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Amid all the advances in modern medicine, much of the science behind a woman’s menstrual cycle remains mysterious, so a team at Hudson Institute of Medical Research is aiming to change that.…  Read more

A fascinating research project is examining whether the covering of faces during the COVID-19 pandemic had any impact on the facial perception of babies who spent time in neonatal intensive care (NICU). …  Read more

A new prevention treatment for a condition that’s been called “a hidden pandemic” has attracted significant funding in the 2025 MRFF Early to Mid-Career Researchers grant round.…  Read more

Newborn health specialists from Hudson Institute of Medical Research are working with colleagues at Monash University and Monash Health on a potentially game-changing treatment for brain injuries in preterm babies using stem cells from cord blood donated by families after the birth of a full-term baby.…  Read more

A group of Hudson Institute and Monash University researchers is among the few in the world studying how menstruation – when it starts, its frequency and reliability, and whether it is painful, heavy or light – affects a woman’s likelihood of developing complications in pregnancy.  It’s a rare venture into the potential link between a…  Read more

There is a paradox in the funding of Hudson Institute’s newborn health research. Rather than curing existing diseases, the success of this research is seen in the absence of illness.…  Read more

Neonatologist and clinician-scientist Associate Professor Atul Malhotra from The Ritchie Centre, the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health,  and Monash Children’s Hospital,  has been awarded a Fulbright Professional Coral Sea Scholarship to support the US implementation of an umbilical cord blood (UCB) cell therapies clinical trial for extremely preterm babies. …  Read more

As understanding of the gut microbiome continues to grow, attention is turning to its potential impact on brain development, with major research investment being devoted to better assess the role of the maternal and developing infant gut microbiomes in healthy infant neurodevelopment.…  Read more

Fewer stillbirths and reduced perinatal mortality: they are the key findings of the first analysis of the Safer Baby Bundle, Australia’s national stillbirth prevention program.…  Read more

A baby’s first breaths involve more than just getting air into the lungs, and for the first time research has identified the important role of the chest wall in this process.…  Read more

Hudson Institute research has been recognised in this year’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grants, with seven projects receiving funding.…  Read more

The latest research from Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Monash Children’s Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics at Monash University has shown that use of 100% oxygen at birth causes lung injury regardless of how the umbilical cord is managed, so high-oxygen resuscitation should be avoided.…  Read more

The mysteries of male infertility lie at the heart of many couples’ inability to conceive, however scientists at Hudson Institute of Medical Research have identified a protein which could play a crucial role in the process.…  Read more

As we approach the end of the year, I continue to be inspired by our dedicated researchers who continue to push the boundaries of discovery, translating science into hope for patients and families.…  Read more

Jessica Collins expected that life would change with the arrival of her first child, but nothing could have prepared her for the changes that were about to come.…  Read more

New research from Hudson Institute of Medical Research has uncovered a silent threat to preterm babies: inflammation in the womb that doesn’t just strike once…  Read more

The impact of inflammation on a preterm born child can be life-changing and now, for the first time, researchers have confirmed that the inflammation itself, and the damage it causes, lasts until a few months after birth.…  Read more

A specific bacterial infection during pregnancy that can cause severe harm to the unborn brain has been identified for the first time.…  Read more

Using a nasal mask instead of a traditional face mask to support very premature babies at birth can significantly reduce the need for rescue breathing and escalation of care, a world-first trial led by researchers at Monash University’s School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, in collaboration with Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash Children’s Hospital (Monash Health), has shown.…  Read more

A Spanish-Australian research collaboration is celebrating a funding win, allowing it to a broader collaboration on an exciting endometriosis project.…  Read more

A discovery at Hudson Institute more than 20 years ago is still sparking new medical insights, with researchers at a major US university using it to uncover vital facts about sexually transmitted disease (STI).…  Read more

Fetal exposure to inflammation has long been identified as a risk factor for a range of harmful conditions, but new research suggests systemic inflammation alone is not enough to cause lung injury.…  Read more

For the first time in Australia, a child has received an infusion of their own umbilical cord blood stem cells to treat cerebral palsy (CP), and Hudson Cell Therapies played a crucial role in making it happen. The therapy, not yet approved as a standard treatment for CP anywhere in the world, was administered to…  Read more

Research into a unique mouse species has attracted funding from the Gates Foundation, offering hope for better understanding of human pregnancies.…  Read more

Keep up to date on Hudson Institute’s leading research into key women’s health issues such as pelvic organ prolapse, ovarian cancer and endometriosis. …  Read more

Associate Professor Shayanti Mukherjee’s team combines engineering and 3D printing expertise with Hudson Institute’s own stem cell technologies to develop a safer alternative that works with a woman’s body, not against it.…  Read more

Women early in their pregnancy are being recruited for a study looking into the link between their menstrual symptoms and pregnancy complications including preterm birth, fetal growth restriction (FGR) and stillbirth.…  Read more

Two Hudson Institute researchers have successfully obtained Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Early to Mid-Career Researchers Initiative grants for 2025.…  Read more

We are now a big step closer to creating a non-invasive endometriosis diagnosis, so it can be treated sooner.…  Read more

Researchers at Hudson have identified the specific processes by which perinatal brain inflammation causes structural changes in the brain. …  Read more

A naturally occurring anti-viral protein first discovered at Hudson Institute is proving essential to human sexual health, even playing a part in protecting against cancer, with new proof that it’s an Important factor for men as well as women.…  Read more

Despite advances in neonatal care, effective treatments for brain injury in premature babies remain a significant unmet need. Researchers at Hudson Institute of Medical Research, working with the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, are tackling this challenge head-on with an innovative approach: engineered extracellular vesicles.…  Read more

Endometriosis researchers, Professor Caroline Gargett and Dr Fiona Cousins answer your most frequently asked questions relating to this chronic inflammatory disease effecting one-in-seven menstruating people. …  Read more

Research projects that will improve the lives of people with autoinflammatory diseases, hypertension, cancer and perinatal brain injury have been recognised in the latest National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grants, announced by Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, The Hon Mark Butler MP.…  Read more

There is growing evidence that creatine may be beneficial as a pregnancy supplement, and new research from Hudson Institute suggests it could have benefits in protecting the brain when a baby is starved of oxygen.…  Read more

A new AI-driven approach to fetal brain health monitoring will enable early detection of fetal distress, allowing for timely interventions to prevent brain damage and reducing unnecessary medical interventions, thanks to Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME) project grant support.…  Read more

A debilitating condition affecting one in four women is desperately crying out for a solution, and the next generation of treatments to repair the damage of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) has just come a big step closer.…  Read more

A pair of exciting Hudson Institute research projects has received funding for the next two years from the Jack Brockhoff Foundation.…  Read more

Latest research at Hudson found that a simple change in how oxygen therapy is given can help protect the babies brain during newborn resuscitation.…  Read more

Pioneering Australian research, undertaken by a collaboration of Monash Health’s Monash Children’s Hospital, The School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University, and Hudson Institute of Medical Research, has successfully demonstrated the feasibility and safety of using a baby’s own cord blood-derived cells as a potential treatment for extremely preterm infants.…  Read more

