Collaboration to address stillbirth in Australia and New Zealand

The late Professor Geoffrey Donald Thorburn, BSc (Med), MD BS, FRACP, FAA, AO, had a long and illustrious career as a research scientist primarily working in the area of fetal physiology. He is recognised both nationally and internationally as one of the founders of contemporary fetal physiology, and the growth and development of this scientific discipline is due in no small part to his pioneering work in the 1960s and his continuing contributions over the subsequent three decades. It is primarily through his efforts that the study of fetal physiology has been advanced at an institutional level, and specifically by the establishment of the Australian Perinatal Society, of which he was the inaugural President. In 1997, in honour and recognition of the contributions made to the Society by him, the Society's Visiting Professor Program was renamed "The Professor Geoffrey Thorburn Visiting Professorship" and in 2015 renamed the Professor Geoffrey Thorburn Visting Lecture Series.

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28 November - 2 December 2016

LOCATION:

Brisbane & Auckland

2016 Geoffrey Thorburn Visiting Lecture - 28th November - Brisbane and 2nd December - Auckland

Keynote international speaker:

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Robert M. Silver, MD is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Centre. He is Interim Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chief of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Co-Director of Labor and Delivery at the University Health sciences Centre. Dr. Silver's clinical and research interests include recurrent pregnancy loss and stillbirth, cesarean delivery, placenta accreta, vaginal birth after cesarean delivery, immunologic diseases in pregnancy, and medical disorders in pregnancy. He is the co-PI of the Utah site for the MFMU and is the PI for the NuMoM2b Network, the Heart Health study, the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network and the EAGeR trial. He is also active in the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine and the International Stillbirth Alliance.

Brisbane workshop

Date and time: Monday 28 November, 2016, 0900 - 1600

Venue: Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba

PSANZ Geoffrey Thorburn Visiting Lecture Series 2016

in partnership with

PSANZ Stillbirth Foundation Australia (PSANZ SANDA) and Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland

Research RGB

"Collaboration to address stillbirth in Australia"

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together organisations and individuals in Australia to address stillbirth through a priority driven collaborative program.

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Auckland workshop

Date and time: Friday, 2nd December 2016

Venue: Robb Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medical Health Sciences, University of Auckland

PSANZ Geoffrey Thorburn Visiting Lecture Series 2016

in partnership with

PSANZ Stillbirth Foundation Australia (PSANZ SANDA)

and

The New Zealand Maternal Fetal Medicine Network

and

The Perinatal Society of New Zealand

Stillbirth: Research and Clinical Practical Update

Everything you need to know & more

Investigating the causes of stillbirth, decreased fetal movements (DFM), the PSANZ SANDA DFM guideline,

personal perspectives on experiencing stillbirth, stillbirth and sleep position, placental causes of stillbirth,

current and future research to reduce stillbirth.

Previous Visiting Professors

Orientation	Year	Name	Discipline
East-West	2015	Prof Ben Mol Dr Chris McKinley Dr Brett Manley	IMPACT Clinical Trials
Nth-Sth-NZ	2014	Prof Bonnie Stevens	Neonatal Nursing
Nth-Sth-NZ	2013	Cancelled due to sudden ill health	Neonatal Nursing
East - West	2012	Prof Lesley Page	Midwifery
Nth-Sth-NZ	2011	Prof Karel Marsal	Obstetrics
East-West	2010	Prof Richard Martin	Neonatology
Nth-Sth-NZ	2009	A/Prof Karol Kaltenbach	Other Perinatal
West-East	2008	Prof Donna Ferriero	Basic Science
Nth-Sth-NZ	2007	Prof Linda Franck	Neonatal Nursing
West-East	2006	Prof Mo Harris	Midwifery
Nth_Sth-NZ	2005	Prof Gordon Smith	Obstetrics
West_East	2004	Prof Christian Speer	Neonatology
Nth_Sth_NZ	2003	Prof Frederik Froen	Other Perinatal
West_East	2002	Prof Kent Thornburg	Basic Science
Nth-Sth-NZ	2001	Prof Judy Lott	Neonatal Nursing
West-East	2000	Prof Leah Albers	Midwifery
Nth-Sth-NZ	1999	Dr Philippa Kyle	Obstetrics
West_East	1998	Dr Bernard Salle	Neonatology
Nth-Sth-NZ	1997	Dr Bernard Salle	Other Perinatal
West-East	1996	Prof John Challis	Basic Science
North-East	1995	Prof Tracy Karp	Neonatal Nursing
West-East	1994	Dr Richard Lilford	Obstetrics
North-South	1993	Prof Jack Sinclair	Neonatology