Research Projects
Fetal intrapartum hypoxia remains one of the main causes of disability and cerebral palsy in infancy. Cardiotocography, albeit useful to monitor...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Postpartum haemorrhage is a potentially life-threatening condition and a significant public health issue, with increasing incidence in the last...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Low-dose aspirin effectively prevents preterm pre-eclampsia in singleton pregnancies (ASPRE trial, Rolnik et al. NEJM 2017). We are currently...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Fetoscopic laser ablation of placental anastomosis is highly effective in the treatment of severe (stage 3 or greater) twin-to-twin transfusion...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Pre-eclampsia is a common complication associated with significant maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although improvements...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
In collaboration with Pulsenmore, we plan to conduct a pilot study at Monash Health to evaluate the safety, patient and healthcare provider...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
In collaboration with a Maternal-Fetal Medicine colleague from the United States who has been working on the role of Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA)...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Many pregnant patients now undergo non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) from 10 weeks of gestation to screen for fetal aneuploidy (common trisomies...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Low-dose aspirin effectively prevents placental-mediated pregnancy complications such as pre-eclampsia. However, its mechanism of action remains...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Most prediction models to date in Obstetrics have been developed to predict and identify women at increased risk pregnancy complications.
In...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Twin reverse arterial perfusion syndrome (TRAP) is a rare complication in twin pregnancies in which a structurally abnormal, acardiac twin that is...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Pregnancy complications lead to significant maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The Fetal Medicine Foundation has developed prediction...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
The rate of chromosomal or genetic syndromes in babies born with an antenatally detected “apparently isolated cleft lip and/or palate” remains...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Selective fetal growth restriction (sFGR) is a relatively common complication of monochorionic twin pregnancies in which there is significant inter-...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Monash has successfully developed an operative vaginal birth safety bundle to improve maternal and perinatal safety in instrumental vaginal birth, as...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Prenatal Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) is a relatively new Genomic technology that provides more detailed prenatal genetic analysis in fetuses at...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Cervical dilation is regularly assessed in labour using clinical vaginal examinations periodically. This is generally deemed safe, but can be...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik