Research groups

Female fertility preservation and hormonal male contraception

Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory. Neuroprotective strategies for babies at risk of brain injury and poor neurodevelopmental outcomes

Contraception, prevention and management of unintended pregnancy and genital tract infection

Menstruation, abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB; including, heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB)), iron deficiency and anemia. Studies on local mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment and impacts.

Prevention, detection and management of cervical cancer and other HPV related diseases

Our research has two main areas: 1) discovering how the ovary supports early pregnancy and 2) understanding polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and its hormonal and metabolic imbalances, and finding new treatment targets.

We are a multidisciplinary clinical research team using clinical and experimental research to better understand the complex interplay of maternal and fetal physiology, the impact of abnormal development on mother and child throughout their lives and the potential of new technology and therapeutics to promote optimal maternal and fetal health.

How does the immune system develop in the embryo? What are the functions of embryonic immune cells? Does maternal adversity perturb immune development, and does this affect health in later life?

How hormones control macrophage function in the womb and how this might affect women's reproductive health

How mRNAs are regulated at the level of translation and the consequences of their mis-regulation

 Endometriosis, chronic pelvic pain and ectopic pregnancy.

Pan-gynaecological Cancers

Female infertility in oocyte health, fertilisation and early embryogenesis

Preventitive and therapeutic strategies for abnormal uterine bleeding (problematic periods)

Our research is focused on male fertility preservation, disorders of sex development (DSD) and testicular cancer.

Mechanisms responsible for sex steroids 'master regulators' of health impacts on repair, regeneration and cell replication in both healthy and diseased reproductive and other tissues

Chronic debilitating conditions across the reproductive life-course, including chronic pelvic pain (endometriosis) and abnormal uterine bleeding (fibroids)