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The Mercy Perinatal research team is dedicated to improving the lives of women and babies globally.

Dr Natasha Pritchard
MBBS MReprMed PhD Postdoctoral clinician researcher
Natasha works clinically in obstetrics and is a Senior Research Fellow.
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.
Dr Elif Kadife
PhD Postdoctoral Researcher
Elif is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Co-Lead of the Obstetric Diagnostics and Therapeutics Group.
Dr Ishara Atukorala
PhD Postdoctoral researcher
Ishara is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Hui Perinatal Research Group.
Dr Lucy Bartho
PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Lucy is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the Translational Obstetrics Group.
Dr Melvin Marzan
BSC Nursing MSc PhD Postdoctoral research fellow
Melvin is an epidemiologist and biostatistician with a particular interest in perinatal and reproductive epidemiology.
Dr Natalie Binder
BBioSc(Hons) PhD Postdoctoral Researcher
Nat is a research fellow whose work focuses on developing small animal models to study major pregnancy complications, such as preeclampsia and preterm birth.
Dr Natasha de Alwis
BSc (Hons) PhD Postdoctoral Researcher
Tash is a Postdoctoral Researcher with a research focus in understanding the development of pregnancy complications and developing new ways to treat them.
Dr Rangi De Silva
B.Sci MBBS FRANZCOG MRMed PhD Postdoctoral clinician researcher
Rangi is a Senior Research Fellow and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Mercy Hospital for Women.
Dr Tanya Tripathi
PhD Postdoctoral Researcher
Tanya is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Hui Perinatal Research Group.
Alexandra Roddy Mitchell
RN RM PhD Student
Alex is a PhD Student within the Perinatal Epidemiology team.
Bianca Fato
PhD student
Bianca is a PhD Student within the Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function Group.

Dr Natasha Pritchard

Dr Elizabeth McCarthy

Dr Elif Kadife

Dr Ishara Atukorala

Dr Lucy Bartho

Dr Melvin Marzan

Dr Natalie Binder

Dr Natasha de Alwis

Dr Rangi De Silva

Dr Tanya Tripathi

Alexandra Roddy Mitchell

Bianca Fato

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