Newborns @Twilight

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Our final Twilight for this year will be held NEXT WEDNESDAY, December 4- ‘Newborns at Twilight’. This is a very special Twilight indeed, as the discussion will be led by our very own, brand new, shiny  Professor of Neonatal Medicine at Mercy, Professor Brett Manley! An international leader in newborn research himself, he has attracted a world class group of speakers for this very special event, and we can’t wait to see you there!

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Meet our Presenters

Our first speaker is A/Prof Chris McKinlay from Middlemore Hospital, New Zealand. He will be speaking on ‘Sweet and Pink: Diabetes and neonatal lung disease’. Chris graduated in medicine from The University of Auckland and completed general paediatric training in Auckland, followed by subspecialist training in neonatology in Melbourne. His PhD investigated the long-term effects of repeat antenatal glucocorticoid treatment for preterm birth on risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease. Chris is a consultant neonatologist at Middlemore Hospital, and he combines clinical neonatology with perinatal research, focusing on interventions to improve long-term metabolic, respiratory and neurodevelopmental outcomes in at-risk infants. 


Next we have Dr Shiraz Badurdeen from Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne who will be speaking on ‘Getting oxygen right after birth- a global perspective.’ Shiraz is a consultant neonatologist at the Mercy Hospital for Women and the inaugural Melbourne Children’s Global Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow. As an early-career researcher, he aims to make oxygen therapy safer and more effective for critically unwell newborns across diverse settings. His research focuses on personalising oxygen therapy to fit specific pathophysiological contexts. Supported by a diverse team of collaborators, Shiraz is undertaking translational studies and developing novel applications of technology to address key knowledge gaps in newborn oxygenation. In 2022, he earned a Translational Research PhD from Monash University. He has a particular interest in research methods and serves as an associate editor for Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal Edition. 


Finally, we have A/Prof Clare Whitehead from The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne who will be updating us on ‘The PLATIPUS program introduces the PROMOAT trial’. Preterm labour? Which antibiotics? Which regimen? It’s time we knew! Clare is a Maternal Fetal Medicine Subspecialist and Head of Fetal Medicine at The Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne. She Co-Leads the PLATIPUS adaptive platform trial with Brett Manley and is focussed on improving outcomes for women with pregnancy complications and their infants through innovative trial designs and translational research.