Faced with a condition that’s rarely spoken about, despite affecting up to 40 percent of all women, Sally decided things had to change, so she volunteered to be our POP advocate – sharing her story and her suffering to help avoid others going through the same thing.…  Read more

Researchers at Hudson Institute of Medical Research have now uncovered a key process that causes brain injury, offering hope that new, targeted treatments could be created.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers are lifting the lid on a treatment promising the benefits of stem cells but none of the drawbacks, offering potential to reduce the lifelong impacts of perinatal lung and brain injuries.…  Read more

Dr Emily Camm is now taking a 21st century approach to the placenta’s significance by incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based analysis to identify the risk of child developmental issues, even before they appear.…  Read more

The role of creatine in healthy pregnancies is well established, but how much is enough? A new study at Hudson Institute of Medical Research has shown what’s needed to ensure healthy growth of your baby.…  Read more

Dr Tayla Penny will receive a grant of more than $96,000 from the Cerebral Palsy Alliance to advance her work on improving understanding of umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cell treatment for perinatal brain injury.…  Read more

Any new parent will tell you how overwhelming it can feel to suddenly be caring for a fragile new life. Now imagine that this life came into the world before it was ready – the fragility is magnified and with it the number of unknowns and things that can go wrong.…  Read more

In 2023 Professor Suzanne Miller was awarded the Monash University, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Dean’s Award for Excellence – Postgraduate Research Supervision. …  Read more

This research has the potential to revolutionise therapies for pelvic floor regeneration and enable personalised medicine for women.…  Read more

Congratulations to Dr Elly Jarred, a Postdoctoral Scientist in the Germ Cell Development and Epigenetics Lab headed by Associate Professor Patrick Western, who has just been awarded the prestigious Lalor Foundation Fellowship worth US$55,000. …  Read more

When unborn babies suffer a stroke, the potential damage can be life-long, so Hudson Institute of Medical Research is aiming to change that using the stem cells found in umbilical cord blood (UCB).…  Read more

Every day we are reminded that women’s health conditions don’t receive the funding or priority in medical research that they should. Women are more likely to die from a heart attack, twice as likely to have a hip replacement fail (prosthetic hips have been developed for the male body), more likely to be over medicated (women are frequently excluded from clinical trials) and less likely to have their pain taken seriously.…  Read more

Like most endometriosis sufferers, Maddy Forster went from knowing very little about the disease to being something of an expert, but it was a process that took years and included many wrong turns along the way.…  Read more

Professor Caroline Gargett has spent decades working to address the two major issues presented by endometriosis: earlier diagnosis and better treatment.…  Read more

Collaborations are a vital part of successful science, whether they are researchers from different backgrounds creating a synergy greater than the sum of its parts or the connection between funders and the work they support.…  Read more

Hudson Institute Group Heads, Professor Claudia Nold and Associate Professor Flora Wong were each awarded grants of more than $2 million over the next five years, enabling them to commit long-term to these exciting research projects.…  Read more

Congratulations to Prof Kate Loveland (CRH) on receiving the Jansen Distinguished Leadership and Service Award, given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the scientific discipline of reproductive biology in 2024.…  Read more

Hudson Institute post-doctoral researcher Dr Shanti Gurung and her team are celebrating a double boost of funding for their work on endometriosis.…  Read more

New ways to prevent and cure pelvic organ prolapse (POP) are a big step closer, thanks to major funding for pioneering research at Hudson Institute.…  Read more

Babies affected by Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR) have poor cardiorespiratory control; now Hudson Institute researchers have become the first to show persistent injury in the brainstem of growth restricted fetuses as the likely cause. …  Read more

Every mother wants to have the healthiest child she can, and new research shows that the nutritional status of the mother during pregnancy can affect outcomes for the baby – with male and female offspring affected differently.…  Read more

Correct development of testes in a male foetus – and fertility later in life – depend on a crucial hormone being at just the right level.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have had some great success in the recent NHMRC Grant rounds.…  Read more

Exciting research projects covering healthier pregnancy, safer birth and new forms of cancer treatment have attracted major funding in the form of NHMRC Investigator grants.…  Read more

A researcher leading the most exciting project in search of a fix for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to advance her work.…  Read more

A major systematic review of treatments for protecting the newborn brain from the negative effects of inflammation has found that earlier anti-inflammatory intervention is best, but it’s better late than never.…  Read more

The health effects of fetal growth restriction (FGR) can last a lifetime and the latest research from Hudson Institute is showing just how pervasive those effects can be on the cardiovascular system.…  Read more

Through their grief one young couple has joined Hudson Institute researchers in a bold effort to find out more about the disease that killed their first child, and to end necrotising enterocolitis.…  Read more

Loss of a single gene could be enough to cause female infertility, with new research identifying the crucial role it plays in egg production.…  Read more

Exploring the boundaries of stem cell therapy: Scientists consulted the cerebral palsy community to understand their perspectives.…  Read more

When baby Blessing was born at just 25 weeks, her parents joined a medical trial they hope will benefit all preterm babies.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researcher, Dr Shayanti Mukherjee has been placed at Moderna Australia as one of the 2023 recipients of the MTPConnect REDI fellowship.…  Read more

In 2022, 176 Honours, Masters and PhD students were mentored by senior scientists at Hudson Institute. Here, PhD candidate Ellen Jarred and her supervisor, Associate Professor Patrick Western, share their research and the role of mentorship in science. …  Read more

Professor Suzanne Miller and her team’s PROTECT Me Trial is providing hope to parents of our most vulnerable babies like Ronick.…  Read more

The medical research equivalent of vertical integration is rare – which is why Hudson Institute is fortunate to have husband and-wife team Professors Claudia and Marcel Nold, who are engaged in a hugely beneficial working partnership.…  Read more

Safety concerns have been eased over a potentially life-saving method of cord clamping for newborn babies, thanks to research at Hudson Institute.…  Read more

It has long been recognised that inflammation can harm an unborn baby’s brain development, but exactly how it happens has been a mystery…until now.…  Read more

Translating analysis into action with immediate impact, Dr Miranda Davies-Tuck turned her study of perinatal mortality into new clinical practices that dramatically reduce rates of stillbirth.…  Read more

The benefits of creatine are well known for helping with muscle performance, and now attention has turned to whether it can help mothers and babies have a safer birth.…  Read more

Being born too soon exposes babies to many dangerous health conditions, and researchers are tackling one of them by finding out how magnesium sulphate can protect the health of the preterm brain.…  Read more

Six of the best early career researchers have been chosen to take part in the Hudson Institute 2023 Emerging Leaders Program. …  Read more

Hudson Institute research into treatments for severe influenza and pelvic organ prolapse have received funding in the Victorian Medical Research Acceleration grants 2023.…  Read more

The nature versus nurture debate has a new talking point, with research into the role of the epigenome in non-genetic disease inheritance.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have conducted the first attempts to collect umbilical cord blood cells from very preterm babies, with a view to using them to reduce their increased risk of brain injury and disability.…  Read more

Hudson Institute’s endometriosis research was in focus on Melbourne radio over the weekend, as long-running science program Einstein A-Go-Go devoted its whole hour to the disease.…  Read more

If you see your doctor on the phone in the labour ward, don’t panic, because a new emergency clinical trial app is helping them to save time and save lives.…  Read more

People living with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) have had a limited number of treatments available to them over the years, so a new POP treatment option can be a cause for excitement.…  Read more

It’s a condition that is rarely spoken about, but one Australian woman has set out to change that – meet Hudson Institute’s new pelvic organ prolapse (POP) advocate, Sally Maconochie.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have featured prominently among the latest recipients of NHMRC Ideas Grants.…  Read more

The body’s first line of defence against infection is now better understood, with researchers at Hudson Institute identifying a source of the immune system’s protection against STIs (sexually transmitted infections).…  Read more

Trials of an anti-seizure drug in newborns are showing great promise, giving researchers new hope for treating neonatal seizures and preventing their devastating consequences.…  Read more

This is the time of year when we look back at what we have achieved and acknowledge the people who helped us make it happen. …  Read more

When baby Max arrived – early and in a hurry – no-one realised he would play a vital part in keeping other preterm babies healthy in the future.…  Read more

There are times when a researcher’s personal and professional worlds collide. One of those times came late last year for Dr Stacey Ellery, who researches the use of creating during pregnancy.…  Read more

The long-term effects of newborn brain injuries are well known, so Professor Suzanne Miller’s dream is to be able to detect and treat those injuries in time to make a difference.…  Read more

Small changes can sometimes have big impacts – just ask Drs Doug Blank and Shiraz Badurdeen. Their clinical trial of delayed cord clamping proved that a simple change to the way newborn babies are handled can make a huge difference to their lives.…  Read more

An effective treatment is closer than ever for one of the most devastating conditions affecting premature babies, with researchers at Hudson Institute further refining their world-first method of treating BPD (Bronchopulmonary dysplasia).…  Read more

Head of The Ritchie Centre, Professor Suzanne Miller, has been awarded more than $2.3 million to continue her groundbreaking work on targeted neuroprotective treatments for fetal and neonatal brain injury, primarily cerebral palsy…  Read more

Dr Tayla Penny’s perinatal brain injury research has been awarded a significant early career research grant. Dr Penny’s investigation of umbilical cord blood (UCB) cell therapy for perinatal brain injury was recognised by the Jack Brockhoff Foundation as a worthy recipient of a $75,000 grant.…  Read more

As a research scientist with a decade of experience studying the role of creatine in maternal and child health, Dr Stacey Ellery is well qualified to discuss creatine and pregnancy.…  Read more

Hudson Institute research has been recognised for its impact on Victoria’s healthcare, with two projects named as finalists in the 2022 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards.…  Read more

A study that led to lower rates of stillbirth among people of South Asian origin is now turning its attention to the mothers’ experiences.…  Read more

A key focus at Hudson Institute is to mentor the next generation of medical researchers. In 2021, more than 158 Honours, Masters and PhD students were supervised…  Read more

It’s always been accepted that the time of birth is a period of high risk, but new research shows that the developmental period in utero can be problematic for some babies, particularly those with low birth weight.…  Read more

A tragic side-effect of chemotherapy might soon be a thing of the past, with researchers uncovering a vital pathway to restoring men’s fertility after cancer.…  Read more

Fertility concerns have eased among the children of IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), with new research showing little or no difference in male fertility levels among men born from ICSI.…  Read more

Better understanding of the immune system, from how it protects itself from invaders to the ways it can sabotage itself, has brought enormous benefits to humanity. And, a world-first sighting of ‘sneaky’ sperm particles outside their usual ‘home’…  Read more

A treatment offering hope to parents of very premature babies is showing great promise, in the first worldwide stocktake of research into umbilical cord blood stem cells.…  Read more

Some scientific discoveries have the power to prevent years of pain and suffering. Professor Caroline Gargett and her team are within reach of making that dream a reality for millions of women.…  Read more

They say prevention is better than cure, but when it comes to pelvic organ prolapse, the specialists at Hudson Institute of Medical Research are taking them equally seriously.…  Read more

Welcome to Hudson News Winter 2022. As I write this, Mother’s Day is fast approaching and we look forward to celebrating and honouring our mothers as well as motherhood in all its forms.…  Read more

At the age of 20, on a gap year from her Bachelor of Science studies, Kirstin Tindal unexpectedly became pregnant. …  Read more

Whether it’s working to help women living with the crippling effects of pelvic organ prolapse (POP), end the pain of endometriosis, or even developing new methods of vaginal reconstruction, Professor Gargett is at the forefront.…  Read more

The ultimate goal of this research is to find a safe, reliable and early method of detection that avoids the need for surgery.…  Read more

When members of our endometriosis community responded to our request for stories at the start of this year, common themes of pain, frustration, doctors not taking them seriously and long journeys to diagnosis were all present.…  Read more

With a record of successfully changing the way many Australians give birth, a team from Hudson Institute of Medical Research now wants to change how we think about perinatal death, especially preterm stillbirth.…  Read more

Hudson Institute has featured prominently in the Victorian Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research, thanks to pioneering work developing new treatments for pelvic organ prolapse (POP).…  Read more

Medical researchers are a big step closer to understanding the inflammatory responses in pre-term babies that can cause devastating heart and lung conditions including bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and pulmonary hypertension (PH).…  Read more

and the function of the placenta, but new research also finds the impacts vary depending on the sex of the child.…  Read more

An RNA project with potential in both male infertility and cancer has been awarded significant funding by the Australian Research Council.…  Read more

Finding the right medicine is sometimes just the first step on a long road – for researchers working to prevent newborn brain injury, understanding how it works is the bigger goal.…  Read more

A world-first study at Hudson Institute has taken a big step to understanding the causes of neonatal brain injury…  Read more

A researcher developing 3D bioprinted mesh for use in treating pelvic organ prolapse (POP) has received a Victoria Fellowship, allowing him to travel overseas to further his research into bioinks.…  Read more

An international team developing new technologies for vaginal reconstruction has been awarded a prestigious million-dollar prize.…  Read more

Neural Stem Cells have strong potential to be effective in reducing brain injury in newborn babies, in the most extensive review of research on the topic.…  Read more

A promising early intervention treatment for cerebral palsy in newborn babies has proven effective in both boys and girls – even though it works differently depending on the sex of the offspring.…  Read more

Newborn babies who suffer asphyxia at birth could face significantly less risk of disability, thanks to a new treatment developed by Hudson Institute and Monash University scientists.…  Read more

Hudson Institute has again been recognised in the awarding of NHMRC Ideas Grants. These grants support innovative and creative research and build on Australia’s strong skills and international reputation in advanced health and medical research.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researcher, Dr Shayanti Mukherjee, has won the prestigious international Women in STEM2D Scholar Award for her ground-breaking bioengineering work in helping women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP). …  Read more

Hudson Institute has again been recognised as a leader in medical research with our CEO & Director appointed to the Council of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).…  Read more

During his first two months, little Jack endured several setbacks, including having to be put on a ventilator when seizures prevented his breathing.…  Read more

An anti-inflammatory drug that’s been widely used for decades may prove to be an ideal tool to help doctors prevent cerebral palsy in preterm babies.…  Read more

