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Our research projects aim to bring mothers and babies safely home.

Optimising the way we define and identify small babies in pregnancy that are at risk of complications

Finding small babies during pregnancy is vital because they are at higher risk of complications, including stillbirth. O...
Preeclampsia intervention trials

Preeclampsia claims the lives of 70,000 mothers and 500,000 babies worldwide every year. Most of this burden is shoulder...
Sleep and oxygenation study (SOX)

Events during sleep may have an important impact on placental health and pregnancy outcome.
The short- and long-term effects of preeclampsia and the medications used to manage it

Preeclampsia is a dangerous pregnancy complication with no cure other than delivering the baby, putting both mothers and...
Understanding and treating mental illness in pregnancy

One in five pregnant women experience mental illness, yet we know very little about whether the medicines used to treat ...
Understanding how and why diseases of pregnancy occur

Preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction are serious complications of pregnancy that mainly originate from poor placent...
Active Trial: Clinical Trials for Patients who will have an Elective Caesarean Section – Late preterm and Early Term

Mercy Perinatal is conducting a clinical trial testing whether giving two doses of betamethasone before an elective caes...
Active Study: The BUMPS Study: Using Biomarkers and Ultrasound to Minimise Preventable Stillbirths

The BUMPS study is testing whether a simple blood test (measuring biomarkers) in late pregnancy can reliably assess plac...
Active Study: The PEA POD Study: Helping Us Understand Newborn Health

The PEA POD Study measures newborn body fat (using a safe, non-invasive “PeaPod” device) in babies born at or after 37 w...
Active: The Mercy Hospital for Women Biobank

Mercy Hospital for Women’s Biobank collects donated maternal blood, placental and umbilical cord tissue (and other pregn...