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Professor Heather Jeffery

Chair of International Maternal and Child Health
Public Health, School of Public Health
Office of Medical Education (OME)

A27 - Edward Ford Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

T: +61 2 9114 0584 OR +61 2 9515 8248
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Research interests

Research interests include

Classification, causes and prevention of maternal, perinatal and infant death including Sudden Unexpected Death Infancy in low, middle and high income countries.

Perinatal infection

Methods of translating evidence into clinical and preventive practice

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Current national competitive grants*

2012

A community-based cluster randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh to evaluate the impact of the use of iron/folic acid supplements early in pregnancy on the risk of neonatal mortalityBACKGROUND An effective program of antenatal iron/folic ac
Dibley M, Arifeen S, Agho K, Khan J, Rasheed S, Biggs B, Jeffery H, Huda T
NHMRC Project Grants ($2,458,840 over 4 years)

2011

SEA-URCHIN: South East Asia - Using Research for Change in Hospital-acquired Infection in Neonates
Green S, Jeffery H, Lahra M, McDonald S, Laopaiboon M, McKenzie J, Lumbiganon P
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grants ($258,773 over 5 years)

* Grants administered through the University of Sydney

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International links

Australia. (Universiti Sains Malaysia) Director Universiti Sains Malaysia University of Sydney (USMUS) Postgraduate Program.

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