Hudson Institute is proud to receive a Cord Blood Research Grant from Inner Wheel Australia, to help advance our exciting investigation of the uses of cord blood stem cells to prevent and treat brain injury in babies.…  Read more

It’s the most common of all physical disabilities, affecting one in 500 Australians and more than 17 million people worldwide, but there is still so much to learn about Cerebral Palsy. …  Read more

A new discovery about a major cause of male infertility could have significant impacts for millions of men worldwide.…  Read more

Six months after the birth of her third child, Jess*, 35, felt something wasn’t right. As she was walking 200 metres to the beach one day with her baby in a carrier, she felt an uncomfortable dragging sensation in her pelvis and had to sit down.…  Read more

Hudson Institute is happy to announce the success of our researcher, Dr Doug Blank, in the new NHMRC Investigator Grant round.…  Read more

There’s new hope for tens of thousands of Australian women, with researchers making a crucial discovery in the battle to detect endometriosis.…  Read more

Six Early Career Researchers have been chosen for the 2021 Hudson Institute Emerging Leaders program.…  Read more

condition that affects about one in 10 women of reproductive age and more than 730,000 in Australia, after making a world-first discovery of the role endometrial stem/progenitor cells in the disease.…  Read more

After placing first in the senior category of the School of Clinical Sciences competition, Hudson Institute PhD candidate, Ms Penny Whiley, has gone on to win first place the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition.…  Read more

Hudson Institute PhD graduate Dr Aidan Kashyap has received one of Monash University’s highest student academic honors for his research into congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).…  Read more

A new study in pre-clinical models has discovered a link between low oxygen in the womb and impaired memory function. It also finds that anti-oxidant supplements during pregnancy may protect against this.…  Read more

A world-first discovery of ‘sneaky’ sperm particles found outside their ‘home’ in the testes offers new hope for men with fertility issues and new insight for cancer researchers. …  Read more

It took 20 years for Nicole Fernley to be diagnosed with endometriosis, a condition which affects one in nine women. This is her story, in her words.…  Read more

Research into a chronic lung disease in premature babies is leading Hudson Institute researchers to develop new protocols on how to treat infants with cell-based therapies. …  Read more

This discovery of the potential therapeutic benefits of a naturally occurring compound found in broccoli has earned two scientists a prestigious $10 000 award to progress their preeclampsia research.…  Read more

Understanding and preventing stillbirth will be the focus of world-first research led by Hudson Institute scientist Dr Miranda Davies-Tuck, awarded $84 000 from Stillbirth Foundation Australia. …  Read more

Important new details have been discovered about sperm production and the potential for fertility to be diminished in men with infections in the male reproductive tract, due to changes in the immune cells that support healthy testis functions.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers will work with Monash University and Monash Health colleagues on an exciting new therapy for the treatment of neonatal seizures – following funding from the Cerebral Palsy Alliance.…  Read more

High-tech images have revealed for the first time that preterm babies on ventilators could be at risk of brain injury, leading to calls for caution during treatment.…  Read more

Two Hudson Institute researchers have been awarded a share of almost $165 000 in funding from the Cerebral Palsy Alliance.…  Read more

Melbourne researchers have published a breakthrough study that will accelerate new treatments for an often-fatal disease affecting premature babies in intensive care, called necrotising enterocolitis (NEC).…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have been awarded more than $2 million from the Australian Research Council Discovery Projects Grant round.…  Read more

A cutting-edge new treatment for a fatal lung disease is one step closer thanks to a discovery by Hudson Institute stem cell therapy researchers.…  Read more

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) can be a debilitating condition, predominantly caused by the impact of childbirth. It affects an estimated one in four women, and one in two women over 50.…  Read more

Research investigating ways to prevent brain injury in newborns has earned Hudson Institute and Monash University PhD student Sharmony Kelly the Sir John Monash medal for outstanding academic achievement in biomedical science.…  Read more

Internationally renowned male reproductive health expert Professor Rob McLachlan AM has been awarded Life Membership of the Endocrine Society of Australia (ESA).…  Read more

A discovery by Hudson Institute researchers sheds light on the potential reasons why exposing unborn babies affected by fetal growth restriction (FGR) to sildenafil may have led to unexpected neonatal deaths.…  Read more

Newborn babies who need resuscitating at birth could benefit from CPR while their umbilical cord is still attached, according to new research.…  Read more

A new Chair in Neonatal Paediatrics will fast-track Monash University, Monash Health and Hudson Institute’s joint vision for newborn medicine and serve the community through advanced treatments…  Read more

A discovery by Hudson Institute researchers has shed more light on the causes of testicular cancer and male infertility – and provided a potential new target for treatment.…  Read more

New laboratory research shows multiple doses of umbilical cord blood (UCB), rather than a single treatment, could help improve brain injury in babies starved of oxygen during pregnancy or birth.…  Read more

Associate Professor Rebecca Lim has been awarded $300,000 from the Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund to progress her laboratory’s research into a new regenerative medicine,…  Read more

A world-first discovery led by Dr Shayanti Mukherjee has found materials called perovskites—commonly used in solar cells production —have anti-microbial properties, without toxic side effects to human cells.…  Read more

A common nutritional supplement, creatine, has been deemed safe for women of all ages following a large review of pre-existing research studies involving women. …  Read more

Hudson Institute PhD candidate, Benjamin Amberg, has won the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Three Minute Thesis Competition for his presentation on fetal surgery research.…  Read more

About 176 million women worldwide have endometriosis. Professor Caroline Gargett has long known the debilitating impacts of this disease on women—and has dedicated a significant portion of her career to investigating its cause.…  Read more

During infertility treatment, the failure of an embryo to implant in the uterus lining is still a major hurdle to a successful pregnancy for many women.…  Read more

A revolutionary technology to treat pelvic organ prolapse is one step closer after the latest results from a Hudson Institute study.…  Read more

Treatments given postnatally to babies who have experienced fetal growth restriction (FGR) during pregnancy need to be carefully considered, following new light shed on the topic by cell therapy research.…  Read more

Hudson Institute is delighted to announce the success of our researchers in the latest NHMRC Investigator Grant round. Internationally-renowned childhood sleep expert Professor Rosemary Horne has been awarded more than $2 million to pursue studies investigating the implications of impaired sleep on the developing brain, while Dr Jun Yang has been awarded more than half…  Read more

Dr Robin Hobbs has joined Hudson Institute as Group Head, Germline Stem Cell Biology. We welcome him and his team, including postdoctoral scientists Dr Ai-Leen Chan and Dr Julien Legrand, and PhD student Mai La.…  Read more

Disruptions to male babies’ development early during pregnancy could have a profound effect on a man’s future reproductive health, according to new research.…  Read more

There’s been a reported surge in women seeking home births since the outbreak of coronavirus in Australia.
Research led by Hudson Institute has shown home birth is safe for women with low-risk pregnancies.…  Read more

Five Hudson Institute researchers have been awarded one-year Medicine/Science grants totalling nearly $300,000 by The CASS Foundation, to advance their research projects into mitochondrially-driven cancers, ovarian cancer, Parkinson’s disease, primary aldosteronism and endometriosis in 2020.…  Read more

Hudson Institute scientists have demonstrated for the first time that umbilical cord stem cells can protect preterm, growth-restricted babies from brain injury.…  Read more

Hudson Institute and Monash University researchers have assessed the long-term outcomes of their world-first study that used placental stem cells in premature babies with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a form of chronic lung disease.…  Read more

A team of researchers at Hudson Institute have discovered how to make in utero surgery safer for babies with open spina bifida, by using warm, moist air to distend a mother’s uterus.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have discovered that inhibiting a protein called SOX17 prevents an embryo mimic from ‘sticking’ to the uterus lining—highlighting potential for a new contraceptive strategy…  Read more

Hudson Institute has had outstanding success in the NHMRC Ideas Grant round.

