Australian Perinatal Epidemiology Update 2024

The Park Hyatt Melbourne, 1 Parliament Square Off, Parliament Pl , Melbourne , Vic 3002

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We launched the Australian Perinatal Epidemiology Update (APEU) in 2022 and following its success we’re thrilled to bring this event to Melbourne. This two day conference will be held just prior to the Mercy Perinatal Global Obstetric Update on the 18th and 19th of November 2024 at the beautiful Park Hyatt Melbourne, Australia. 

At APEU we welcome clinicians and researchers in maternity care and last time attracted a wide audience of epidemiologists, clinical trialists, pregnancy researchers, obstetricians, midwives, GPs, trainees, neonatologists, and allied health professionals.

We have a stellar line up of international, interstate and local speakers. Together they will be covering clinically based research that aims to improve the health of mothers and babies. 

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Speakers

Professor John Kingdom

  • Obstetrician, MFM, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
  • Gordon C. Leitch Chair and Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Toronto 

Associate Professor Lina Bergman

  • Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Consultant, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital Östra 

Professor Craig Pennell

  • Chair in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Professor in Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  • University of Newcastle, John Hunter Hospital 

Professor Katie Groom

  • Professor of Maternal and Perinatal Health at the Liggins Institute, University of Auckland 
  • Subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at National Women's Health, Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai, Auckland City Hospital 

Professor Camille Raynes-Greenow

  • Deputy Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine and Health University of Sydney 
  • Perinatal Epidemiologist, School of Public Health 

Professor Susan Morton

  • Director at UTS INSIGHT Institute, Sydney 
  • Public Health Physician 

Professor Natasha Nassar

  • Financial Markets Foundation for Children Chair in Translational Childhood Medicine, Children's Hospital, Westmead Clinical School 
  • Charles Perkins Centre Populations Domain Leader 

Professor David Burgner

  • Group Leader/Principal Research Fellow 
  • Murdoch Children's Research Institute 

Professor Joanne Said

  • Professorial Fellow. Melbourne University 
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy 

Professor Ben W. Mol

  • Professor, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Monash Health 
  • Leader of the Evidence based Women's Health Care Research Group 

Professor Patrick Olivier

  • Professor Department of Human Centred Computing, Monash University 
  • Adjuct Professor Malaysia School of Information Technology 

Professor Alice Rumbold

  • Co-Theme Leader SAHMRI Women and Kids, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute 
  • Research Leader Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide 

Associate Professor Kirsten Palmer

  • Obstetrician and Specialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine, Monash Health Head of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Monash Medical Centre 
  • NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, Monash University

Professor Lisa Hui

  • Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, Mercy Perinatal
  • Professor - MFM, The University of Melbourne

Professor Stephen Tong

  • Co-Director, Obstetrician, Mercy Perinatal
  • Professor, The University of Melbourne

Associate Professor Zohra Lassi

  • Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences 
  • NHMRC Ext-Funded Emerging Leader-2 Fellow D 

Dr Clare Whitehead

  • Maternal fetal medicine specialist and Head of Fetal Medicine, Royal Womens Hospital 
  • Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne 

Dr Alex Waddell

  • Research Fellow, Monash University 
  • Action Lab in Department of Human Centered Computing 

Registration

Register for APEU via Trybooking - Tickets on sale now! 

  • Clinicians/Academics - $350 
  • Student - $275 
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Program

Download a PDF version of our program here. 

Day 1 : Monday 18th November

08:30 - 09:00

Registration
09:00 - 09:10

Welcome

Professor Sue Walker and Professor Stephen Tong
09:10 - 09:20

Introduction

Associate Professor Roxanne Hastie and Dr Anthea Lindquist
09:20 - 09:25

Session One - Hot off the Press Clinical Trials

09:25 - 09:50

The PLATIPUS Trial – updates and insights from an Australian first adaptive clinical trial

