Committees: Steering Committee
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Joshua Vogel
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Joshua is a perinatal epidemiologist and public health researcher at the Burnet Institute, where he co-heads the multi-disciplinary Global Women’s and Newborn’s Health group. His research focuses on maternal and perinatal health issues of global concern, with a focus on improving the quality of maternity care for women in resource-constrained settings. Joshua has published over…
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Ashleigh Rousseaux
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Ashleigh Rousseaux has a background in science and experience in bereavement services, supporting families who have experienced pregnancy loss, stillbirth or the death of a baby or child. She became involved in the bereavement space following her own experience of the full-term stillbirth of her son in 2014. She has actively participated in the bereavement…
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Fabricio Costa
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Professor Fabricio Costa, MD, MSc, FRANZCOG, DDU, COGU (AU), PhD (BR), Dip Fetal Medicine (UK) is a Consultant at the Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit, Gold Coast University Hospital and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Griffith University. Fabricio’s integrated program of perinatal research spans laboratory-based discovery research, clinical trials, implementation science, and health policy. Fabricio’s…
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Kirstin Tindal
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Kirstin Tindal is a PhD Candidate at the Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. Her research centres around the factors associated with preterm stillbirth, with a particular focus on how the endometrial environment contributes to adverse pregnancy outcomes. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BSc (Genetics) and completed a…
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Sarah Henry
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Sarah Henry has a research background in developmental biology and renal physiology. She completed her PhD through Monash University in 2015, and has since gained experience working in both biomedical and clinical research environments. Dr Henry is now the Senior Research Manager for the Stillbirth CRE.
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Carrington Shepherd
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Carrington Shepherd is an Associate Professor at Curtin University with appointments at the Telethon Kids Institute and Murdoch University. He is Head of the Indigenous Health Research program in the Curtin Medical School and been involved in research with and for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community for almost 20 years. His program is…
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Sean Seeho
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Dr Sean Seeho [MBBS, FRANZCOG, PhD] is a clinical academic at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney and a researcher in the Women and Babies Research Group at the Kolling Institute, University of Sydney. He co-chairs the Stillbirth CRE Education Committee and is a member of the CRE Steering Committee. Dr Seeho contributed to…
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Emeritus Professor Jane Dahlstrom OAM
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Jane is an Anatomical Pathologist at ACT Pathology for Canberra Health Services who subspecialised in perinatal pathology. She is an Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University. As a clinician researcher she has a strong interest in stillbirth investigation including identify gaps in care and reducing the burden of stillbirth by assisting with addressing inequities.…
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Belinda Jennings
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Belinda has a background in midwifery, with her masters by research focussing on midwifery care provided to women experiencing perinatal loss. Belinda has extensive experience in clinical practice, clinical and outreach education, and safety and quality. She has worked across all models of care, and has extended experience working internationally. Belinda’s expertise relates to global…
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Siobhan Loughnan
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Siobhan is an early career researcher and co-leads the Care Around Stillbirth and Neonatal Death program. Siobhan joined the Stillbirth CRE in 2019 and has a background in perinatal loss, perinatal psychology, digital interventions for mental health and wellbeing, and psychosocial cancer care. Siobhan currently leads a range of projects including the technical working group…
