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Our Vision
Our Vision
Our vision is to reduce the devastating impact of stillbirth for women, families and the wider community through improving care to reduce the number of stillborn babies and to reduce the impact of this loss.
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People + Partners
Meet the network of people, organisations, and professional institutions driving research and program implementation across the Stillbirth CRE.
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Our Work
Explore some of the latest Stillbirth CRE research projects, scientific studies, and educational campaigns on stillbirth prevention and care after stillbirth.
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Our aim is to improve care to reduce the number of stillborn babies and to reduce the impact of this loss.
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Awarded Funding

The Stillbirth CRE uses funding to pursue scientific research into stillbirth prevention and care after stillbirth. View recently awarded funding and studies in the table below.

To find out how you can collaborate or get involved with these projects, please contact us.

DateTitleFunding BodyLead InvestigatorTeamAmount
2017Implementing strategies to address stillbirth in Australia; A bundle of care for maternity hospitals.
MRI-UQ Clinical Research Seeding Grant
Hanna Reinebrant
Vicki Flenady, Glenn Gardener, Fran Boyle, Dell Horey
$8,833
2018Developing a parent version of a guideline for respectful and supportive perinatal bereavement care
Stillbirth Foundation Australia
Fran Boyle
Dell Horey, Philippa Middleton, Paula Dillon, Vicki Flenady
$40,000
2018Fetal Growth Restriction Education Program
Safer Care Victoria
Vicki Flenady, Megan Weller, Glenn Gardner
$99,500
2018Public Awareness Campaign - Fetal Movements
Safer Care Victoria
Vicki Flenady, Adrienne Gordon
$165,000
2019Improving the mental wellbeing of parents after perinatal loss: Development and implementation of a parent-centred online intervention to enhance primary care sector capacity
BDHP MRFF RART
Vicki Flenady, Siobhan Loughnan
Fran Boyle, Belinda Norman, Michael Millard, Jill Newby, Hila Haskelberg, Dell Horey, Catherine Monk, Katherine Shear, Emily Callander
$767,158
2019Assessing the impact of a stillbirth prevention bundle of care for improving best practice care for women during pregnancy in Australia
NHMRC Partnership Grant
Vicki Flenady
David Ellwood, Philippa Middleton, Adrienne Gordon, Jonathan Morris, Fran Boyle, Michael Coory, Deanna Stuart-Butler, Emily Callander, Christine Andrews, Euan Wallace, Kate Lynch, Glenn Gardener, Miranda Davies-Tuck, Caroline Homer
$3,169,927
2019Preventing stillbirth, the Australian Safer Baby Bundle
MRFF Accelerated Research Grant
Vicki Flenady
David Ellwood, Philippa Middleton, Adrienne Gordon, Michael Nicholl, Caroline Homer, Jonathan Morris, Glenn Gardener, Michael Coory, Miranda Davies-Tuck
$3,000,000
2019Together we can stop stillbirth: An education campaign
Primary Health Care Development Program: Stillbirth Education and Awareness
Vicki Flenady
Philippa Middleton, Adrienne Gordon, David Ellwood, Sean Seeho, Adrian Bauman, Adele Murdolo, Christine Andrews
$1,499,336
2019Developing a parent version of a guideline for respectful and supportive perinatal bereavement care
Stillbirth Foundation Australia
Fran Boyle
Dell Horey, Philippa Middleton, Paula Dillon, Vicki Flenady
$40,000
2020Can intrapartum SildEnafil safely Avert the Risks of Contraction-induced Hypoxia in labour? iSEARCH – a pragmatic Phase 3 Randomised Controlled Trial
NHMRC, MRFF RCRDUN
Sailesh Kumar
B Mol, W Tarnow-Mordi, V Flenady, H Liley, N Badawi, S Walker, J Hyett, L Askie, E Callander
$3,418,152

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