Mercy Perinatal

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Mercy Perinatal is an inspiring team of clinicians, researchers, and teachers who share a collective vision to bring mothers and babies- here and around the world- safely home. We will bring them home through leading ground breaking research in preventing stillbirth, in reducing preterm birth and treating pre-eclampsia. We will bring them home by providing accessible, engaging education for maternity providers everywhere. We will bring them home by providing excellence in clinical care; we will hold a candle in the dark and light the way for families who have lost- or risk losing- the fight to bring their babies safely home.

The Mercy Perinatal Global Obstetric Update is over for another year 🌍! We return to clinics, theatre, birth suite and o...
01/12/2025

The Mercy Perinatal Global Obstetric Update is over for another year 🌍! We return to clinics, theatre, birth suite and our teams full of energy🔋 and new ideas 💡 from the worlds best on what to start doing, what to stop doing- and what to keep doing in maternity and newborn care 🤰 .
An incredible week long festival in discovering better ways- and doing it- in pregnancy care. It was an absolute privilege to host our thoughtful and generous speakers, their invited mentees and our lively and engaged delegates once again this year as we all enjoyed a throwback to the 70s! 🕺 🪩
To the fab ABBA GOU crew- Stephen Tong, Lisa Hui Ali Fung- thank you for always bringing the magic 🪄 dust to GOU. Huge love and thanks to the indefatigable Bella Preston and Sarah Marcola for exceptional organisation 👏👏👏.
And to our midwives, PhD students, post docs, registrars (especially Jess and Charlotte on IT) who made GOU a joy 🙌 for each and every delegate- thank you!
Last of all, to those working and covering us- and who set up GOU@homebase in the Lecture theatre- thank you ALL! We see you.
See you at GOU26 (…we’re off to Broadway!!)
Can’t wait!!

23/11/2025

We asked the amazing team what their favourite 1970’s Movies are – there wasn’t even a contest, Queen is the clear winner! 👑 How did they do? Any favourites missed?

We are only days away to this years Global Obstetrics Update where we are bringing the 1970’s to life! Haven’t got a ticket? That’s okay! Online registration is still available here 👉www.mercyperinatal.com/event/gou2025

Congratulations to Danica Idzes and Maya Robertson as being the recipients of the 2025 Mercy Perinatal PhD Travel Fellow...
20/11/2025

Congratulations to Danica Idzes and Maya Robertson as being the recipients of the 2025 Mercy Perinatal PhD Travel Fellowship.

This Fellowship is awarded to PhD students within Mercy Perinatal to present their work at a major domestic or overseas meeting and to visit relevant laboratories/collaborators.

Mercy Perinatal is a centre of excellence in clinical care, education, and research. At its heart is a commitment to bringing mothers and their babies home safely. By receiving this fellowship, we hope that the recipients will contribute to Mercy Perinatal’s mission of promoting safer motherhood and giving every child the best possible start in life.

The travel fellowship is to the value of $5,000, which can be spent on domestic or international conferences/lab, researcher visits or virtual conferences within the next 12 months.
Congratulations Danica and Maya! 👏

To learn more about Mercy Perinatal and our mission visit www.mercyperinatal.com (or link in bio).

19/11/2025

Can you believe it?! Only ONE MORE WEEK until we see the Bunch! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

We are so excited by this year’s topics, speaker lineup, and all of the GOU fun – it might just be our best one yet! Haven’t got a ticket? That’s okay! Online registration is still available here 👉 www.mercyperinatal.com/event/gou2025

A huge congratulations to The ImpACT-PG team on recently securing a MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission Grant!The team,...
17/11/2025

A huge congratulations to The ImpACT-PG team on recently securing a MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission Grant!

The team, led by our own Prof Lisa Hui, were awarded an impressive $968,229 to further their project titled: Improving Access and Community Trust in Perinatal Genomics for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations: The ImpACT-PG.

The growing availability of genomic testing provides prospective parents with valuable insights into their future child's health. However, the benefits of such testing are unevenly distributed, as people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds face many barriers to accessing genomic healthcare. The goal of this project is to build community trust and improve access to perinatal genomics for CALD communities through consumer-centred research.

The team consists of Prof Lisa Hui (CIA), Prof David Amor, Ms Delaram Ansari, A/Prof Alison Archibald, A/Prof Rosemarie Boland, A/Prof Jacqueline Boyle, Ms Anaita Kanga-Parabia, A/Prof Sharon Lewis, Dr Melvin Marzan, Prof Catherine Mills, Prof Cate Nagle, Mrs Karamdeep Pangli, Dr Elisha Riggs, A/Prof Ines Rio, and Ms Pieta Shakes.

A huge congratulations to everyone involved, we can’t wait to see what happens next!

