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Dr Suzanne Meldrum

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5101
Mobile: 0418 952 199
Email: s.meldrum@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.539  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6798-8875

Suzanne is a lecturer in Speech Pathology in the School of Medical and Health Sciences.

Current Teaching

  • SPE1102 Language Across The Lifespan
  • SPE2103 Analysis of Speech and Language
  • SPE3106 Management of Speech and Language Disorders
  • SPE4110, 4111 Clinical Practicum (Tutor)

Background

  • Adjunct Research Officer ā€“ University of Western Australia (current)
  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow ā€“ University of Western Australia (past)
  • Speech Pathologist, Therapy Focus (past)
  • Speech Pathologist, WA Department of Health Shire Wyndham East Kimberley (past)

Research Areas and Interests

  • The pathogenesis and development of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)
  • Infant and early childhood language development
  • Effects of early experiences upon language development
  • Effects of prematurity on later speech and language development.
  • Nutritional effects on neurodevelopment, particularly long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2012.
  • Bachelor of Science (Human Communication Science), Curtin University of Technology, 2006.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Meldrum, S., Fisk, J., Stopher, J., Hunt, E. (2024). Parent implementation of a treatment for late talkers based on cross-situational statistical learning principles: Treatment fidelity and acceptability. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2024(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2024.2311931.
  • Meldrum, S., Snyman, L., Hunt, E. (2024). Replication of a single-case design cross-situational statistically based word learning treatment for late talking children. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 26(1), 83-95. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2160493.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Hunt, E., Nang, C., Meldrum, S., Armstrong, B. (2022). Can dynamic assessment identify language disorder in multilingual children? Clinical applications from a systematic review. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 53(2), 598-625. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_LSHSS-21-00094.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Meldrum, S., Heaton, AE., Foster, J., Prescott, SL., Simmer, K. (2020). Do infants of breast-feeding mothers benefit from additional long-chain PUFA from fish oil? A 6-year follow-up. The British Journal of Nutrition: an international journal of nutritional science, 124(7), 701-708. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000711452000135X.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Koletzko, B., Reischl, E., Tanjung, C., Gonzalez-Casanova, I., Ramakrishnan, U., Meldrum, S., Simmer, K., Heinrich, J., Demmelmair, H. (2019). FADS1 and FADS2 Polymorphisms Modulate Fatty Acid Metabolism and Dietary Impact on Health. Annual Review of Nutrition, 39(21 August 2019), 21-44. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-nutr-082018-124250.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Meldrum, S., Li, Y., Zhang, G., Heaton, A., D'vaz, N., Manz, J., Reischl, E., Koletzko, B., Prescott, S., Simmer, K. (2018). Can polymorphisms in the fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene cluster alter the effects of fish oil supplementation on plasma and erythrocyte fatty acid profiles? An exploratory study. European Journal of Nutrition, 57(7), 2583-2594. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-017-1529-5.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Reynolds, V., Meldrum, S., Simmer, K., Vijayasekaran, S., French, N. (2016). Voice problems in school-aged children following very preterm birth. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 101(6), 556-560. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2015-309441.
  • Meldrum, S., Simmer, K. (2016). Docosahexaenoic acid and neurodevelopmental outcomes of term infants. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism: European journal of nutrition, metabolic diseases and dietetics, 69(1), 23-28. https://doi.org/10.1159/000448271.
  • Reynolds, V., Meldrum, S., Slimmer, K., Vijayasekaran, S., French, N. (2016). A randomized, controlled trial of behavioral voice therapy for dysphonia related to prematurity of birth. Journal of Voice, 31(2), 247.e9-247.e17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2016.08.004.
  • Reynolds, V., Meldrum, S., Simmer, K., Vijayasekaran, S., French, N. (2016). Dysphonia in extremely preterm children: A longitudinal observation. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 41(4), 154-158. https://doi.org/10.3109/14015439.2015.1054307.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Jones, A., D'vaz, N., Meldrum, S., Palmer, D., Zhang, G., Prescott, S. (2015). 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 status is associated with developing adaptive and innate immune responses in the first 6 months of life. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 45(1), 220-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.12449.
  • Reynolds, V., Meldrum, S., Simmer, K., Vijayasekaran, S., French, N. (2015). Laryngeal pathology at school age following very preterm birth. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 79(3), 398-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.12.037.
  • Meldrum, S., Dunstan, J., Foster, J., Simmer, K., Prescott, S. (2015). Maternal Fish Oil Supplementation in Pregnancy: A 12 Year Follow-Up of a Randomised Controlled Trial. Nutrients, 7(3), 2061-2067. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu7032061.

2014

Journal Articles

  • Reynolds, V., Meldrum, S., Simmer, K., Vijayasekaran, S., French, NP. (2014). Dysphonia in preterm children: Assessing incidence and response to treatment. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 37(2), 170-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2013.12.004.
  • Reynolds, V., Meldrum, S., Simmer, K., Vijayasekaran, S., French, N. (2014). Dysphonia in very preterm children: A review of the evidence. Neonatology: foetal and neonatal research, 106(1), 69-73. https://doi.org/10.1159/000360841.

