Current Research Projects

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Published: 22/12/2005

Research at National Women's

Current Research Projects

pregnancy & birth research

newborn research

gynaecology & other women's health research

National Women's is proud of its research achievements and uses the knowledge gained to improve the services and care provided to women and babies. All research at National Women's has been approved by an independent accredited ethics committee.

National Women's staff are also involved in the training of health professionals (such as doctors, midwives, social workers and nurses) as well as undertaking research projects.

Patients may be asked to take part in a research study. They can choose whether or not they wish to participate. Patient care (and where applicable, the care of a baby) will not be affected if they say no.

The Research Centre for Reproductive Medicine is located in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at National Women's.

The Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Review Group's administrative base is also located in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at National Women's

pregnancy & birth research
Research Team Leader
Gestational Diabetes treatment with metformin compared with insulin	Dr Janet Rowan
Women's preferences for mode of delivery	Prof. Cindy Farquhar
Pregnancy outcome after cervical dysplasia	Dr Lynn Sadler
Vascular compliance in normal pregnancy & pre-eclampsia	Assoc Prof Robyn North Prof. Peter Stone
Recurrent miscarriage & vascular compliance in pregnancy	Prof. Peter Stone
The placental bed in women with recurrent miscarriage and phospholipid antibodies	Prof. Peter Stone, Dr Hilary Liddell, Dr Larry Chamley
Antiphospholipid antibodies in pregnancy loss	Dr Larry Chamley
Abnormalities in hypoxic regulation in recurrent miscarriage	Dr Larry Chamley Ms J James
Pregnancy loss after diagnostic amniocentesis	Professor Peter Stone
Placental proteomics	Assoc. Prof Robyn North
Screening for Obstetric Perinatal Endpoints (SCOPE study)	Assoc. Professors Robyn North, Lesley McCowan
Human implantation	Dr Larry Chamley
Perceptions in IVF patients	Ms Katrina Humphrey
Work stress and preterm birth	Dr Elizabeth Craig
Randomised controlled trial of maintenance Nifedipine in preterm labour	Dr Emma Parry, Assoc Prof McCowan, Prof Peter Stone
Control of hypertension in pregnancy study (CHIPS study) The Pilot Trial	Assoc. Professors Robyn North, Lesley McCowan
Causes of preterm labour	Professor Murray Mitchell
Human placental metabolism and transport	Dr James Paxton
Pre-eclampsia studies	Assoc. Prof Robyn North

Newborn research
Australian collaborative trial of repeat doses of steroids for the prevention of neonatal respiratory disease (ACTORDS)	Assoc Prof Lesley McCowan
CPAP or ventilation for very preterm infants (COIN)	Professor Jane Harding
Prediction of brain injury by EEG	Dr Malcolm Battin
Sudden Infant Death gene study	Dr Mark Rees
Nifedipine for maintenance Tocolysis	Dr E Parry
Temporal changes in EEG and prediction of brain injury by Spectral Edge Frequency	Professor Jane Harding
Antenatal corticosteroids – affect on the neonate	Professor Jane Harding
Long term exposure to corticosteroids: followup of babies in 1969-1974 Auckland Steroid Study	Professor Jane Harding

Long term exposure to corticosteroids: followup of babies in 1969-1974 Auckland Steroid Study	Professor Jane Harding
Long term effects on cognitive ability, behaviour and bone density of exposure to corticosteroids: followup of babies 1969-1974 Auck. Steroid Study	Professor Jane Harding
Factors influencing infant feeding choices	Dr Lynn Sadler
Car seats and infant breathing function	Dr Shirley Tonkin
Newborn Hearing Screening	Ms Oriole Wilson

Gynaecology & other women's health research
Male infertility + antisperm antibodies (ASA)	Dr Larry Chamley
Metformin for anovulatory infertility in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)*	Dr Neil Johnson
Antibodies in follicular fluid and infertility	Dr Larry Chamley
Effect of stress and psychological factors on the outcome of fertility treatment	Dr Neil Johnson
Ethnicity + uptake of assisted reproductive treatment	Dr Neil Johnson
Genetic aspects of male infertility	Dr Andrew Shelling
Premature ovarian failure (premature menopause)	Dr Andrew Shelling
Male infertility + chromosome deletions	Dr Andrew Shelling
Analysis of cervical + vulval abnormalities + invasive cancer for chromosomal changes	Dr Ron Jones
Hepatitis B Virus surface antigen testing	Dr S Finau
B2 Glycoprotein 1 in human implantation	Dr Larry Chamley
The effect of hysterectomy on NZ women	Prof. Cindy Farquhar
Long term health status following hysterectomy	Lesley Powell
Gene study of oxygen stress in intrauterine tissues	Dr Marion Blumenstein
SPRASA-a novel sperm protein involved in infertility	Dr Larry Chamley
Lipiodol tubal flushing for unexplained infertility*	Dr Neil Johnson
Mechanism of the fertility enhancing effects of lipiodol	Dr Neil Johnson
Ovulation induction by laparoscopic ovarian drilling vs gonadotrophin therapy for women with clomiphene resistant polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) *	Prof. Cindy Farquhar
Cervical polarprobe evaluation	Dr Ron Jones
Likelihood of invasive cancer in women with CIN3	Dr Ron Jones
Genetic studies of ovarian cancer	Dr Andrew Shelling
Radiation sensitivity of cervical cancer cells	Prof. Bruce Baguley
Radiation/Anticancer drug sensitivity of cancer cells	Prof. Bruce Baguley
Intraoperative lymphatic mapping of vulval cancer	Dr Ron Jones
Inherited breast and ovarian cancer	Dr Andrew Shelling

* Randomised controlled trial (RCT)