Search Results - "Pamela Leong"

Quantitation of the cellular content of saliva and buccal swab samples by Theda, Christiane, Hwang, Seo Hye, Czajko, Anna, Loke, Yuk Jing, Leong, Pamela, Craig, Jeffrey M.

“…Buccal swabs and saliva are the two most common oral sampling methods used for medical research. Often, these samples are used interchangeably, despite…”
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Host Genetic Control of the Oral Microbiome in Health and Disease by Gomez, Andres, Espinoza, Josh L., Harkins, Derek M., Leong, Pamela, Saffery, Richard, Bockmann, Michelle, Torralba, Manolito, Kuelbs, Claire, Kodukula, Rohith, Inman, Jason, Hughes, Toby, Craig, Jeffrey M., Highlander, Sarah K., Jones, Marcus B., Dupont, Chris L., Nelson, Karen E.

“…Host-associated microbial communities are influenced by both host genetics and environmental factors. However, factors controlling the human oral microbiome…”
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Longitudinal Study of Oral Microbiome Variation in Twins by Freire, Marcelo, Moustafa, Ahmed, Harkins, Derek M., Torralba, Manolito G., Zhang, Yun, Leong, Pamela, Saffery, Richard, Bockmann, Michelle, Kuelbs, Claire, Hughes, Toby, Craig, Jeffrey M., Nelson, Karen E.

“…Humans are host to a multitude of microorganisms that rapidly populate the body at birth, subject to a complex interplay that is dependent on host genetics,…”
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Supragingival Plaque Microbiome Ecology and Functional Potential in the Context of Health and Disease by Espinoza, Josh L, Harkins, Derek M, Torralba, Manolito, Gomez, Andres, Highlander, Sarah K, Jones, Marcus B, Leong, Pamela, Saffery, Richard, Bockmann, Michelle, Kuelbs, Claire, Inman, Jason M, Hughes, Toby, Craig, Jeffrey M, Nelson, Karen E, Dupont, Chris L

“…To address the question of how microbial diversity and function in the oral cavities of children relates to caries diagnosis, we surveyed the supragingival…”
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Investigating the impact of oral health on pregnancy and offspring outcomes: protocol for the Lifetime Impact of ORal heAlth (LIORA) cohort study by Zhao, Mei-Ling, Zhang, Feng-Jing, Jiang, Wen-Rong, xia, yinyin, Chen, Chang, Zhang, Ting, Han, Ting-Li, Yu, Xin-Yang, Mei, Peter, Zhang, Hong-Mei, Jin, Xin, Novakovic, Boris, Leong, Pamela, Thompson, Murray, Saffery, Richard, Cannon, Richard D, Zhang, Hua, Ji, Ping

“…IntroductionOral health is a fundamental component of well-being, and is closely associated with overall health and quality of life. Oral health may also…”
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Collecting biomarkers in Australian primary schools: Insights from the field by Mandy Truong, Mienah Sharif, Rebecca Moorhead, Jeffrey Craig, Pamela Leong, Yuk Jing Loke, Kevin Dunn, Naomi Priest

“…There are increasing efforts to incorporate biology into our study of the social determinants of health.  While there is increasing utilisation of biosocial…”
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A systematic review of risk factors during first year of life for early childhood caries by Leong, Pamela Margaret, Gussy, Mark Gregory, Barrow, Su-Yan L., de Silva-Sanigorski, Andrea, Waters, Elizabeth

“…Background Early childhood caries (ECC) describes dental caries affecting children aged 0–71 months. Current research suggests ECC has important aetiological…”
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American graffiti: deconstructing gendered communication patterns in bathroom stalls by Leong, Pamela

“…Bathroom graffiti, in both its text and pictorial form, represent viable means for strangers to communicate with each other. The text or drawings in the…”
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American graffiti: deconstructing gendered communication patterns in bathroom stalls/Grafiti estadounidense: deconstrucción de los patrones generizados de comunicación en los baños by Leong, Pamela

“…Bathroom graffiti, in both its text and pictorial form, represent viable means for strangers to communicate with each other. The text or drawings in the…”
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Genetic and Early-Life Environmental Influences on Dental Caries Risk: A Twin Study by Silva, Mihiri J, Kilpatrick, Nicky M, Craig, Jeffrey M, Manton, David J, Leong, Pamela, Burgner, David P, Scurrah, Katrina J

