Professor Harrison is an immunologist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Royal Melbourne Hospital.  His research centres on the developmental origins of immune-inflammatory diseases of childhood - type 1 diabetes, coeliac disease and allergies -  studied in longitudinal birth cohorts using genetic, cellular and molecular techniques.

Hassam is a PhD candidate at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne, with research interests in predicting disease progression in multiple sclerosis and understanding treatment change motivations. His work is driven by a passion for integrating medical and engineering technologies to improve healthcare outcomes. As the Data Manager of the BIS study cohort, Hassam oversees the management and integrity of study data to support high-quality research

Jasmin has been part of BIS for over 11 years, beginning as a research assistant and now coordinating the fieldwork team. She finds joy in the strong connections BIS has with its participants, families, and the wider community. Jasmin feels fortunate to work with such an engaged cohort and is inspired by knowing that their collective efforts are helping to shape better health outcomes for future generations.

Dr Sarah Ashley is a Senior Research Officer in Professor Mimi Tang's Allergy Immunology research group at MCRI. She is a computational biologist working on food allergy immune mechanisms studies in HealthNuts, PPOIT and BIS with a special interest in genomic mechanisms underpinning food allergy development and resolution.

Kavindi Gamage is a PhD student conducting a multidisciplinary project at the University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. She is interested in leveraging longitudinal data to explore the childhood origins of health inequalities across population contexts and identify opportunities for early intervention using causal inference methods.

Saeed Ghobadi is a PhD student at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University. He is a Nutritionist with experience in public health nutrition, clinical dietetics, research, and community health. Saeed’s research focuses on assessing the associations between lifestyle patterns and cardiovascular risk profiles in children and adolescents.

Lada has a background in genetics, economics, and applied chemistry, with experience spanning laboratory science, clinical trials, and data analysis. Her PhD at the Barwon Infant Study investigates diet, epigenetic programming, and child development.

Kris started her PhD in 2021 at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. Her research aims to understand how environmental and lifestyle factors affect your body’s lipids (e.g. fats), and how those lipids in turn, are linked to brain development.

Sam uses bioinformatics and machine-learning approaches to investigate the neurodevelopmental mechanisms underlying autism and ADHD, with a focus on the role of epigenetics in mediating the effects of prenatal neurotoxicant exposures.

Katherine (Katie) Drummond is an early-career neuroscientist and molecular epidemiologist whose research focuses on how early-life exposure to environmental chemicals influences brain health. Her work addresses growing global concern about the impact of modern chemical exposures on human health.