Dr Kaylee Slater
Sydney School of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Kaylee is a dietitian with expertise in nutrition interventions for fertility, pregnancy, and women’s health conditions. Kaylee's research focuses on sex-specific cardiovascular disease prevention, primary care and health services research, blood pressure management and lifestyle cardiovascular disease prevention. Kaylee's doctoral work focused on co-designing a primary care cardiovascular disease prevention to improve awareness of and reduce cardiovascular disease after hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
Cardiovascular disease after pregnancy complications
Sex-specific cardiovascular disease risk factors
Blood pressure measurement and management
Blood pressure in pregnancy
Primary care and health services research
Co-design and consumer involvement
Blood pressure devices in pregnancy
Developing a patient education tool for blood pressure measurement and management
Hypertension Australia
Living Evidence for Australian Pregnancy and Postnatal Care Guidelines
Health in preconception, pregnancy and postpartum early-mid career research collective
Australian action on preeclampsia
University of Newcastle, Higher Degree by Research, Excellence in Leadership Award - 2023
Winner of the School of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine, and Wellbeing 3-Minute Thesis - 2022
University of Newcastle 3-Minute Thesis Finalist - 2022
Winner, Best PhD Oral Presentation at the Annual Health in Preconception, Pregnancy and Postpartum Early Mid-Career Research Collective Conference - 2022
Winner, Best Higher Degree by Research Confirmation Award in the School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle - 2021
Runners up, College of Health, Medicine, and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle Virtual Poster Prize Competition - 2021
Publications
Journals
- Slater, K., Taylor, R., McLaughlin, K., Pennell, C., Collins, C., Hutchesson, M. (2023). Barriers and Facilitators to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Following Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Primary Care: Cross-Sectional Surveys. Nutrients, 15(17), 3817. [More Information]
- Slater, K., Schumacher, T., Ding, K., Taylor, R., Shrewsbury, V., Hutchesson, M. (2023). Modifiable Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease among Women with and without a History of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. Nutrients, 15(2), 410. [More Information]
- Thong, E., Ghelani, D., Manoleehakul, P., Yesmin, A., Slater, K., Taylor, R., Collins, C., Hutchesson, M., Lim, S., Teede, H., et al (2022). Optimising Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Pregnancy: A Review of Risk Prediction Models Targeting Gestational Diabetes and Hypertensive Disorders. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 9(2), 55. [More Information]
2023
- Slater, K., Taylor, R., McLaughlin, K., Pennell, C., Collins, C., Hutchesson, M. (2023). Barriers and Facilitators to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Following Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Primary Care: Cross-Sectional Surveys. Nutrients, 15(17), 3817. [More Information]
- Slater, K., Schumacher, T., Ding, K., Taylor, R., Shrewsbury, V., Hutchesson, M. (2023). Modifiable Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease among Women with and without a History of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. Nutrients, 15(2), 410. [More Information]
2022
- Thong, E., Ghelani, D., Manoleehakul, P., Yesmin, A., Slater, K., Taylor, R., Collins, C., Hutchesson, M., Lim, S., Teede, H., et al (2022). Optimising Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Pregnancy: A Review of Risk Prediction Models Targeting Gestational Diabetes and Hypertensive Disorders. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 9(2), 55. [More Information]
- Slater, K., Colyvas, K., Taylor, R., Collins, C., Hutchesson, M. (2022). Primary and secondary cardiovascular disease prevention interventions targeting lifestyle risk factors in women: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Cardovascular Medicine, 9, 1010528. [More Information]
2020
- Slater, K., Rollo, M., Szewczyk, Z., Ashton, L., Schumacher, T., Collins, C. (2020). Do the dietary intakes of pregnant women attending public hospital antenatal clinics align with australian guide to healthy eating recommendations? Nutrients, 12(8), 1-14. [More Information]