Our projects

Characterising the perinatal, neonatal, and school-age childhood outcomes associated with diabetes in pregnancy

Nearly one in five Australian women have diabetes in pregnancy, but we don’t yet know how this affects their children’s ...

Chasing a blood test to prevent stillbirth

We’re developing a simple blood test in late pregnancy to detect poor placental function and prevent stillbirth by ident...

Checkpoints of Placental Health

Saving lives by detecting placental failure early - three new tests proposed to help prevent stillbirth.

Collaborative Maternity and Newborn Dashboard for the COVID-19 pandemic

Timely monitoring of outcomes for mothers and babies in Melbourne

ESE-CMV study

Education, Serology and Evaluation to prevent congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Identifying novel biomarkers to predict late-onset preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction

Our research aims to find new biomarkers (molecules or signatures) in blood that can help identify women at risk before ...

Identifying novel therapeutic options for ectopic pregnancy

Ectopic pregnancy, a leading cause of first-trimester maternal death, occurs when a fertilised egg implants outside the ...

Investigating the safety of adjunct medication use in IVF

Many IVF patients in Australia are prescribed extra medications during early pregnancy, but we don’t yet know if these d...

Laboratory screening pipeline to identify new drugs for preeclampsia

​Finding new drugs for preeclampsia begins in the laboratory. We have developed an innovative experimental screening pip...

Novel therapies to treat preeclampsia