Our researchers have been awarded nine NHMRC Ideas Grants, totalling almost $8.5 million and a success rate of 19.1 per cent.…  Read more

Congratulations to Professor Kate Loveland and her team who have been awarded an ARC Discovery Project grant to further her research in male fertility.…  Read more

Hudson Institute scientists have demonstrated a two-step stem cell-based bioengineering approach in a pre-clinical model for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP).…  Read more

Severe complications associated with small lungs in newborns could soon be reduced with the use of a world-first preclinical model.…  Read more

Women’s reproductive health expert Professor Lois Salamonsen has been awarded a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, acknowledging her extensive contributions to human health and wellbeing.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have pioneered 3D bioprinted degradable meshes with stem cells for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP), in the hope of providing a safe, effective solution for millions of women worldwide.…  Read more

Six Early Career Researchers have been chosen for the inaugural Hudson Institute Emerging Leaders program.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have been awarded a $140,000 Vanguard Grant to improve the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) outcomes of newborn babies. …  Read more

More than 100 scientists attended the 2019 Ritchie Centre Colloquium and Public Forum, where leading researchers and invited speakers presented ground-breaking research and celebrated The Ritchie Centre’s 50-year history.…  Read more

The potential impact of undiagnosed sexually transmitted chlamydia infection on men’s fertility has been highlighted in a study that found chlamydia in the testicular tissue biopsies of infertile men whose infertility had no identified cause.…  Read more

The impact of a serious pregnancy condition that affects millions of unborn babies globally could be minimised by improved imaging techniques.…  Read more

Reproductive health research leader Professor Jock Findlay AO has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS), acknowledging his significant achievements in reproductive health research.…  Read more

Over-production of an enzyme created by the placenta may be a contributing factor to the life-threatening pregnancy condition preeclampsia.…  Read more

Volunteers are needed for a research project looking at whether the composition of the gut microbiome changes across the menstrual cycle.…  Read more

Health services across Australia will have access to new clinical guidelines that will help prevent stillbirth, thanks to a recently awarded postdoctoral fellowship from the Centre for Research Excellence in Stillbirth.…  Read more

Many people do not realise that people with cerebral palsy (CP) have lifelong complications from brittle bones caused by reduced bone density. A recent study identified the key factors that influence low bone density in adults with CP. …  Read more

A large population-based health comparison has shown that Australians born through assisted reproduction are as healthy as people conceived naturally.…  Read more

For the first time Hudson Institute researchers have shown how fetal growth restriction (FGR), a condition which may impact brain development for up to one in 10 babies, gradually worsens during pregnancy. …  Read more

Professor Caroline Gargett and collaborators at the University of Queensland and Monash IVF have been awarded a three-year US$2.07 million (AU$3.05 million) grant to determine the cause of endometriosis and the physiological processes associated with the disease.…  Read more

Hudson Institute is delighted to announce the success of our researchers in the new NHMRC Investigator Grant round.…  Read more

New research into an anti-inflammatory drug for treating lung disease in pre-term babies has shown it also has the potential to prevent the disease’s subsequent complication, pulmonary hypertension (PH), a vascular condition that leads to heart failure and death in 50 per cent of cases.…  Read more

A world-first clinical trial will see women with fetal growth restriction receive daily doses of melatonin to prevent poor neurological outcomes in babies.…  Read more

For every 4000 babies born, one baby will be born with lungs so underdeveloped that they will die soon after birth, or, if they survive, they will face lifelong neurological and respiratory problems.…  Read more

Every 15 hours, a baby is born with cerebral palsy – a condition that comes with life-long disability and has no cure.…  Read more

Congratulations to the 2019 recipients of the Harold Mitchell Foundation Travel Fellowships. The fellowships equip young scientists with the experience, cutting-edge knowledge and professional links that will let them make a difference to medical science both in Australia and throughout the world.…  Read more

Could a common nutritional supplement, creatine, greatly reduce risks of brain injury in our tiniest patients, saving them from severe lifelong complications?…  Read more

Snoring has been shown to be as equally disruptive on children’s health and behaviour as obstructive sleep apnoea. …  Read more

Taking melatonin before labour could improve the success rate of inductions and cut delivery times, reducing the risks for mother and child.…  Read more

Our researchers are educating maternity and healthcare professionals for a possible change in birth practices by 2020, as their research moves from the laboratory to the clinic.…  Read more

Although raising a family is an almost universal dream for couples, the reality is that infertility is increasing and will affect one in five Australian men and women, disrupting many aspirations.…  Read more

Dr Nadia Bellofiore has received the second-highest honour, the 2018 Vice Chancellor’s Commendation for Thesis Excellence, from Monash University for her PhD thesis. Dr Bellofiore’s award recognises world-leading research undertaken by a student. …  Read more

How happy would women be living their best life without PMS? That dream could be closer to reality, thanks to the discovery of a desert mouse that has a menstrual cycle and experiences PMS symptoms much in the same way as women. Researchers have observed similarities in behaviour between the pre-menstrual spiny mouse and humans.…  Read more

A simple change of sleeping position, from face down to face up, could greatly decrease the risk of brain injury and disability for extremely preterm babies, born between 24 and 29 weeks.…  Read more

Associate Professor Rebecca Lim is now formally among the top scientists in Australia after being ranked the highest applicant in the industry category for the 2018 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Career Development Fellowship Scheme. The award is given to the highest ranked applicant in the biomedical, clinical, industry and population health pillars…  Read more

Two grants of $10,000 each were awarded to Dr Jemma Evans and Dr Nicole Kellow (SCS; Nutrition, Dietetics and Food); and Dr Courtney McDonald and Dr Shu Wen Wen (SCS; Centre for Inflammatory Diseases). Organised by Hudson Institute and School of Clinical Sciences ECR committees, the initiative encourages early career researchers from across the MHTP…  Read more

A safer and more effective treatment for women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) may be on the horizon, thanks to a new technique that uses a woman’s own stem cells to boost the effectiveness of a degradable mesh. A study published in Biomacromolecules, led by Dr Shayanti Mukherjee, shows how a degradable mesh, made from…  Read more

As part of a series on influential women in reproductive health, Professor Lois Salamonsen, Australian Academy of Science Fellow and former Head of our Centre for Reproductive Health, was invited by the journal Reproduction to write a review – My Womban’s Life: Understanding Human Endometrial Function. For more than 35 years, Prof Salamonsen has dedicated…  Read more

A new study for a method to predict long-term bone health issues in people with cerebral palsy could help to improve their quality of life.…  Read more

