ESA-SRB 2023

^{Pictured L-R Bianca Fato, Prof Natalie Hannan & Michaela Sacco}

The 2023 ESA-SRB Annual Scientific Meeting was held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland on 26-29 November 2023.

Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health members were celebrated and awarded. Prof Natalie Hannan was awarded the Society for Reproductive Biology Mercy Perinatal Mid-Career Medal for Women’s Health. PhD candidate Bianca Fato won the Society for Reproductive Biology and the Australia New Zealand Placental Research Association New Investigator Award (Dr Lucy Bartho was also a finalist). PhD candidate Michaela Sacco received the Hudson Institute of Medical Research "Award for Excellence" for Best Early Career Researcher Poster.

^{Pictured above Prof Natalie Hannan}

Professor Natalie Hannan is an ARC Future Fellow, at the University of Melbourne. Natalie leads the Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function in Pregnancy Group. Her research is focused on understanding placental development, vascular function and adaptation in pregnancy, as well as the underlying mechanisms driving spontaneous pre-term birth. Natalie is passionate about developing safe therapeutics and delivery strategies for use in pregnancy, and for the treatment of major complications of pregnancy including preeclampsia and preterm birth.

^{Pictured above SRB President Brett Nixon, Bianca Fato & Prof Natalie Hannan}

Bianca Fato is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne within the Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function in Pregnancy group headed by Prof. Natalie Hannan. She is investigating key contributors to vascular dysfunction in pregnancy. Her research is focussed on the human vasculature and developing new and innovative models of preeclampsia and gestational diabetes mellitus.

^{Pictured above Michaela Sacco}

Michaela Sacco is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne within the Reproductive Biology group in the Gynaecology Research Centre headed by Prof. Evdokia Dimitriadis.