Research Interests
Autoimmunity Cancer Diagnosis Clinical Nursing: Primary Community Child Health Complementary Medicine Consumer-Oriented Product or Service Development Continuing and Community Education Health Information Systems Health Promotion Marketing Communications Maternal Health Medical and Health Sciences Mental Health Networking and Communications Nursing Paediatrics Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine Primary Health Care Program Evaluation Substance Abuse Virtual Reality and Related Simulation Early Origins of Health Pregnancy and BirthDr Kelly McGorm
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
School of Medicine
College of Health
Clinical Research Nurse and Engagement Coordinator for the ENDIA, Type1Screen and QuEST studies into early type 1 diabetes detection and monitoring
Senior Clinical Research Nurse and Engagement Coordinator for ENDIA, Type1Screen and QuEST type 1 diabetes research studies
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 - ongoing | Engagement Coordinator, ENDIA Study | University of Adelaide |
| 2012 - 2015 | Clinical Services Nurse | Act Health |
| 2011 - 2012 | Primary Care Nursing Research Fellow | Australian National University |
| 2007 - 2011 | Research Coordinator | NHS Lothian |
| 2002 - 2006 | PhD Candidate | University of Edinburgh |
| 2001 - 2002 | Research Assistant | Arthritis Research Centre of Canada |
| 1998 - 2001 | Research Officer | Flinders University |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 - 2007 | University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh | United Kingdom | PhD |
| 1996 - 2000 | University of Adelaide, Adelaide | Australia | MPH |
| 1990 - 1994 | University of South Australia, Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Nursing |
| Date | Title | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2025 | Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education and Management | James Cook University | Australia |
| 2016 - 2019 | Graduate Certificate in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health | HETI | Australia |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Registered Nurse | Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency | Australia |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Wentworth, J. M., Sing, A. B. E., Naselli, G., Huang, D., Azidis-Yates, E., Mandlebe, B., . . . Colman, P. G. (2025). Islet Autoantibody Screening Throughout Australia Using In-Home Blood Spot Sampling: 2-Year Outcomes of Type1Screen.. Diabetes care, 48(4), dc242443. Scopus2 WoS2 |
| 2025 | Walker, G. J., Mallitt, K. -A., Craig, M. E., Ashwood, P., Barry, S. C., Brown, J. D., . . . ENDIA Study Group. (2025). SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Childhood Islet Autoimmunity. JAMA Pediatrics, 179(5), 568-570. Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC2 |
| 2025 | Haynes, A., Smith, G. J., Tully, A., Mellor, B. R., Penno, M. A. S., Craig, M. E., . . . Davis, E. A. (2025). Longitudinal Continuous Glucose Monitoring Study in Young Children With Presymptomatic Type 1 Diabetes Followed in the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) At-Risk Cohort Study. Diabetes Care, 48(10), 1812-1817. |
| 2025 | Thomson, R. L., Martin, G., McGorm, K. J., Spelman, T., Craig, M. E., Penno, M. A. S., . . . ENDIA Study Group. (2025). Perceived stress in mothers of children with and without islet and coeliac autoimmunity in the ENDIA study. Diabetologia, 1-7. |
| 2025 | Majstorovic, M., McGorm, K. J., Wentworth, J. M., Couper, J. J., & Oxlad, M. (2025). Knowledge about paediatric screening and monitoring of early-stage type 1 diabetes: A qualitative exploration of healthcare professionals' perspectives and experiences. Diabetic Medicine, 11 pages. |