15/11/2025

We asked the amazing team what their favourite 1970’s Movies are – Jaws is the clear winner! 🦈 How did they do? Any favourites missed?

We are so close to this years Global Obstetrics Update where we are bringing the 1970’s to life! Haven’t got a ticket? That’s okay! Online registration is still available here 👉 www.mercyperinatal.com/event/gou2025

15/11/2025

We asked the amazing team what their favourite 1970’s Movies are – Jaws is the clear winner! 🦈 How did they do? Any favourites missed?

We are so close to this years Global Obstetrics Update where we are bringing the 1970’s to life! Haven’t got a ticket? That’s okay! Online registration is still available here 👉

www.mercyperinatal.com/event/gou2025

Mercy Perinatal is overjoyed to announce that Ali Fung has just been appointed honorary clinical Associate Professor at ...
14/11/2025

Mercy Perinatal is overjoyed to announce that Ali Fung has just been appointed honorary clinical Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne! Amazing! 🙌👏🙌👏🤩🤩

This is in recognition of her massive contribution to education with Mercy Perinatal, national leadership in Maternal Fetal Medicine through RANZCOG, health service leadership at Mercy and research performance and advocacy. And- most importantly for just being an all round exceptional person; a brilliant clinician, colleague and friend.

We couldn’t be more proud- absolutely thrilled for you, Ali!! Congratulations 🙌 🥳 🤩👏👏👏

Who doesn’t love a TIM TAM? We certainly do! A massive congratulations to the TIM TAMS team on recently being awarded a ...
13/11/2025

Who doesn’t love a TIM TAM? We certainly do! A massive congratulations to the TIM TAMS team on recently being awarded a MRFF Infertility, Pregnancy Loss and Menopause grant!

The team, led by our own Prof Stephen Tong, were awarded an impressive $1,999,981 to further their project titled: TIM TAMS: Placental Health Test to Prevent Stillbirths and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes.

Blood tests are commonly ordered to check on the health of the liver, kidney, thyroid and so many organs. No such health test exists for the placenta. In an Aussie-wide effort stretching from the city to remote Broome (including first Nation Australians), the team will validate the first placental health blood test. A test that's simple, accurate and accessible. A high risk result will save babies from stillbirth. A low risk result will offer reassurance that the placenta is healthy and baby is safe.

The team consists of Prof Stephen Tong (CIA), Dr Lucy Bartho, Prof Adrienne Gordon, A/Prof Roxanne Hastie, Prof Lisa Hui, Prof Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino, Ms Sienna Kolatowicz, Dr Teresa MacDonald, Dr Simone Mulder, Mrs Elsa Murray-White, Prof Craig Pennell, Mrs Alexandra Tighe, Prof Susan Walker, and A/Prof Jared Watts.

A huge congratulations to everyone involved, we can’t wait to see what happens next!

12/11/2025

We asked the amazing team what their favourite 1970’s fashion statements are – Bell Bottom Flares are the clear winner! How did they do? Any favourites missed?

We are so close to this years Global Obstetrics Update where we are bringing the 1970’s to life! Haven’t got a ticket? That’s okay! Online registration is still available here 👉
www.mercyperinatal.com/event/gou2025 (plus Conference Dinner tickets are still available if you want to dust off those platform shoes!) 🕺

11/11/2025

We are LIVE with Global Neonatal Journal Club Wednesday 12th November at 17:00 Melbourne | 14:00 Singapore | 06:00 London | 11:30 New Delhi | 08:00 Cape Town | 23:00 Los Angeles | 14:00 Beijing

Join the discussion with Brett Manley, Ju Lee Oei, Shiraz Badurdeen and our guest panel - world renowned neonatal researchers Professors Neena Modi (UK) and Peter Dargaville (Australia). WOW!

Plus, our new Mercy Perinatal neonatal research fellow Dr Lucy Loft will review the BiB trial (Ambalavanan et al, JAMA 2025). This will be in context of previous trials including PLUSS (Manley et al, JAMA 2024), and featuring an interview with the first author of BiB, Professor Namasivayam Ambalavanan (USA).

Did you catch the amazing trial results from 2016 and since that found intratracheal budesonide mixed with surfactant to deliver it to the distal airways dramatically reduced BPD in very low birth weight infants?

We did, and we thought maybe, just maybe, we had found the BPD SILVER BULLET!

That led to the international PLUSS trial, published in 2024, which found no significant improvement in survival free of BPD with intratracheal budesonide mixed with surfactant in extremely preterm infants.

At the same time, the similar BiB trial from the USA was underway, and the results were published very recently.

Read more and register now at: www.mercyperinatal.com/event/gnjc-november (or via the link in our bio 👆)

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