The Ritchie Centre

The Ritchie Centre at Hudson Institute of Medical Research is a research centre jointly with Monash University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Paediatrics at the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, and is a research partner of Monash Children’s Hospital and Monash Women’s Services at Monash Health.

Professor Suzanne Miller at Hudson Instiute

Centre Head Professor Suzanne Miller

Overview

The Ritchie Centre aims to improve the health of women and children through innovative research that informs better healthcare. The Ritchie Centre has more than 150 research staff and students, including fetal physiologists, immunologists, stem cell biologists, neonatologists, paediatricians, obstetricians, gynaecologists, and radiologists.

There are six research themes

Women’s health
Fetal and neonatal health: respiratory and cardiovascular
Fetal and Neonatal Health: brain Injury and neurodevelopment
Newborn health
Infection, inflammation and immunity
Cell therapy and regenerative medicine

Being a student at The Ritchie Centre

We welcome research students to undertake an Honours project or a PhD in research in any of our six themes. The Hudson Institute Postgraduate Student Committee supports all higher degree students at the Institute, coordinating annual reviews and presentations. The Ritchie Centre provides funding support for PhD students to present their research at national and international conferences.

Student research projects

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University
Department of Paediatrics, Monash University

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Diseases we research

Research groups

Group heads	Groups and research areas
Dr Beth Allison	Perinatal Cardiovascular Physiology Fetal growth restriction (FGR)
Dr Miranda Davies-Tuck	Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Stillbirth
Dr Stacey Ellery	Bioenergetics in Reproduction Preterm birth
Dr Robert Galinsky	Perinatal Inflammation and Neurophysiology Cerebral Palsy, Preterm birth
Professor Caroline Gargett	Endometrial Stem Cell Biology Endometriosis, Pelvic organ prolapse (POP), Stillbirth
Professor Stuart Hooper AM	Fetal and Neonatal Health Birth asphyxia, Cerebral Palsy, Fetal growth restriction (FGR), Preterm birth
Associate Professor Rebecca Lim	Amnion Cell Biology Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
Dr Courtney McDonald	Cell Therapies and Neuroinflammation Birth asphyxia, Cerebral Palsy, Preterm birth
Professor Suzanne Miller	Neurodevelopment and Neuroprotection Birth asphyxia, Cerebral Palsy, Fetal growth restriction (FGR), Preterm birth
Dr Shayanti Mukherjee	Translational Tissue Engineering Pelvic organ prolapse (POP)
Professor Claudia Nold	Interventional Immunology in Early Life Diseases COVID-19, Influenza, Lupus, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), Preterm birth
Professor Marcel Nold	Interventional Immunology in Early Life Diseases COVID-19, Influenza, Lupus, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), Preterm birth
Professor Graeme Polglase	Perinatal Transition Birth asphyxia, Cerebral Palsy, Fetal growth restriction (FGR), Preterm birth
Associate Professor Megan Wallace	Lung Development
Associate Professor Flora Wong	Neonatal Brain Protection Preterm birth