| 2025 | Harrison, L. C., Allnutt, T. R., Hanieh, S., Roth-Schulze, A. J., Ngui, K. M., Stone, N. L., . . . Ashwood, P. (2025). Indigenous infants in remote Australia retain an ancestral gut microbiome despite encroaching Westernization. Nature Communications, 16(1), 15 pages. |
| 2025 | Couper, J. J., Oakey, H., Penno, M. A. S., Wentworth, J. M., Watson, K., Brown, J. D., . . . Colman, P. G. (2025). Evolution of islet autoantibodies in the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) prospective cohort. Diabetologia, 12 pages. Scopus1 |
| 2024 | Thomson, R. L., Oakey, H., Haynes, A., Craig, M. E., Harrison, L. C., Wentworth, J. M., . . . Couper, J. J. (2024). Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) longitudinal prospective pregnancy to childhood cohort study of Australian children at risk of type 1 diabetes: parental demographics and birth information. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 12(4), e004130-1-e004130-13. Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC5 |
| 2024 | Haynes, A., Tully, A., Smith, G. J., Penno, M. A. S., Craig, M. E., Wentworth, J. M., . . . ENDIA Study Group. (2024). Early Dysglycemia Is Detectable Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Very Young Children at Risk of Type 1 Diabetes.. Diabetes care, 47(10), 1750-1756. Scopus10 WoS8 Europe PMC8 |
| 2024 | Thomson, R. L., Brown, J. D., Oakey, H., Palmer, K., Ashwood, P., Penno, M. A. S., . . . ENDIA Study Group. (2024). Dietary patterns during pregnancy and maternal and birth outcomes in women with type 1 diabetes: the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) study. Diabetologia, 67(11), 2420-2432. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2 |
| 2024 | Roberts, A. G., Tully, A. S., Binkowski, S. K., Bebbington, K. R., Penno, M. A. S., Anderson, A. J., . . . Haynes, A. (2024). Parental experiences of using continuous glucose monitoring in their young children with early-stage type 1 diabetes: a qualitative interview study. Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare, 5, 7 pages. |
| 2023 | McGorm, K. J., Brown, J. D., Thomson, R. L., Oakey, H., Moore, B., Hendry, A., . . . Penno, M. A. S. (2023). A Long-Term Evaluation of Facebook for Recruitment and Retention in the ENDIA Type 1 Diabetes Pregnancy-Birth Cohort Study. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 17(3), 696-704. Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC4 |
| 2023 | McGorm, K. J., Brown, J. D., Roberts, A. G., Greenbank, S., Brasacchio, D., Sawyer, A. C. P., . . . Penno, M. A. S. (2023). Experiences of Caregivers and At-Risk Children Enrolled in a Prospective Pregnancy-Birth Cohort Study into the Causes of Type 1 Diabetes: The ENDIA Study. Children, 10(4), 637. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2 |
| 2023 | Oakey, H., Giles, L. C., Thomson, R. L., Lê Cao, K. -A., Ashwood, P., Brown, J. D., . . . ENDIA Study Group. (2023). Protocol for a nested case-control study design for omics investigations in the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity cohort. Annals of Medicine, 55(1), 1-14. Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC7 |
| 2023 | Harrison, L. C., Bandala-Sanchez, E., Oakey, H., Colman, P. G., Watson, K., Kim, K. W., . . . ENDIA Study Group. (2023). A surge in serum mucosal cytokines associated with seroconversion in children at risk for type 1 diabetes. Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 14(9), 1092-1100. |
| 2023 | Oakey, H., Giles, L. C., Thomson, R. L., Le Cao, K. -A., Ashwood, P., Brown, J. D., . . . ENDIA, S. G. (2023). Protocol for a nested case- control study design for omics investigations in the environmental determinants of islet autoimmunity cohort (vol 55, 2198255, 2023). ANNALS OF MEDICINE, 55(1), 1 page. |
| 2022 | Hall, M., Oakey, H., Penno, M. A. S., McGorm, K., Anderson, A. J., Ashwood, P., . . . Cavenett, L. (2022). Mental Health During Late Pregnancy and Postpartum in Mothers With and Without Type 1 Diabetes: The ENDIA Study. Diabetes Care, 45(5), 1082-1090. Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC5 |
| 2021 | Penno, M. A., Anderson, A. J., Thomson, R. L., McGorm, K., Barry, S. C., Colman, P. G., . . . ENDIA Study Group. (2021). Evaluation of protocol amendments to the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) study during the COVID-19 pandemic. Diabetic Medicine, 38(11), e14638-1-e14638-4. Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC3 |
| 2021 | Hope, C. M., Huynh, D., Wong, Y. Y., Oakey, H., Perkins, G. B., Nguyen, T., . . . Barry, S. C. (2021). Optimization of blood handling and peripheral blood mononuclear cell cryopreservation of low cell number samples. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(17), 9129-1-9129-19. Scopus22 WoS20 Europe PMC19 |
| 2020 | Penno, M. A., Oakey, H., Augustine, P., Taranto, M., Barry, S. C., Colman, P. G., . . . Couper, J. J. (2020). Changes in pancreatic exocrine function in young at-risk children followed to islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in the ENDIA study. Pediatric Diabetes, 21(6), 945-949. Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC10 |
| 2020 | Megan AS Penno., Helena Oakey., Priya Augustine., Mario Taranto., Simon C Barry., Peter G Colman., . . . Jennifer J Couper. (2020). Author response for "Changes in pancreatic exocrine function in young at‐risk children followed to islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in the <scp>ENDIA</scp> study". |
| 2020 | Augustine, P., Gent, R., Louise, J., Taranto, M., Penno, M., Linke, R., . . . ENDIA Study Group. (2020). Pancreas size and exocrine function is decreased in young children with recent-onset Type 1 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine, 37(8), 1340-1343. Scopus22 WoS19 Europe PMC19 |
| 2019 | Kim, K. W., Allen, D. W., Briese, T., Couper, J. J., Barry, S. C., Colman, P. G., . . . ENDIA STUDY GROUP. (2019). Higher frequency of vertebrate-infecting viruses in the gut of infants born to mothers with type 1 diabetes. Pediatric Diabetes, 21(2), 271-279. Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC12 |
| 2016 | Whittaker, A., Williams, N., Chandler, A., Cunningham-Burley, S., McGorm, K., & Mathews, G. (2016). The burden of care: a focus group study of healthcare practitioners in Scotland talking about parental drug misuse. Health & Social Care in the Community, 24(5), 72-80. Scopus25 WoS22 Europe PMC11 |
| 2015 | Banfield, M., McGorm, K., & Sargent, G. (2015). Health promotion in schools: A multi-method evaluation of an Australian school youth health nurse program. BMC Nursing, 14(1), 21. Scopus16 WoS15 Europe PMC11 |
| 2014 | Chandler, A., Whittaker, A., Williams, N., Mcgorm, K., Cunningham-Burley, S., & Mathews, G. (2014). Mother's little helper? Contrasting accounts of benzodiazepine and methadone use among drug-dependent parents in the UK. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 21(6), 470-475. Scopus20 WoS17 Europe PMC8 |
| 2013 | Chandler, A., Whittaker, A., Cunningham-Burley, S., Williams, N., McGorm, K., & Mathews, G. (2013). Substance, structure and stigma: Parents in the UK accounting for opioid substitution therapy during the antenatal and postnatal periods. International Journal of Drug Policy, 24(6), e35-e42. Scopus43 Europe PMC29 |
| 2012 | Burton, C., McGorm, K., Richardson, G., Weller, D., & Sharpe, M. (2012). Healthcare costs incurred by patients repeatedly referred to secondary medical care with medically unexplained symptoms: A cost of illness study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 72(3), 242-247. Scopus50 WoS40 Europe PMC36 |
| 2012 | Sharpe, M., Burton, C., Sawhney, A., McGorm, K., & Weller, D. (2012). Is co-morbid depression adequately treated in patients repeatedly referred to specialist medical services with symptoms of a medical condition?. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 72(6), 419-421. Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC4 |
