Our research partners at the University of Melbourne

The Mercy Perinatal research team resides in the heart of the University of Melbourne Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Mercy Hospital for Women. Professor Sue Walker is the current Head of Department and we are immensely proud of our University of Melbourne affiliation, and the research effort of all our department members. This department has enormous strengths in academic Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatal paediatrics.

Our mission is to focus our teaching and research effort on women’s reproductive health across the lifespan, pregnancy, childbirth and the newborn period.

While research is predominantly based at Mercy Hospital for Women and the Royal Women’s Hospital, the women’s health curriculum for MD students is delivered across all of the Departmental sites: Mercy Hospital for Women, Royal Women’s Hospital, Sunshine Hospital, Epworth Hospital, the Northern Hospital, Ballarat Hospital, Wangaratta Hospital and Goulburn Valley.

Research partners

We are privileged to work alongside fellow researchers at Mercy Hospital for Women who are focussing their research efforts on the following areas:

• Prediction of preterm birth (Dr Harry Georgiou and Dr Megan di Quinzio)
• Molecular mechanisms underpinning preterm labour (Associate Professor Martha Lappas, Dr Ratana Lim and Dr Stella Liong)
• Pathophysiology of gestational diabetes (Associate Professor Martha Lappas, Dr Ratana Lim and Dr Stella Liong)
• Gestational Diabetes Follow up (Dr Harry Georgiou, Dr Alexis Shub, Professor Michael Permezel)

We value our departmental colleagues at the Royal Women’s Hospital and Sunshine Hospital, who have been important contributors to the FOX study, and we welcome their ongoing collaboration.

For further information

University of Melbourne, Melbourne Medical School, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research 

University of Melbourne, Melbourne Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology