Epidemiology and Clinical Trials

Informed by the outcomes observed in the maternity services at Monash Health, our group provides research expertise and capability to Monash Health and the State of Victoria via the Consultative Council for Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity. Our group is also an integral part of the Monash University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Our unique co-location within the hospital and Hudson Institute affords us the opportunity to undertake our own research and to support both scientists and clinicians in the translation of research findings from the laboratory bench to the hospital bedside. Through collaborations with other Hudson Institute researchers, we are also able to combine biological samples with clinical and epidemiological data.

We utilise epidemiological design principles, biostatistics and clinical trial expertise to improve the health of pregnant women and their babies/children. Current research areas include

  • Stillbirth
  • Maternal and perinatal outcomes among migrant and refugee women
  • Reducing perinatal mortality and morbidity in Victoria
  • Assessing the impacts of interventions and procedures related to pregnancy and labour care.
  • Randomised Controlled Trials to assess the efficacy of interventions in pregnancy and birth.
  • Implementation and health policy research
  • Homebirth

We also offer study design, human ethics advice and statistical support to Monash Health staff and the wider Ritchie Centre.

Have you been pregnant in the past 3 years? Participants needed in our EOS Study.

Participants Needed

We are conducting a study to better understand the endometrium in women who have experienced a pregnancy loss, with the ultimate aim to predict these outcomes through menstrual fluid.
You may be eligible to participate if you are:
– A Victorian woman
– Who has a period
– Who has been pregnant in the past three years
– Who is NOT on hormonal contraceptives

Research Group