Our People

Mr Elias Roro

PhD student

Ms Ashley Pade

Research Assistant

Ms Kirstin Tindal

Senior Research Assistant & PhD Candidate

Dr Sarah Henry

Research Manager

Dr Michelle Carty

Senior Research Assistant

Ms Mu Cheng

Ms Luciana Massi

Research Officer – Indigenous Health Projects, Mater Research

Ms Tionie Newth

Research Midwife

Ms Hayley Nisbet

Research Support Officer

Ms Cheryl Bailey

PhD Candidate

Ms Lina Jalloub

Research Assistant

Ms Anneka Bowman

PhD Candidate

Professor

Vicki Flenady

Director; Co-lead Risk Factors; Co-lead Implementation; Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth - Stillbirth CRE

Professor

David Ellwood

Co-director; Co-lead Risk Factors; Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth (Stillbirth CRE)

Professor

Sue Walker

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne; Stillbirth CRE

Dr Siobhan Loughnan

Postdoctoral researcher and Co-Lead of the Care Around Stillbirth and Neonatal Death research program.

Professor

Alexander Heazell

University of Manchester

Professor

Gordon Smith

Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cambridge University, United Kingdom

Associate Professor

Philippa Middleton

Co-lead Implementation, Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth (Stillbirth CRE)

Associate Professor

Camille Raynes-Greenow

University of Sydney

Professor

Euan Wallace

Co-lead Prediction and Placenta Stillbirth CRE

Dr Brad Farrant

Senior Research Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute

Ms Cherisse Buzzacott

Midwife Project Officer for Birthing on Country

Ms Claire Storey

Co-Chair, International Stillbirth Alliance

Ms Poliana Medeiros

PhD Candidate

Associate Professor

Carrington Shepherd

Indigenous Health research, Curtin University

Ms Tania Marsden

PhD Candidate

Ms Tamara Jones

Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Cairns

Dr Julie Dean

Psychologist; Senior Research Assistant, Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland

Professor

Declan Devane

Professor of Midwifery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Professor

Jan Jaap Erwich

Gynaecologist-Perinatologist, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Professor

Caroline Homer

Co-Program Director, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health; Working Group Head, Burnet Institute

Professor

Lesley McCowan

Maternal Fetal Medicine sub-specialist

Dr Sean Seeho

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal North Shore Hospital; University of Sydney

Professor

Belinda Jennings

Midwifery, Northern Territory Department of Health

Professor

Stephen Tong

Mercy Hospital for Women

Ms Jessica Sexton

PhD Candidate

Ms Kara Warrilow

Research Assistant

Ms Laura Singline

Research Assistant

Professor

Robert Silver

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, United States

Dr Margaret Murphy

Midwife and lecturer in Midwifery, University College Cork, Ireland

Dr Katy Gold

Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology

Dr Sue Willey

Monash University

Dr Dimitrios Siassakos

Consultant Senior Lecturer in Obstetrics, University of Bristol

Dr Hannah Blencowe

Lecturer, Paediatrician, Epidemiologist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Ms Susannah Leisher

Honorary Fellow

Ms Ann Lancaster

Psychologist

Mr Rupesh Gautam

Research Associate

Dr Christine Andrews

Postdoctoral Research Officer

Ms Valerie Ah Chee

Murdoch University

Ms Sue-Anne Hunter

SNAICC – National Voice for Our Children

Ms Lorian Hayes

Medical School, University of Queensland

Dr Lauren Sculthorpe

Institute for Urban Indigenous Health

Ms Skye Stewart

Research Coordinator

Ms Johanna Neville

Apunipima Cape York Health Council

Ms Melanie Briggs

Waminda South Coast Women’s Health & Welfare Aboriginal Corporation

Ms Leonie McLaughlin

CRANAPlus

Dr Danielle Muscat

University of Sydney

Dr Elisha Riggs

Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Dr Joyce Jiang

Health Promotion Manager, Multicultural Centre for Women's Health

Dr Clemence Due

University of Adelaide

Dr Jaya Dantas

Curtin University

Dr Maryam Mozooni

University of Western Australia

Dr Yvette Roe

Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, Honorary Senior Fellow, Mater Research Institute

Dr Cath Chamberlain

Associate Professor, Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University

Ms Cassandra Nest

Griffith University & Project Lead for Waijungbah Jarjums model of care

Dr Lynn Sinclair

President, Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand

Ms Keren Ludski

Co-CEO, Red Nose Australia

Ms Jackie Mead

Co-CEO, Red Nose Australia

Ms Robin Cronin

PhD Candidate (Midwifery)

Ms Billie Bradford

Senior Research Officer

Ms Deanna Stuart-Butler

Indigenous Research Officer

Professor

Jane Warland

Stillbirth researcher and midwife

Professor

Alison Kent

IMPROVE and FGR programs, Stillbirth CRE

Dr Sue Vlack

Metro North Hospital and Health Service

Ms Claire Foord

Founder and CEO, Still Aware

Ms Leona McGrath

Indigenous Advisory Group member

Ms Marni Tuala

President, CATSINaM

Ms Diana Jans

Protection of Children Advisor, Apunipima, Cape York

Ms Joyce Graham

ACT Health

Dr Barb Vernon

CEO, Women's Healthcare Australasia (WHA)

Ms Danielle Pollock

Phd Candidate, Consumer Advisory Panel for Still Aware

Ms Meleseini Tai-Roche

Bereaved Mother and Midwife, Medical Student, Consumer Advisory Panel for Still Aware

Professor

Michael Coory

Biostatistician

Ms Amanda Bowles

President and Co-Founder, Bears of Hope

Associate Professor

Fran Boyle

Co-lead Care After Stillbirth, Stillbirth CRE

Professor

Sailesh Kumar

Co-lead Prediction and Placenta, Stillbirth CRE

Professor

Adrienne Gordon

Co-lead Risk Factors; Lead Public Awareness Stillbirth CRE

Dr Miranda Davies-Tuck

NHMRC/Stillbirth CRE Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Perinatal Epidemiologist, Hudson Institute of Medical Research - Ritchie Centre

Professor

Jonathan Morris

Co-lead Research Capacity Development; Co-lead Care After Stillbirth; Stillbirth CRE

Ms Leigh Brezler

CEO Stillbirth Foundation Australia

Associate Professor

Dell Horey

Co-lead Care After Stillbirth, Stillbirth CRE

Dr Glenn Gardener

Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, Mater

Dr Aleena Wojcieszek

Associate Investigator; Clinical Epidemiology, Mater Research Institute - The University of Queensland

Professor

Susan McDonald

Midwifery mentorship; Clinical guidelines Stillbirth CRE

Associate Professor

Emily Callander

Health Economics

Professor

Vicki Clifton

Co-lead: Placental biomarkers of pregnancies at risk of stillbirth, Stillbirth CRE

Professor

Yee Khong

Perinatal Pathology, University of Adelaide

Professor

Christine East

Co-lead Clinical Education; Co-lead Research Capacity Development, Stillbirth CRE

Dr Alyce Wilson

Public Health Registrar; PhD Candidate; Stillbirth CRE scholarship recipient

Claudia Ravaldi