Ms Leeann Mick-Ramsamy

PhD Candidate

Child Health Research Centre

Featured projects	Duration
LEAP-CP: Peer delivered early detection and intervention for infants at high risk of cerebral palsy/neurodevelopmental disability in Indigenous Australia: Learning through Everyday Activities with Parents Study National Health and Medical Research Council	2020–2024

Luke, Carly, Benfer, Katherine A., Mick‐Ramsamy, Leeann, Ware, Robert S., Bosanquet, Margot, Reid, Natasha, Bos, Arend F., Boyd, Roslyn N. and Queensland State‐wide LEAP Clinical Group (2025). Predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes in Australian First Nations infants: the transdiagnostic utility of early screening tools. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology dmcn.70003. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.70003

Luke, Carly, Mick-Ramsamy, Leeann, Bos, Arend F., Benfer, Katherine A., Bosanquet, Margot, Gordon, Anya, Williams, Hailey, Taifalos, Chloe, Smith, Maria, Leishman, Shaneen, Oakes, Ellena, Kentish, Megan, McNamara, Lynda, Ware, Robert S. and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2024). Relationship between early infant motor repertoire and neurodevelopment on the hammersmith infant neurological examination in a developmentally vulnerable first nations cohort. Early Human Development, 192 106004, 106004. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106004

Luke, Carly R., Benfer, Katherine, Mick-Ramsamy, Leeann, Ware, Robert S., Reid, Natasha, Bos, Arend F., Bosanquet, Margot and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2022). Early detection of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants at high risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes at 12 months corrected age: LEAP-CP prospective cohort study protocol. BMJ Open, 12 (1) e053646, e053646. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053646

Luke, Carly, Ramsamy, Leeann, Benfer, Kath, Ware, Robert, Leishman, Shaneen, Bosanquet, Margot, Reid, Natasha, Gordon, Anya, Williams, Hailey, Taifalos, Chloe, Smith, Maria, Oakes, Ellena, Dewis, Donna, Kentish, Megan, McNamara, Lynda, Bos, Arend F. and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2025). First Nations culturally-adapted early screening program predicts neurodevelopmental outcomes at 12 months corrected age. Rehab for Kids 2025: Shaping Futures Together, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 3-5 November 2025.

Luke, Carly, Benfer, Kath, Mick-Ramsamy, Leeann, Ware, Robert S., Leishman, Shaneen, Bosanquet, Margot, Reid, Natasha, Gordon, Anya, Williams, Hailey, Taifalos, Chloe, Oakes, Ellena, Smith, Maria, Dewis, Donna, Kentish, Megan, McNamara, Lynda, Bos, Arend F. and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2025). First Nations culturally-adapted early screening program predicts infant neurodevelopmental outcomes at 12 months corrected age. 37th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability and 4th Triennial Meeting of the International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability, Heidelberg, Germany, 24-28 June. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.

Luke, Carly, Benfer, Kath, Mick-Ramsamy, Leeann, Ware, Robert S., Leishman, Shaneen, Bosanquet, Margot, Reid, Natasha, Gordon, Anya, Williams, Hailey, Taifalos, Chloe, Smith, Maria, Dewis, Donna, Oakes, Ellena, Kentish, Megan, McNamara, Lynda, Bos, Arend F. and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2025). Implementation of a First Nations culturally-adapted early screening program predicts neurodevelopmental outcomes at 12 months corrected age. Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ) 2025 Congress, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 14-19 March 2025. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.

Luke, C., Mick-Ramsamy, L., Benfer, K., Ware, R. S., Leishman, S., Bosanquet, M., Gordon, A., Williams, H., Taifalos, C., Oakes, E., Smith, M., Bos, A. and Boyd, R. N. (2024). Early screening tools predict neurodevelopmental outcomes at 12 months in a developmentally vulnerable First Nations infant cohort. 36th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood Disability, Bruges, Belgium, 29 May-1 June 2024. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.15934