Associate Prof David Martino

Head, Chronic Diseases Research, The Kids Research Institute Australia

David is an NHMRC biomedical research fellow and Team Leader of Clinical Epigenetics at Telethon Kids Institute. His research explores the links between the molecular determinants of epigenetic control and childhood health and disease.


He is engaged in understanding how periconceptual exposures translate into phenotypes with enduring effects on long-term health. 


He has published extensively on genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of immune development and allergic disease.  

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