Hudson Institute has had excellent success in the recent NHMRC and ARC Grant rounds.…  Read more

A study by Hudson Institute scientists has identified a new pathway of non-genetic inheritance that could one day link a father’s lifestyle choices, including diet, alcohol, drugs, smoking and medications, to the development of his children. While women who are trying to fall pregnant know to avoid smoking and drinking, there has generally been less…  Read more

Two Hudson Institute researchers have been awarded 2018-19 Ferring Innovation Grants. Dr Fiona Cousins and Dr Tracey Edgell were named among eight international researchers, with this year’s program focused on reproductive medicine, women’s health and more. The grants attracted a record number of applications, with those selected considered to be at the cutting edge of…  Read more

A key protein that could help some women with unexplained infertility to achieve a healthy pregnancy has been identified. Research into assisted reproductive technologies such as IVF has largely focused on the production of viable embryos. …  Read more

Two Hudson Institute scientists, Dr Michelle Tate and Dr Erin McGillick, have been presented with prestigious Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science Awards in recognition of their outstanding research achievements and community engagement.…  Read more

Two promising young Hudson Institute researchers, Dr Cristina Giogha and Aidan Kashyap received highly sought after Victoria Fellowships, funded by the State Government of Victoria and delivered by veski.…  Read more

A breakthrough Hudson Institute discovery which demonstrated how delaying umbilical cord clamping at birth could help newborns, is now underway in an Australian first clinical trial.…  Read more

A world-first Hudson Institute and Monash University study has analysed how healthy newborns transition to breathing straight after birth…  Read more

Could the environment we live in, our diet, the chemicals we use or the medications we take affect the health and development of future generations?…  Read more

A naturally occurring ‘sleep hormone’ could help prevent early delivery in pregnant women with the life-threatening complication, preeclampsia, a new study has found.…  Read more

Hudson Institute Distinguished Scientist and reproductive health research leader Professor Jock Findlay, AO, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from The University of Adelaide. Professor Findlay, a graduate of the University of Adelaide, was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of the University (honoris causa) alongside eminent Australians at a graduation ceremony last week. The…  Read more

Scientists are demonstrating how the womb’s unique ability to rapidly rebuild itself could be harnessed to heal difficult-to-repair chronic wounds affecting 400,000 Australians.…  Read more

Women with healthy, low-risk pregnancies who had a homebirth had comparable rates of stillbirth to those who had a hospital birth.…  Read more

For the first time, doctors and researchers have captured moving ultrasound images of the lungs of newborn babies as they take their first breaths. The world-first research, involving Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Monash University and the Royal Women’s Hospital, is a breakthrough in understanding how human lungs transition from the womb to taking the…  Read more

Two talented Hudson Institute, Centre for Reproductive Health, PhD student researchers were successful award recipients at the SRB August 2018 Conference held in Adelaide. Anastasia Christine Kauerhof, exchange IRTG PhD student from Giessen Liebig University, Germany, won the Hudson Institute ECR Award for her poster, entitled: ‘Investigation of intratesticular inflammatory responses in humans and mice…  Read more

PhD student Aidan Kashyap, who is progressing research to help babies born with underdeveloped lungs, was awarded a Young Scientist Research Prize in Biomedical Sciences by the Royal Society of Victoria on 16 August. The awards recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists. Prizes were open to Victorian students in their final year of PhD…  Read more

A species of desert mouse has a menstrual cycle that is more similar to women than previously thought, according to a new study by Hudson Institute of Medical Research scientists. The spiny mouse could be key to understanding why some women develop endometriosis and exceptionally heavy, painful periods. The findings of the study by Dr…  Read more

Can infertility be passed from father to son?  A new study of young men born to hundreds of couples using sperm microinjection, the most common IVF technique, is aiming to answer that question.…  Read more

Hudson Institute has had outstanding success in the recent National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellowship and Development Grant announcements.…  Read more

Federal Minister for Health, The Hon. Greg Hunt MP has announced $18 million in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding for women’s health research.…  Read more

A world-first therapy, developed at Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University, using cells from the human placenta to repair the damaged lungs of premature babies, is giving hope to families of the most fragile infants like Harry Campbell. The results of a clinical trial at the Monash Children’s Hospital – the culmination of…  Read more

A simple, cheap treatment of a skin patch containing a naturally occurring ‘sleep hormone’ could soon help to protect newborn babies from brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation at birth. A recent study, led by PhD student Dr James Aridas and Associate Professor Suzanne Miller in The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, is…  Read more

Cells that could be used to repair damage to babies’ brains caused by oxygen starvation during pregnancy or at birth have been identified, bringing hope for the prevention of cerebral palsy. A team of researchers from Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University made the discovery while examining stem cells in umbilical cord blood,…  Read more

A new brain imaging study has shown how snoring, or sleep disordered breathing, in children may lead to changes in parts of the brain that control blood pressure, learning and behaviour – and should be treated as early as possible. The findings of the study led by Professor Rosemary Horne’s team in The Ritchie Centre,…  Read more

Congratulations to Professor Rosemary Horne, who has received the Distinguished Researcher Award for 2018 at the meeting of the International Society for the Study and Prevention of Infant and Neonatal Death in Glasgow last week. The award is made for outstanding contributions to research in the area of sudden unexpected death in infancy research as evidenced…  Read more

Research leading to improved outcomes for babies with congenital diaphragmatic hernia was the focus of a community forum last month in Melbourne. The Fetal Therapy Research Group, led by Associate Professor Ryan Hodges, is working towards improving outcomes for babies who have difficulty breathing at birth due to a condition called congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).…  Read more

Professor Kate Lovelannd has been named the 2018 recipient of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) Fuller W. Bazer International Scientist Award. Prof Loveland is an international leader in male reproductive health research. She is Head of the Centre for Reproductive Health at Hudson Institute and Head of Postgraduate Studies, School of Clinical…  Read more

Congratulations to the 2018 recipients of The Harold Mitchell Foundation Travel Fellowships. These fellowships are equipping our young scientists with the experience, cutting-edge knowledge and professional links that will let them make a major difference to medical science both in Australia and throughout the world. The Harold Mitchell Foundation Fellowships enable a promising young Hudson…  Read more

Congratulations to the 2018 Hudson Institute Travel Awards recipients, who will attend international conferences and visiting laboratories to build invaluable knowledge in their area of research. The Awards (supported by donations from the Grisha Sklovsky Memorial Fund and Philip Wind Travel Fund) support six Hudson Institute Postdoctoral Fellows and PhD students to gain experience relevant…  Read more

The Hudson Institute Equity Travel Awards assists a staff member who has a career disruption to progress their research and career development. Dr Genevieve PepinCentre for Innate Immunity and Infectious DiseasesResearch Group: Nucleic Acids and Innate ImmunitySupervisor: Dr Michael Gantier The award will enable Genevieve to present her data at the International Cytokines and Interferon…  Read more

Through the generosity of an anonymous donor, the Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH) is able to provide a highly competitive travel award of $2,500 to each of one CRH post-doctoral fellow and one CRH PhD student.  This offers a wonderful opportunity for our future research leaders to showcase their accomplishments. 2018 CRH Travel Award recipients…  Read more

