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

Dr Amber Kennedy
MBBS DRANZCOG MRepoMed Postdoctoral clinician researcher
Amber is an obstetrician and gynaecologist with a masters degree in reproductive endocrinology.
Dr Natasha Pritchard
MBBS MReprMed PhD Postdoctoral clinician researcher
Natasha works clinically in obstetrics and is a Senior Research Fellow.
Dr Elif Kadife
PhD Postdoctoral Researcher
Elif is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Co-Lead of the Obstetric Diagnostics and Therapeutics 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.
Anna Forsythe
Master of Environment (MEnv) Data Scientist
Anna is a Data Scientist within the Perinatal Epidemiology Group.
Lydia Baird
BH-BMED (Hons) Research Assistant
Lydia is a Research Assistant for the Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function Group.
Alesia Harper
BSc (Hons) Research Assistant
Alesia is a Research Assistant for the Obstetric Diagnostic and Therapeutics Group.

Dr Amber Kennedy

Dr Natasha Pritchard

Dr Elif Kadife

Dr Lucy Bartho

Dr Melvin Marzan

Dr Natalie Binder

Dr Natasha de Alwis

Dr Rangi De Silva

Dr Tanya Tripathi

Anna Forsythe

Lydia Baird

Alesia Harper

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