2013

Journal Articles

  • Heaton, A., Meldrum, S., Foster, J., Prescott, S., Simmer, K. (2013). Does docosahexaenoic acid supplementation in term infants enhance neurocognitive functioning in infancy?. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(NOV), Article 774. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00774.
  • Meldrum, S., Strunk, T., Currie, A., Prescott, S., Simmer, K., Whitehouse, A. (2013). Autism spectrum disorder in children born preterm - role of exposure to perinatal inflammation. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2013(7 July), Article 123. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2013.00123.
  • French, N., Kelly, R., Vijayasekaran, S., Reynolds, V., Lipscombe, J., Buckland, A., Bailey, J., Nathan, E., Meldrum, S. (2013). Voice Abnormalities at School Age in Children Born Extremely Preterm. Pediatrics, 131(3), e733-e739. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2012-0817.

2012

Journal Articles

  • D'vaz, N., Ma, Y., Dunstan, J., Lee-Pullen, T., Hii, C., Meldrum, S., Zhang, G., Metcalfe, J., Ferrante, A., Prescott, S. (2012). Neonatal protein kinase C zeta expression determines the neonatal T-Cell cytokine phenotype and predicts the development and severity of infant allergic disease. Allergy, 67(12), 1511-1518. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.12027.
  • D'vaz, N., Meldrum, S., Dunstan, J., Martino, D., McCarthy, S., Metcalfe, J., Tulic, M., Mori, T., Prescott, S. (2012). Postnatal Fish Oil Supplementation in High-Risk Infants to Prevent Allergy: Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics, 130(4), 674-682. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2011-3104.
  • Meldrum, S., D'vaz, N., Dunstan, J., Mori, T., Hird, K., Simmer, K., Prescott, S. (2012). Allergic disease in the first year of life is associated with differences in subsequent neurodevelopment and behaviour. Early Human Development, 88(7), 567-573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.12.032.
  • West, C., Dunstan, J., McCarthy, S., Metcalfe, J., D'vaz, N., Meldrum, S., Oddy, W., Tulic, M., Prescott, S. (2012). Associations between Maternal Antioxidant Intakes in Pregnancy and Infant Allergic Outcomes. Nutrients, 4(11), 1747-1758. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu4111747.
  • D'vaz, N., Meldrum, S., Dunstan, JA., Lee-Pullen, T., Metcalfe, J., Holt, B., Serralha, M., Tulic, M., Mori, T., Prescott, S. (2012). Fish oil supplementation in early infancy modulates developing infant immune responses. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 42(8), 1206-1216. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2222.2012.04031.x.
  • Dunstan, J., West, C., McCarthy, S., Metcalfe, J., Meldrum, S., Oddy, W., Tulic, M., D'vaz, N., Prescott, S. (2012). The relationship between maternal folate status in pregnancy, cord blood folate levels, and allergic outcomes in early childhood. Allergy, 67(1), 50-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02714.x.
  • Meldrum, S., D'vaz, N., Simmer, K., Dunstan, J., Hird, K., Prescott, S. (2012). Effects of high-dose fish oil supplementation during early infancy on neurodevelopment and language: a randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Nutrition, 108(8), 1443-1454. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114511006878.
  • Meldrum, S., D'vaz, N., Casadio, Y., Dunstan, J., Krogsgaard-Larsen, N., Simmer, K., Prescott, S. (2012). Determinants of DHA levels in early infancy: Differential effects of breastmilk and direct fish oil supplementation. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 86(6), 233-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plefa.2012.03.006.

2011

Journal Articles

  • Meldrum, S., D'vaz, N., Dunstan, J., Mori, TA., Prescott, SL. (2011). The Infant Fish Oil Supplementation Study (IFOS): Design and research protocol of a double-blind, randomised controlled nāˆ’3 LCPUFA intervention trial in term infants. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 32(5), 771-778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2011.05.019.
  • Meldrum, S., Smith, M., Prescott, S., Hird, K., Simmer, K. (2011). Achieving definitive results in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation trials of term infants: factors for consideration. Nutrition Reviews, 69(4), 205-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00381.x.

Research Projects

  • The Flourishing Child: targeted tools to promote mentally healthy pathways , Department of Health and Aged Care, MRFF - Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative, 2025 ‑ 2027.
  • Speech and language outcomes of the ORIGINS birth cohort study at five years, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Grant, 2025, $17,000.
  • Is speech and language in early school years as important as we think? Investigating school readiness in the Origins project., Edith Cowan University, Early-Mid Career Researcher Grant Scheme 2022 (Stream 2), 2023 ‑ 2024, $37,213.
  • Early Language Intervention (EARLI) in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Settings: An international collaboration, Edith Cowan University, ECU Collaboration Enhancement Scheme – 2017 Round 2, 2018 ‑ 2019, $9,576.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Investigation of the role of dynamic assessment in the diagnosis, referral and language outcomes of multilingual children with developmental language disorder

Completed Supervisions

Co-principal Supervisor

  • PhD Dysphonia in very preterm children: Prevalence, presentation, influencing factors and response to treatment. University of Western Australia.
  • PhD - The effects of fish oil supplementation during early infancy on neurodevelopment at six years of age
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