A new study has shown that children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) experience poor sleep that may impact their mood and quality of life, and this could even be associated with depression. The study, led by Professor Rosemary Horne’s team at Hudson Institute of Medical Research in collaboration with Monash University and the Royal…  Read more

A world-leading Melbourne innovation is rapidly changing the way cell therapies are manufactured to treat diseases including stroke and cerebral palsy, taking these treatments out of the lab and into hospitals. The new cell-processing technology, ROTEA, developed by Melbourne start-up, Scinogy in conjunction with Hudson Institute of Medical Research, is significantly reducing the costs and…  Read more

For years, Kat was told by doctors she might never have children due to severe endometriosis. Now, the mother of twin girls, she wants to create more awareness, so that other women – and her daughters – don’t suffer.…  Read more

Overweight children who snore may have higher blood pressure during both sleeping and waking hours and their cardiovascular system may not properly ‘rest’ during sleep, a new study has found. A team of sleep researchers, led by Professor Rosemary Horne in The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute, studied five different groups of children during sleep, including…  Read more

Graduate research students from The Ritchie Centre took the lion’s share of awards at the recent Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ) annual scientific meeting.…  Read more

A woman’s pre-pregnancy diet could have a greater impact on fertility and pregnancy than previously thought, according to new research by Hudson Institute of Medical Research scientists. The study found that certain proteins, which become ‘toxic’ after exposure to sugar, trigger inflammation in the womb in infertile women with obesity. This may reduce the likelihood…  Read more

PhD student, Aidan Kashyap has been selected as a FameLab semi-finalist for his research that is offering hope for babies who struggle to breathe at birth due to underdeveloped lungs. Aidan will compete against 11 other STEM early career researchers in the FameLab Victorian semi-finals at the Melbourne Museum on Wednesday, 28 March 2018. FameLab,…  Read more

Jasmine started experiencing severe period pain as a teenager and endured five years of pain before she was diagnosed with endometriosis. Her journey continues.…  Read more

‘Invisible illness’ took years of pain and a trip to the emergency ward before diagnosis. It wasn’t until Evelyn’s debilitating symptoms started to impact her daily life that she sought help – but that was only the beginning of her journey.…  Read more

Bianca had the worst case of endometriosis her doctors said they had seen. Yet, she had no pelvic pain and was only diagnosed after experiencing infertility. She now wants to raise awareness so that other women don’t suffer.…  Read more

Early career researchers Dr Stacey Ellery and Ms Aya Mousa have won the MHTP Research Week ECR speed networking event, receiving a $10,000 grant to progress their research idea.…  Read more

Uncovering how abnormal immune cell populations in the womb could be linked to repeat implantation failure and early pregnancy loss is the focus of new research by Dr Ellen Menkhorst. Dr Menkhorst, a Research Scientist in the Embryo Implantation Research Group, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Rebecca L. Cooper Foundation to help…  Read more

Hudson Institute of Medical Research scientists are combining stem cells from the lining of a woman’s own uterus with nanobiomaterials (biodegradable materials engineered on the nanoscale) in a world-first approach to develop safer, more effective treatments for pelvic organ prolapse.…  Read more

Premature and full-term babies who do not require respiratory support may benefit from leaving their umbilical cord unclamped for at least 60 seconds after birth, according to the authors of a Perspective published by the Medical Journal of Australia.…  Read more

La Trobe University and Hudson Institute of Medical Research are leading pioneering research aimed at understanding infertility and improving the rate of assisted and natural pregnancies – an approach that may lead to ‘personalised IVF’. The team, led by Dr David Greening from La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science and Professor Lois Salamonsen from Hudson…  Read more

Hudson Institute has had outstanding success in the recent NHMRC Project Grant round. In addition, our researchers have been awarded an NHMRC Partnership Grant, an NHMRC Development Grant, an ARC Discovery Grant and three NMHRC Fellowships.…  Read more

Hudson Institute’s brightest scientific minds and most promising discoveries will be progressed, thanks to support from a leading philanthropist, Mr Peter Fielding and the Fielding Foundation. The 2018 Fielding Innovation Award has been awarded to Dr Maree Bilandzic to develop more effective treatments for women with ovarian cancer. The 2018 Fielding Foundation Fellowship has been…  Read more

Babies born at 35 weeks could be at higher risk of cardiovascular disease in adult life than those born at full term, according to new research by Hudson Institute of Medical Research scientists.…  Read more

Thousands of preterm babies could be saved by waiting 60 seconds before clamping the umbilical cord after birth instead of clamping it immediately – according to two international studies, including research from Hudson Institute, Monash University and Monash Health. Our researchers provided the scientific understanding for this major global study that will see a change…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers will work to prevent osteoporosis, protect unborn babies’ brains from damage and harness mitochondrial DNA to give women a better chance of pregnancy, thanks to almost $2 million in funding awarded by Australia’s leading medical research body. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) last week announced funding for the research…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have identified that a small molecule, released by a human embryo in the womb, could be key to understanding why some embryos do not implant during IVF. The lining of the uterus or womb, also called the endometrium, is like a ‘soil’ where an embryo, or ‘seed’, must implant in order to…  Read more

Research into women’s health conditions like endometriosis and adenomyosis will now be accelerated, thanks to the world-first discovery of an identifying marker for a type of adult stem cell in the lining of a woman’s womb, or uterus, by a team of Melbourne scientists. The breakthrough is significant for the study of endometriosis, a condition…  Read more

Approximately one in 10 Australian women and many teenage girls live with a ‘silent’ yet potentially debilitating condition, endometriosis. Endometriosis can affect a woman’s physical and mental health, impacting on their ability to work and study, as well as disrupting family life and personal relationships. Head of the Endometrial Stem Cell Biology laboratory at Hudson…  Read more

Renowned stem cell scientist Caroline Gargett has received an academic promotion to Professor from Monash University. Prof Gargett is an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and heads the Endometrial Stem Cell Biology laboratory in The Ritchie Centre at Hudson Institute. Prof Gargett says she is honoured to receive a promotion for her work which investigates underlying…  Read more

Women’s health and endometriosis experts from across Australia and the world are gathering in Melbourne in October to share cutting-edge research and bring a ‘silent’ women’s health condition to the fore. Hudson Institute of Medical Research and its women’s and baby health hub, The Ritchie Centre, are hosting a free public forum ‘Endometriosis – Moving…  Read more

Claudia Nold, has received an academic promotion to Associate Professor from Monash University.…  Read more

Men aspire to parenthood as much as women, but a lack of understanding around their own and their partner’s ticking fertility ‘clocks’ and an overestimation of the chances of getting pregnant by IVF may be contributing to men having unfulfilled parenthood aspirations, a collaborative study has found. Researchers from the Hudson Institute of Medical Research,…  Read more

Five innovative ‘Big Ideas’ were presented by PhD students and early career researchers (ECRs) from Hudson Institute on August 17 to a panel of expert judges from industry, research and business development, with prizes and mentoring for the best and runner-up ideas. Projects pitched included two new diagnostic tests – one for autoimmune disease and another for infectious…  Read more

rofessor Kate Loveland has had her honorary title of Liebig Professor with the Justus-Liebig University (JLU) renewed, highlighting the importance of her work with the German university.…  Read more

