Medical research

The Bonnie Babes Foundation is proud to have funded the medical research of many life saving projects in the field of Perinatal medicine. The word `Perinatal’ means `around time of birth’ and indicates that the focus is on the care of pregnant women and their babies, especially those with complicated medical problems. Such problems include miscarriage, high blood pressure associated with pregnancy, preterm labour and delivery, and poor growth of the fetus within the womb. The Foundation has also funded medical research in the field of stillbirth, neonatal death and complications with either the mother or baby following birth.

As the name suggests, the emphasis on Perinatal Medicine is on providing continuity of care from the diagnosis of the complication through to the birth of the baby and the care of the mother and baby in the postnatal period. Through the Foundation’s fundraising efforts our goal is to raise substantial funds to really make the difference for healthier mothers and babies.

Our esteemed medical committee and advisors includes:

• Professor Lesley Barclay – Professor and Director Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health (NSW)
• Associate Professor Fiona Bogossian – University of Queensland
• Dr Lucy Bowyer - Sub-Specialist Maternal Fetal Medicine, Royal Hospital for Women (NSW)
• Associate Professor Leonie Callaway - Head of Royal Brisbane Clinical School, Staff Specialist in Internal and Obstetric Medicine, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital.
• Professor Paul Colditz - Director Perinatal Research Centre, Royal Women’s Hospital, Brisbane
• Dr John Drew – Pediatrician
• Professor Warwick Giles – Senior Staff Specialist & Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital.
• Associate Professor Rajat Gyaneshwar, Clinical Director of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Liverpool Hospital NSW
• Associate Professor Roger Hart – Specialist in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Fertility Specialists of Western Australia
• Associate Professor Ross Haslam – Head Neonatal Medicine, Women’s & Children’s Hospital (SA)
• Associate Professor Rosemary Horne, NHMRC Research Fellow, Scientific Director of the Ritchie Centre, Monash Institute of Medical Research
• Dr Len Kliman – Epworth Freemasons Hospital Melbourne
• Professor Ian Macreadie – CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies (Vic)
• Leah Magliano – Hobart Private Hospital, NUM
• Professor Helen McCutcheon – Head School of Nursing & Midwifery (SA)
• Dr Peter McDougall – Chief of Medicine, Director, Department of Neonatology, The Royal Children’s Hospital
• Meredith McIntyre – Monash University, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery
• Dr Lisa McKenna – Monash University, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery
• Dr Karen Mizia – Ultrasound Care
• Professor Jeremy Oats – Director, Gynaecology & CPIU, The Royal Women’s Hospital (Vic)
• Dr C. Andrew Ramsden - Director Newborn Services, Monash Medical Centre
• Dr Gavin Sacks - fertility specialist and co-director of the IVFAustralia Miscarriage Programme
• Professor Karen Simmer - Professor of Newborn Medicine, University of Western Australia
• Dr Anne Sneddon – Director of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Canberra Hospital
• Dr Brendan Steele - Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sandringham & District Memorial Hospital
• Dr Christine Tippett – Director Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit, Monash Medical Centre
• Dr Stephen Tong - Clinician and Research Scientist, Monash Institute of Medical Research Monash University
• Professor Brian Trudinger – Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Westmead Hospital (NSW)
• Professor Euan Wallace – Clinical Director, Centre for Women’s Health Research, Monash Institute Medical Research