Our aims and priorities are to:

• Improve long-term health outcomes for mothers and their babies
• Improve reproductive health in women and mitigate the adverse consequences of child birth
• Improve health and educational outcomes in children.

This Theme is led by Dr Daniel Rolnik and Professor Katrina Williams.

The EMCR Co-Leads are:

Jacinta Winderlich 
Senior paediatric dietitian and Allied Health Research Lead at Monash Children’s Hospital, with expertise in paediatric critical care nutrition.

Alexandra Ure
Clinical psychologist and translational researcher at Monash Health focused on improving outcomes for children and families with complex needs.

Dr Daniel Rolnik

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Dr Daniel Rolnik is a unit head in the Obstetrics team at Monash Health and is a graduate of the Harvard Master of Public Health program.

Professor Katrina Williams

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Professor Katrina Williams is a paediatrician and public health physician. She is currently the Head of Department, Paediatrics Education and Research at Monash University and also holds Honorary appointments at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Deakin Child Study Centre. Her research is clinical and population epidemiology including evidence synthesis, prevalence estimate and prognosis, diagnosis and intervention studies. Her vision is to deliver best care for children and their families by embedding research and training in health care for children and youth.

The Women’s and Children’s Health Steering Committee brings together researchers, specialists and clinicians from across Monash Partners and includes the following subcommittees. They include:

Women’s Health Committee

• Daniel Rolnik (Lead)
• Dr Winifred Burnett
• Professor Susan Davis
• Professor Jane Fisher
• Dr Julie Hennegan
• Dr Nisha Khot
• Associate Professor Deana Leahy
• Dr Maria de Leon-Santiago
• Professor Jo Lindsay
• Dr Shayanti Mukherjee
• Ms Natalie Opasinis
• Associate Professor Kirsten Palmer
• Dr Penny Sheehan
• Professor Beverley Vollenhoven
• Ms Robin Vote
• Professor Euan Wallace
• Dr Sue Willey.

Children’s Health Committee

• Professor Katrina Williams (Lead)
• Dr Simon Craig
• Dr Jacinta Coleman
• Dr Michael Fahey
• Professor Rod Hunt
• Ms Sue Lamont
• Dr Andrew Lovett
• Associate Professor Ram Nataraja
• Professor Gillian Nixon
• Professor Marcel Nold
• Ms Julie Noorman
• Dr Katherine Parkhurst
• Associate Professor Graeme Polglase
• Professor David Taylor
• Dr Jacquie Taylor.

Women’s Health Committee newsletter

• Issue 8
• Issue 7
• Issue 6
• Issue 5
• Issue 4
• Issue 3
• Issue 2
• Issue 1

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Monash Partners is proud to support the following projects within this Theme:

Breaking the cycle of substance misuse in families
Dr Bernadette Ward

Development of a data harmonisation road map to inform linkage of data to improve maternal health outcomes
Dr Negar Naderpoor

PROTECT: a new treatment to prevent cerebral palsy
Dr Kirsten Palmer

SNOTWATCH Asthma: Mapping childhood viruses in real time to improve asthma health outcomes
Professor Jim Buttery

New approaches for peri menopausal depression
Professor Jayashari Kulkarni

Adolescent and young adult perspectives on life after lung transplantation: A qualitative study
Dr Miranda Paraskeva

Identifying the determinants of narcotic and radiological imaging overuse for low back pain in community-based women
Associate Professor Donna Urquhart

EMPOWR (Evaluating Mental health and Perinatal Outcomes in Women of Refugee background) 
Associate Professor Jacqueline Boyle

Towards evidenced-based surgical planning for paediatric tonsillectomy
Associate Professor Gillian Nixon

Victorian Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (OASIS) Quality of Care Improvement Project: Improving incidence, management and outcome reporting in Perinatal Data Collections (PDC)
Professor Sue Evans