Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health

Learn about this department's research groups and the projects they are working on.


Gynaecology Research Centre - Hickey Group

Research Group Leader : Professor Martha Hickey

Royal Women's Hospital

This groups research focus is menopause, reproductive endocrinology and healthy ageing in women.

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Maternal Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre

Research Group Leader : Prof Shaun Brennecke

Royal Women's Hospital

The blueprint for a healthy life is largely determined by events which take place in the uterus before we are even born.

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Molecular Microbiology and Reproductive Health Research Group

Research Group Leader : Professor Suzanne M. Garland

Royal Women's Hospital

The team is focused on on providing evidence for changes that may translate into clinical practice, affecting patient health.

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Newborn Research Centre

Research Group Leader : Professor Peter Davis

Royal Women's Hospital

The motto of the Women's Newborn Research Centre is “Making the babies better”. To do this we are trying to give all babies, irrespective of their size and maturity at birth the best chance of growing into healthy adults.


Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce

Research Group Leader : Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe

Royal Women's Hospital

This group conducts research focused on oncofertility preservation

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Perinatal Research Group

Research Group Leader: Professor Sue Walker

Mercy Hospital for Women

The vision of the Maternal Fetal Medicine centre is to achieve integration of the three professional domains: excellence in clinical care, education and research

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The ‘Co-designing abortion care in Melbourne’s North’ research team

Research Group Leader : Eleanor Johnson

Northern Centre for Education & Research.


Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function Group

Research Group Leader : Professor Natalie Hannan

Mercy Hospital for Women

This group conducts research with a focus on therapeutics discoveries and vascular function


Translational Obstetrics Group

Research Group Leader : Professor Stephen Tong

Mercy Hospital for Women

The team is focused on developing diagnostics and therapeutics to improve the care of pregnant women and their fetuses.

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Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group

Research Group Leader : Jeanie Cheong

Royal Women's Hospital

The Victorian Infant Collaborative Study (VICS) is a long term study of prematurely born infants throughout their childhood and into adulthood.

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