Our research team

Prof Stephen Tong

MBBS PhD FRANZCOG Co-director of Mercy Perinatal

Stephen leads The Translational Obstetrics Group. His vision for bringing mothers and babies safely home is centred on his internationally recognized research program.

Prof Sue Walker AO

MBBS MD FRANZCOG CMFM DDU Co-director of Mercy Perinatal

Sue is a maternal fetal medicine specialist and Head of the Department of Perinatal Medicine at the Mercy Hospital for Women.

Emeritus Prof Michael Permezel AO

MBBS MD MRCP MRCOG FRANZCOG Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Michael's extraordinary clinical, teaching and research leadership has been pivotal to the careers of a generation of academic clinicians.

Prof Natalie Hannan

BSci(Hons) PhD Senior scientist

Natalie is determined to make new important discoveries that add to our understanding of human pregnancy complications.

Prof Tu’uhevaha Kaitu’u-Lino

BBiomedsci (Hons) PhD Senior scientist

Prof Tu’uhevaha Kaitu’u-Lino is a Principal Research fellow with a focus on clinical translation.

Prof Lisa Hui

MBBS PhD FRANZCOG CMFM DDU Maternal fetal medicine specialist

Lisa has particular interests in prenatal screening and diagnosis, infectious diseases and fetal medicine.

Dr Elizabeth McCarthy

MBBS MD FRANZCOG DDU CMFM Maternal fetal medicine specialist

Liz has expertise in the care of women with a history of perinatal loss and recurrent miscarriage.

A/Prof Alexis Shub

MBBS PhD MPH FRANZCOG CMFM Maternal fetal medicine specialist

Lex has special interest in diabetes in pregnancy and Telehealth.

Dr Fiona Brownfoot

MBBS FRANZCOG PhD Clinician scientist

Dr Fiona Brownfoot is a clinician-scientist focused on developing new diagnostics and treatments for pregnancy complications.

Dr Anthea Lindquist

MBBS DPhil(Oxon) FRANZCOG Research fellow

Anthea is an obstetrician and gynaecologist who trained under a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University to become a perinatal epidemiologist.

Dr Roxanne Hastie

BSci(Hons) PhD Postdoctoral Research fellow

Dr Teresa MacDonald

MBBS BMed Sci FRANZCOG PhD Postdoctoral clinician researcher