The Ritchie Centre Location Hudson Institute of Medical Research 27–31 Wright Street Clayton VIC 3168 t: >+61 3 8572 2877
Research Group Heads Endometrial Stem Cell Biology Prof Caroline Gargett
Perinatal Transition Prof Graeme Polglase
e: >caroline.menara@hudson.org.au w: >hudson.org.au/research-centre/the-ritchiecentre/
Fetal and Neonatal Health Prof Stuart Hooper AM
Centre Head Professor Suzanne Miller Amnion Cell Biology A/Prof Rebecca Lim
The Ritchie Centre is Australia’s premier clinical and research Centre for women, babies, and children. The Ritchie Centre offers a unique setting where research advances can be rapidly applied for the benefit of women, seriously ill infants, and children. This has led to rapid translation of its basic research into clinical trials and clinical practice. The Ritchie Centre is strategically located within the Monash Medical Centre. Integration into the daily life of the hospital means that its researchers are able to develop research in response to the complications that present in the clinical setting and demonstrated the value of bringing together a critical mass of dedicated scientists and clinicians to undertake translational research. The Centre’s mission to improve the health of women, infants and children through innovative research is achieved through its unique associations as the principal research Centre of the Monash University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Department of Paediatrics, Monash Women’s Services, Monash Newborn and Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre. It is also a major research partner of the Monash Children’s Hospital. Ritchie Centre Research Themes: • Women’s Health • Fetal and Neonatal Health: Respiratory and Cardiovascular • Fetal and Neonatal Health: Brain Injury and Neurodevelopment • Infant and Child Health • Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity • Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine
The Ritchie Centre | Student Research Projects 2023
Interventional Immunology in Early Life Diseases Prof Claudia Nold Prof Marcel Nold Translational Tissue Engineering Dr Shayanti Mukherjee
Perinatal Inflammation and Neurophysiology Dr Robert Galinsky
Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Dr Miranda Davies-Tuck
Perinatal Cardiovascular Physiology Dr Beth Allison
Lung Development A/Prof Megan Wallace
Neonatal Brain Protection A/Prof Flora Wong
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