Dr Clare Whitehead
09:50 - 10:15

Findings and lessons from C Steroids

Professor Joanne Said
10:15 - 10:40

Pessary and cerclage: updates in preterm birth prevention

Professor Ben Mol
10:40 - 11:10

Morning Tea
11:10 - 11:15

Session Two - Medicine use in Pregnancy: what we know and what we're discovering

11:15 - 11:40

New generation treatments for preeclampsia

Professor Stephen Tong
11:40 - 12:05

Nutriceuticals in pregnancy

Associate Professor Kirsten Palmer
12:05 - 13:10

Lunch
13:10 - 13:15

Session Three - ECR Session

13:15 - 13:30

Preventing pre-eclampsia: exploring economic and implementation barriers to effective maternity care

Katherine Eddy
13:30 - 13:45

The impact of diabetes in pregnancy on childhood development: A population-based Victorian cohort study

Hannah Gordon
13:45 - 14:00

Perinatal and early childhood risk and protective factors for infections in children?

Isobel Todd
14:00 - 14:15

Investigating the maternal-fetal transfer of sulforaphane

Emily Whalen
02:15 - 14:30

Comparing the safety and efficacy of common antihypertensives for the management of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A causal inference analysis

Jess Atkinson
14:30 - 14:55

Afternoon Tea

14:55 - 15:00

Session Four – Skills update: translating evidence for the consumer
15:00 - 15:25

Meaningful involvement of consumers in research

Dr Alex Waddell
15:25 - 15:50

Collaborative and social computing: lessons for digital health from Action Lab

Professor Patrick Olivier
15:50 - 16:00

Conclude Day 1

Day 2 : Tuesday 19th November

09:00 - 09:05

Session Five - Short and long-term impacts of obstetric interventions
09:05 - 09:30

PlGF in practice: mid trimester circulating PlGF and the risk of early preterm birth

Professor John Kingdom
09:30 - 09:55

The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease—Genes, the Environment or Both

Professor Craig Pennell
09:55 - 10:20

Hypertensive disease in pregnancy and beyond – longterm aspects for mothers

Associate Professor Lina Bergman
10:20 - 10:45

An International Consortium for FGR Therapy Trials – the Highs and the Lows

Professor Katie Groom
10:45 - 11:15

Morning Tea
11:15 - 11:20

Session Six - Paediatric epidemiology: what matters for kids right now?

11:20 - 11:45

Communicable disease meets non-communicable disease: early life infection and inflammation and cardiometabolic risk across the life course.

Professor David Burgner
11:45 - 12:10

Gestational age and childhood development – what is the impact of the family?

Professor Natasha Nassar
12:10 - 12:35

GIFT and the breastmilk CRE

Professor Alice Rumbold
12:35 - 12:40

Session Seven – ECR Session
12:40 - 12:55

Outpatient versus inpatient methods for cervical ripening and induction of labour

Dr Malitha Patabendige
12:55 - 13:10

What a difference a decade makes: population-wide analysis of prenatal diagnosis for trisomies 21, 18 and 13 from 2013 to 2022 in Victoria, Australia.

Cecilia Pynaker
13:10 - 14:05

Lunch
14:05 - 14:10

Session Eight – From evidence to policy and implementation

14:10 - 14:35

Community engagement to improve a cluster randomised trial: lessons from the field

Professor Camille Raynes-Greenow
14:35 - 15:00

Growing Up in NZ – using evidence from a national birth cohort study to inform childhood health policy

Professor Susan Morton
15:00 - 15:25

CMV – from perinatal epidemiology to clinical practice

Professor Lisa Hui
15:25 - 15:50

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health through the lens of preconception care

Associate Professor Zohra Lassi
15:50 - 16:15

Ending the maternal health drug drought starts with fair inclusion of pregnant women in clinical research

Dr Mridula Shankar
16:15 - 16:30

Wrap up and Conclude

Sponsors

We are grateful for the support of the Norman Beischer Medical Research Foundation for proudly supporting the Australian Perinatal Epidemiology Update in 2024.

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If your organization is interested in sponsoring this wonderful event in 2024, please reach out to us at mercyperinatal@mercy.com.au 

Contact Us

For any enquiries about The Australian Perinatal Epidemiology Update 2024, please email mercyperinatal@mercy.com.au