Highly regarded reproductive specialist on uterine receptivity and placental development, Guiying Nie (Research Group Head, Implantation and Placental Development, Centre for Reproductive Health) has been promoted to Adjunct Professor.…  Read more

Pre-eclampsia is one of the more common complications of pregnancy. Symptoms can include high blood pressure, protein in urine and sudden excessive swelling of the face, hands and feet in the third trimester.…  Read more

Professor Jock Findlay AO has been honoured for his service and leadership in reproductive biology research with the Society for the Study of Reproduction’s (SSR) 32nd Annual Distinguished Service Award, presented at the society’s recent annual meeting in Washington, D.C.…  Read more

New research from Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University is rapidly changing the way women of different ethnic backgrounds and countries of origin are monitored in the final weeks of their pregnancy to better prevent stillbirth.…  Read more

Hudson Institute of Medical Research scientists will investigate whether a menstruating species of desert rodent responds to ‘the pill’ in the same way that women do, in a project that will lay the foundation for accelerating the discovery of new safe and effective female contraceptives.…  Read more

The placenta is a rich source of life for unborn babies, supplying oxygen and sustaining nutrition to the fetus via the umbilical cord.…  Read more

Women’s reproductive health expert Professor Lois Salamonsen has been elected to the Australian Academy of Science, for her outstanding contributions to science.…  Read more

Kahli Sargent loved going fast in a car or boat, everyone knew she loved it—which is surprising, because her mother was told by doctors at birth that she would never communicate.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have discovered a potential safe and effective treatment for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), which could save preterm babies from the severe lifelong effects of this incurable premature lung disease.…  Read more

Hudson Institute female reproductive health research expert Evdokia (Eva) Dimitriadis has received an academic promotion to Professor from Monash University.…  Read more

Scientists from Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Deakin University have shown that a naturally occurring signalling protein found in the female reproductive tract, interferon epsilon, can block the replication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in human cells, and could form a first-line response to the virus.…  Read more

At The Ritchie Centre, the Hudson Institute of Medical Research’s hub for fetal and neonatal research, our world-class scientists are investigating ways to prevent stillbirth and improve the health and growth of precious unborn babies.…  Read more

The Fielding Foundation Fellowship 2017 has been jointly awarded to two outstanding immunology researchers at Hudson Institute, Dr Niamh Mangan, from the Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, and Associate Professor Marcel Nold, from The Ritchie Centre.…  Read more

The 2017 Fielding Innovation Award has been awarded to Dr Tracey Edgell, from the Centre for Reproductive Health, to further her research into stimulating factor CSF3 and its role in improving female fertility.…  Read more

Professor Kate Loveland has been appointed Head of the Centre for Reproductive Health at Hudson Institute of Medical Research starting in January 2017.…  Read more

Hudson Institute of Medical Research researchers have been awarded National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowships in the latest funding announcements.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have been awarded more than $10 million in funding by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).…  Read more

Congratulations to Professor Beverley Vollenhoven who received an academic promotion last week.…  Read more

A baby’s growth during pregnancy may be dependent on a mother’s levels of a critical nutrient, creatine, according to research from a team of Melbourne researchers.…  Read more

ectopic pregnancy has been named one of the NHMRC’s ‘10 of the Best’ research projects of 2015.…  Read more

PhD candidate, Dr Douglas Blank, from the Ritchie Centre (Hudson Institute and Monash University), has won the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Three Minute Thesis Competition for his presentation on physiologic-based cord clamping.…  Read more

Renowned Hudson researcher, clinical andrologist, and men’s health advocate, Professor Robert McLachlan has been made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours.…  Read more

Researchers and postgraduate students from The Ritchie Centre (Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University) have shone at two of Australia’s biggest fetal and neonatal conferences, which both took place in Queensland last week.…  Read more

Maintaining muscle mass is crucial for good bone health in young adults with cerebral palsy (CP), a new collaborative study by endocrinology researchers at Hudson Institute of Medical Research has found.…  Read more

The process of ageing begins even before we are born, according to an international team of researchers, including lead author Dr Beth Allison who has now returned to The Ritchie Centre at Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University in Melbourne.…  Read more

Minimising harm to babies exposed to adverse early life events such as preterm birth and birth asphyxia will be the focus of a $6.12M National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded collaborative research program at Hudson Institute of Medical Research.…  Read more

Hudson Institute/ Monash University School of Clinical Sciences PhD student, Dr James Aridas, has been awarded an Avant Mutual Group Doctors in Training research scholarship.…  Read more

Federal Member for Chisholm and former speaker, Anna Burke, and City of Monash Mayor, Cr Stefanie Perri, toured the Monash Health Translation Precinct’s (MHTP) new $84 million Translational Research Facility yesterday (Monday, February 15).…  Read more

New treatment for millions of women affected by a hidden condition, pelvic organ prolapse (POP), will be the focus of Dr Shayanti Mukherjee’s novel bioengineering project, thanks to a prestigious John Stocker Postdoctoral Fellowship.…  Read more

1000 birthing kits in one day for the Birthing Kit Foundation, Australia, through the Rotary Club of Melbourne Park.…  Read more

Hudson Institute’s Dr Graeme Polglase and Dr Courtney McDonald have been awarded prestigious Heart Foundation fellowships to provide continuity to their research into life-threatening neonatal conditions.…  Read more

Hudson Institute’s Dr Claudia Nold will use a competitive Heart Foundation Fellowship and Innovation Award to help develop new treatments for cardiopulmonary diseases in preterm babies.…  Read more

Two leading researchers within The Ritchie Centre at Hudson Institute are working to improve the health of newborn babies have been recognised with academic promotions at Monash University…  Read more

Monash Health’s pioneering treatment for babies with a disease that was once universally fatal has been validated by research published today in prestigious journal, The Lancet.…  Read more

Year 12 students from Wangaratta in north-east Victoria have put their money where their mouth is, raising funds and awareness to support cord blood research at Hudson Institute.…  Read more

Hudson Institute’s Dr Rebecca Lim has been awarded the inaugural Fielding Fellowship to conduct her research into stem cell-like therapy to treat lung damage in premature babies.…  Read more

Hudson Institute’s Dr Claudia Nold has been awarded a prestigious Paul Korner Innovation Award from the Heart Foundation for her research into dangerous diseases associated with premature birth.…  Read more

The MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research has received $1M AUD from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to investigate the relationship between some oral contraceptives and an increased susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV.…  Read more

IVF pioneer Professor Alan Trounson has returned to the Hudson Institute as a world-renowned scientist, 24 years after he founded the Institute (then called Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development) with Professor David de Kretser.…  Read more

Professor Graham Jenkin and Monash Children’s Hospital Neonatologist, Dr Atul Malhotra recently travelled to Lucknow, India to help rollout training ahead of their global collaboration to reduce the incidence of birth asphyxia in low resource settings.…  Read more

Inner Wheel members keen to learn more about The Ritchie Centre’s cord blood research.…  Read more

The Ritchie Centre is celebrating after a number of their early career researchers picked up awards at this week’s Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand’s annual meeting in Perth.…  Read more