Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health

Clinical Academic Group

About the Group

The Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health Clinical Academic Group (CAG) is a multidisciplinary collaboration which brings together key members of Sydney Health Partners to provide unique opportunities to accelerate the transfer of research innovation into healthcare improvements for women and babies.

The CAG includes multidisciplinary researchers in obstetrics, nursing, midwifery, neonatology, and allied disciplines.  Consumers with lived experiences and meaningful authentic co-design and partnerships are also vital for successful research translation and implementation.

Objectives

  • Harness the research translational and health policy initiatives of all its leading partners and Improve quality of care for women and babies in NSW, by measuring and understanding variations in care
  • Systematically strengthen, develop, and evaluate interventions to reduce unnecessary variations in perinatal care
  • Create the infrastructure and mentorship environment for interdisciplinary capacity and capability building
  • Develop future academic and health service leaders in the field of women’s health and newborn care

Projects

  • Reduced variations in care leading to pre-term and early-term birth: Understanding variations in care leading to preterm and early term birth and developing and implementing best practice interventions

Activities

  • Develop assessment and training in research translation for early and mid-career researchers specific to their specialties to enhance implementation and impact
  • Co-design a comprehensive consumer and community engagement framework
  • Mentorship program for clinical academics in training

Leadership Team

  • Prof. Dharmintra Pasupathy

    Co-Chair

  • Prof. Adrienne Gordon

    Co-Chair

  • Prof. Kirsten Black

  • Dr Girish Deshpande

  • A/Prof. Brad de Vries

  • Dr Felicity Gallimore

  • Dr Justin McNab

  • Sarah Melov

  • Dr Danielle Muscat

  • A/Prof. Tanya Nippita

  • Dr Himanshu Popat

  • A/Prof. Sean Seeho

  • Prof. Karen Walker

  • Ms Alicia Woods

Disciplines represented in the leadership team

Paediatrics, Neonatology, Nursing and Midwifery, Allied Health, Aboriginal Health, Oral Health, Public Health, Health Economics, Data Science, Implementation Research

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