Women’s and Infants’ Health

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Rule Number 1

Have a good idea,

or two

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Aim:

To develop a large cohort of Western Australian children studied from 18 weeks’ gestation to ascertain the relative contributions of familial risk factors, fetal growth, placental development and environmental insults to outcome in infancy and to the precursors of adult morbidity

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The Raine Study 1989 – 2010

• 2868 children• External funding >$15.3million• 121 C1 publications• 67 investigators in 18 research groups• >72,000 phenotypic data• 2.5million SNPs; 100,000 copy number variants• 30,000 biological samples

Publications

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The Raine Study team, 2008

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Original Aim:

To apply the 200 year knowledge of sheep handlingin Australia to medical research, using minimally invasive ultrasound guidedprocedures to replace/or complementtraditional surgical approaches

The SWIH International PerinatalSheep Research Collaboration

1990-2010 ongoing

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The SWIH International Perinatal Sheep Collaboration

• 20 years continuous funding from NIH (plus NHMRC and others)• External funding >$7 million• 80+ C1 publications• >300 conference presentations• Extensive knowledge transfer• Collaborators from USA, Canada, UK, Japan, Germany, Netherlands,

China, Malaysia, New Zealand and Eastern Australia

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The international sheep research group, 2008

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Rule Number 2

Successful research teamsare based on mutual benefit

and friendship

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Rule Number 3

We are all different.

Not everyone is suitedto be in longstanding team

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Rule Number 4

Each member/group in the collaborationneeds their own sovereignty

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Rule Number 5

If in doubt:

Achieve the objective,Maintain the group,Care for personal needs

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Rule Number 6

The research group that celebrates together,produces together

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Celebrations:

• Annual scientific days and dinners• Logos• Annual T-shirts/stubbie holders/hats• Inclusive of family members