Maternal, perinatal and women’s health

Current projects within the pillar of maternal, perinatal and women's health

• Acoustic environment of the NICU: A noise reduction project (Vicky Wade, Dr Sandie Bredemeyer, Lyndy Dixon & Kirsty Foster)

• Care of the near term infant on postnatal wards Using Special Protocols – The CUSP trial (Maureen Ryan, Marilena Pelosi, Dr Sandie Bredemeyer, Hala Phipps, Shelley Reid)

• Evaluation of Midwifery Units (The EMU Project) (Professor Sally Tracy, Rachel Rowe, Professor Alison McFarlane and Dr Rona McCandlish (National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford, UK))

• Keeping mothers and babies together – A comparative study of near term admissions in two neonatal intensive care units (Dr Sandie Bredemeyer, Fiona Craig, Jan Polverino & Vicky Gallimore)

• Managing menopause after cancer (MMAC): A community-based information and support program ((Professor Kate White, Jane Gregson (MSAC Clinic, KEMH for Women), Dr Martha Hickey, (Medical Leader MSAC), Denise Berry (Physiotherapist KEMH for Women), Nina Graham (Education RN), Rosemary Torvaldsen (Dietician KEMH for Women))

• Midwives @ New Group practice Options (The M@NGO Project) (Donna Hartz (based at the Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick), Professor Sally Tracy (University of Sydney), M Chapman (UNSW), M Peek (University of Sydney),MB Tracy (University of Sydney), C Homer (UTS), S Kildea (ACU))

• Safe sleeping and the prevention of SIDS: Role of the midwife (Maureen Ryan, Sandie Bredemeyer & Cherie Desreaux
  RPA Women and Babies Centre for Midwifery & Nursing Research

• Transcutaneous measurement of jaundice in the newborn: An evaluation of clinical accuracy in preterm infants (Dr Sandie Bredemeyer, Jan Polverino, Phil Beeby & Associate Professor Sandra West)

Academic staff with research interests in this area

The following academic staff do not have currently funded research projects in this area. We invite you to find out more about their special research interests in this area.

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