| 2011 | Burton, C., McGorm, K., Weller, D., & Sharpe, M. (2011). Depression and anxiety in patients repeatedly referred to secondary care with medically unexplained symptoms: A case-control study. Psychological Medicine, 41(3), 555-563. Scopus31 WoS27 Europe PMC18 |
| 2011 | Burton, C., McGorm, K., Weller, D., & Sharpe, M. (2011). The interpretation of low mood and worry by high users of secondary care with medically unexplained symptoms. BMC Family Practice, 12(1), 8 pages. Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC6 |
| 2010 | McGorm, K., Burton, C., Weller, D., Murray, G., & Sharpe, M. (2010). Patients repeatedly referred to secondary care with symptoms unexplained by organic disease: Prevalence, characteristics and referral pattern. Family Practice, 27(5), 479-486. Scopus36 WoS32 Europe PMC28 |
| 2009 | Williams, N., Robertson, J., McGorm, K., Roberts, K., & Elton, R. (2009). What factors affect medication-storage practice among patients on methadone maintenance treatment?. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 17(3), 165-169. Scopus7 Europe PMC5 |
| 2009 | Smith, B. J., McGorm, K. J., Weller, D., Burton, C., & Sharpe, M. (2009). The identification in primary care of patients who have been repeatedly referred to hospital for medically unexplained symptoms: A pilot study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 67(3), 207-211. Scopus14 WoS14 Europe PMC12 |
| 2009 | Williams, N., Robertson, J., McGorm, K., Roberts, K., & Elton, R. (2009). What factors affect medication-storage practice among patients on methadone maintenance treatment?. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 17(4), 231-235. Scopus1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2007 | Gall, C., Weller, D., Esterman, A. J., Pilotto, L., McGorm, K., Hammett, Z., & Wattchow, D. (2007). Patient satisfaction and health-related quality of life after treatment for colon cancer. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, 50(6), 801-809. Scopus49 WoS47 Europe PMC35 |
| 2007 | Gall, C. A., Weller, D., Esterman, A., Pilotto, L., McGorm, K., Hammett, Z., & Wattchow, D. (2007). Patient satisfaction and health-related quality of life after treatment for colon cancer. Coloproctology, 29(5), 247-257. |
| 2007 | Gall, C. A., Weller, D., Esterman, A., Pilotto, L., McGorm, K., Hammett, Z., & Wattchow, D. (2007). Patient satisfaction and health-related quality of life after treatment for colon cancer. Coloproctology, 29(5), 247-257. |
| 2006 | Wattchow, D., Weller, D., Esterman, A., Pilotto, L., McGorm, K., Hammett, Z., . . . Silagy, C. (2006). General practice vs surgical-based follow-up for patients with colon cancer: randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Cancer, 94(8), 1116-1121. Scopus195 WoS177 Europe PMC144 |
| 2004 | Cibere, J., Bellamy, N., Thorne, A., Esdaile, J. M., McGorm, K. J., Chalmers, A., . . . Kopec, J. (2004). Reliability of the Knee Examination in Osteoarthritis: Effect of Standardization. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 50(2), 458-468. Scopus136 WoS132 Europe PMC111 |
| 2004 | McGorm, K. J., & Rieger, N. (2004). Complementary and alternative therapies used by patients who have colorectal cancer. Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing, 5, 25-28. |
| 1999 | Weller, D., & McGorm, K. (1999). GP versus hospital follow up for cancer patients. Is the choice based on evidence?. Australian Family Physician, 28(4), 356-359. Scopus4 Europe PMC3 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2021 | McGorm, K. J., Brown, J. D., Thomson, R. L., Oakey, H., Moore, B., Hendry, A. B., . . . Penno, M. A. S. (2021). A long-term evaluation of Facebook for recruitment and retention in the ENDIA type 1 diabetes pregnancy-birth cohort study (Preprint). DOI |
Co-Investigator on the ENDIA and QuEST studies into early detection and monitoring of type 1 diabetes
