My interest in twins has spanned my whole life as I was born a younger sibling of identical twins, explains Dr Katie Wood, a Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist at Swinburne University of Technology who specialises in twin and family relationships. “I grew up always trying to divide and conquer this very tight twin dynamic […]
Why is it important for twins to know their zygosity? TRA Deputy Director, Professor Jeff Craig, explains. Is there much confusion among twins (and their families) about whether they are identical or fraternal? There is! In a TRA study, we found one-third of twin participants (and one-third of parents of twins) were unsure or incorrect […]
Multiple-birth experts from around the world have identified where urgent research is needed to improve health outcomes for twins, triplets and higher-order multiples. In a world-first initiative, supported by Twins Research Australia, a paper published today outlines the top 10 global research priorities for multiple-birth health and how these priorities were chosen from wide-ranging suggestions across 31 […]
Twins Research Australia has received continuous funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) since 1981, most recently through a Centre of Research Excellence Grant (2015-2022). TRA is administered by the University of Melbourne.
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