“…To explore the relative contributions of genetic and environmental influences on dental caries risk and to investigate fetal and developmental risk factors for…”
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Cohort Profile: The Chongqing Longitudinal Twin Study (LoTiS) by Tong, Chao, Wen, Li, Wang, Lan, Fan, Xin, Zhao, Yan, Liu, Yamin, Wang, Xing, Huang, Shuai, Li, Junnan, Li, Jie, Wang, Longqiong, Gan, Jie, Yu, Lian, Wang, Lianlian, Ge, Huisheng, He, Chengjin, Yu, Jiaxiao, Liu, Tianjiao, Liu, Xiyao, Yang, Yang, Li, Xin, Jin, Huili, Mei, Youwen, Tian, Jing, Leong, Pamela, Kilby, Mark D, Qi, Hongbo, Saffery, Richard, Baker, Philip N

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Perinatal outcomes and offspring growth profiles in twin pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus: A longitudinal cohort study by Mei, Youwen, Yu, Jiaxiao, Wen, Li, Fan, Xin, Zhao, Yan, Li, Jie, Qiao, Juan, Fu, Huijia, Leong, Pamela, Saffery, Richard, Tong, Qi, Kilby, Mark D., Qi, Hongbo, Tong, Chao, Baker, Philip N.

“…•GDM complicated MCDA pregnancies are associated with increased risk of GHD.•GDM is associated with decreased risk of fetuses being SGA in MCDA…”
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Protocol for a longitudinal twin birth cohort study to unravel the complex interplay between early-life environmental and genetic risk factors in health and disease: the Chongqing Longitudinal Twin Study (LoTiS) by Tong, Chao, Wen, Li, Xia, Yinyin, Leong, Pamela, Wang, Lan, Fan, Xin, Han, Ting-li, Craig, Jeffrey M, Baker, Philip, Saffery, Richard, Qi, Hongbo

“…IntroductionNon-communicable diseases (NCD) now represent the major burden of adverse health in most countries. It is clear that much of the risk of such…”
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Differential network analysis of oral microbiome metatranscriptomes identifies community scale metabolic restructuring in dental caries by Espinoza, Josh L, Torralba, Manolito, Leong, Pamela, Saffery, Richard, Bockmann, Michelle, Kuelbs, Claire, Singh, Suren, Hughes, Toby, Craig, Jeffrey M, Nelson, Karen E, Dupont, Chris L

“…Dental caries is a microbial disease and the most common chronic health condition, affecting nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide. In this study, we used a…”
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Religion, Flesh, and Blood: Re-creating Religious Culture in the Context of HIV/AIDS by Leong, Pamela

“…This ethnography of an African-American AIDS ministry in Los Angeles aims to provide insight as to why this congregation is able to: transcend constraints…”
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Natural history of dental caries in very young Australian children by Gussy, Mark, Ashbolt, Rosie, Carpenter, Lauren, Virgo-Milton, Monica, Calache, Hanny, Dashper, Stuart, Leong, Pamela, de Silva, Andrea, de Livera, Alysha, Simpson, Julie, Waters, Elizabeth

“…Background Whilst the global burden of caries is increasing, the trajectory of decay in young children and the point at which prevention should occur has not…”
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Epigenetic Influences on Neurodevelopment at 11 Years of Age: Protocol for the Longitudinal Peri/Postnatal Epigenetic Twins Study at 11 Years of Age (PETS@11) by Leong, Pamela, Loke, Yuk Jing, Saffery, Richard, Silk, Tim, Burnett, Alice, Josev, Elisha, Scurrah, Katrina, Theda, Christiane, Czajko, Anna, Pua, Emmanuel Pk, Seal, Marc L, Craig, Jeffrey M

“…Neurodevelopment is sensitive to genetic and pre/postnatal environmental influences. These effects are likely mediated by epigenetic factors, yet current…”
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The African-American Church and the Politics of Difference: Creating an Oppositional Religious Culture in the Context of HIV/AIDS by Leong, Pamela

“…This ethnography examines how an African-American congregation in Los Angeles has created an oppositional religious culture in the context of the AIDS…”
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WITHDRAWN: Community-based population-level interventions for promoting child oral health by de Silva, Andrea M, Hegde, Shalika, Akudo Nwagbara, Bridget, Calache, Hanny, Gussy, Mark G, Nasser, Mona, Morrice, Hannah R, Riggs, Elisha, Leong, Pamela M, Meyenn, Lisa K, Yousefi-Nooraie, Reza

“…Dental caries and gingival and periodontal disease are commonly occurring, preventable chronic conditions. Even though much is known about how to treat oral…”
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Therapeutic religion: A portrait of an experimental religious environment for the marginalized, the disenfranchised, and the scarred by Leong, Pamela

“…This is a case study of a therapeutic-religious community that serves GLBT African Americans, many of whom are economically at the margins and have problematic…”
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