PUBLISHED MEDICAL ARTICLES

In 2012, Melinda was awarded an Honorary Research Associate with the University of Sydney, School of Medicine, for her work as an expert NICU parent representative. The following are published medical research articles Melinda is a co-author on. 

  1. Bujalka H, Cruz M, et al. Be Sweet to Babies: Consumer evaluation of a parent-targeted video aimed at improving pain-management strategies in newborn infants undergoing painful procedures. Advances in Neonatal Care. 2023 Feb 1;23(1):E2-E13

  2. Eeles, A.L, Olsen, J.E, Cameron, K.L, McKinnon, C.T, Rawnsley, K.L, Cruz, M, et al. Impact of current Australian paid parental leave on families of preterm and sick infants. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2022, 58(11):2068-2075

  3. Robledo KP, Tarnow-Mordi WO, Rieger I, Suresh P, Martin A, Yeung C, et al. Effects of delayed versus immediate umbilical cord clamping in reducing death or major disability at 2 years corrected age among very preterm infants (APTS): a multicentre, randomised clinical trial. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 2022 Mar; 6(3):150-157

  4. Briffa T, Symons T, Zeps N, Straiton N, Tarnow-Mordi W, Simes J, Harris I, Cruz M et al. Normalising comparative effectiveness trials as clinical practice. BMC Trials. 2021; 22,620

  5. Klein L, Keir A, Cruz M, Rumbold A. ‘I wish I'd had the option’: Views about donor human milk among parents with babies born moderate‐late preterm. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2021 Aug;57(8):1334-1335

  6. Tan AHK, Shand AW, Marsney RL, Schindler T, Bolisetty S, Guaran R, Cruz M, Chow SSW, Lui K. When should intensive care be provided for the extremely preterm infants born at the margin of viability? A survey of Australasian parents and clinicians. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2021 Jan;57(1):52-57

  7. Tarnow-Mordi W, Abdel-Latif M, Martin A, Pammi M, Robledo K, Manzoni P et al. The effect of lactoferrin supplementation on death or major morbidity in very low birthweight infants (LIFT): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 2020 Jun;4(6):444-454

  8. O'Brien K, Robson K, Bracht M, Cruz M, Lui K, Alvaro R, et al. Effectiveness of Family Integrated Care in neonatal intensive care units on infant and parent outcomes: a multicentre, multinational, cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 2018 Apr;2(4):245-254

  9. Brown HM, Cruz M, Mol, BW. Social media is essential for research engagement. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2017;124(6):902

  10. Tarnow-Mordi W, Cruz M, Morris JM, Mol BW. RCT evidence should drive clinical practice: A day without randomisation is a day without progress. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2017 Mar;124(4):613

  11. Tarnow Mordi, W, Simes, J, Cruz, M et al. Deferred consent with post-randomization exclusions may invalidate trials. Comment on: Ford I, Norrie J. Pragmatic trials. New England Journal of Medicine 2016

  12. O'Brien K, Bracht M, Robson K, Ye XY, Mirea L, Cruz M, et al. Evaluation of the Family Integrated Care model of neonatal intensive care: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Canada and Australia. BMC Pediatrics. 2015 Dec;15:210

  13. Tarnow-Mordi W, Cruz M, Morris J. Design and conduct of a large obstetric or neonatal randomized controlled trial. Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2015 Dec;20(6):389-402

  14. Wilkinson D, Chalmers I, Cruz M, Tarnow-Mordi W. Dealing with the unknown: reducing the proportion of unvalidated treatments offered to children. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal Edition. 2015 May;100(3):F190-192

  15. Wilkinson DJC, Gerrand N, Cruz M, Tarnow-Mordi W. The “Research Misconception” and the SUPPORT Trial: Toward Evidence-Based Consensus. The American Journal of Bioethics. N Engl J Med. 2013;13(12):48-50

  16. Tarnow-Mordi W, Simes J, Cruz M. Strategies to accelerate recruitment to NHMRC multi-centre clinical trials. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2013 Jan;49(1):E103-105

  17. Tarnow-Mordi MO, Cruz M. Evidence-based neonatal medicine in Latin America: what can we learn from the International Neonatal Immunotherapy Study and trials of IVIg? Jornal de Pediatria 2012 Sep;88(5):369-371

  18. Tarnow-Mordi WO, Cruz M, Wilkinson D. Evaluating therapeutic hypothermia: parental perspectives should be explicitly represented in future research. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2012 Jun;166(6):578-579