About - CRE-HiPP

About

Creating evidence-based knowledge and support for women before and during pregnancy, to improve the health of women and the next generation.

The Centre of Research Excellence in Health in Preconception and Pregnancy (CRE HiPP) is an innovative, passionate, multi-disciplinary team of researchers, clinicians, students and consumers determined to refine and implement health promotion and lifestyle improvement for women planning pregnancy and during pregnancy.

CRE HiPP is about support and is NOT about laying blame on women. Most importantly, we aim for women to be the healthiest version of themselves, whatever their body size – to embrace their body and love who they are!

The CRE in Health in Preconception and Pregnancy will:

Generate new knowledge in four key areas

Effectively translate new knowledge into policy and practice

Develop a multidisciplinary research workforce

Leverage extensive existing collaborations

Meet our Investigators

The Centre of Research Excellence in Health in Preconception and Pregnancy (CRE HiPP) brings together a multidisciplinary team of researchers, clinicians, students and support staff passionate about women's lifestyle health during preconception and pregnancy.

Chief Investigators

Professor Helen Skouteris

Director of CRE HiPP
Monash Warwick Professor in Health and Social Care Improvement and Implementation Science; Head of Health and Social Care Unit, Co-Lead of the Division of Evidence Synthesis, Qualitative and Implementation Methods, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Helena Teede

Professor Helena Teede

NHMRC MRFF Practitioner Fellow; Director of Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI); Executive Director of Monash Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; Endocrinologist, Monash Health

Associate Professor Jacqueline Boyle

Head of Health Systems and Equity at Eastern Health clinical School, Monash University; Adjunct Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Monash University; Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, Monash Health

Associate Professor Lisa Moran

NHF Future Fellow; Head of Healthy Lifestyles Program at Monash Health; Dietitian, MCHRI, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Professor Shakila Thangaratinam

Professor of Maternal and Perinatal Health, Obstetrician, University of Birmingham

Professor Andrew Hills

Associate Dean, Global, Professor of Sports and Exercise Science, University of Tasmania

Professor Alison Venn

Director of Menzies Institute for Medical Research, Professor of Endocrinology, University of Tasmania

Professor Brian Jack

Medical Physician, Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston University

Professor Robert Norman

Reproductive Endocrinologist and Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Founder of Robinsons Research Institute, SA, Director fertilitySA, Professor of Reproductive and Periconceptual Medicine, University of Adelaide

Associate Professor Zanfina Ademi

Epidemiologist and Health Economist, Monash University

Associate Investigators

Professor Leonie Callaway

Chair of CRE HiPP Advisory Committee
Obstetrics, University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

Professor Cate Nagle

Midwifery, James Cook University, Townsville Hospital and Health Service

Professor James Dunbar

Primary Care, Deakin University

Professor Judith Stephenson

Preconception Care, University College London

Professor Louise Maple Brown

Endocrinology, Indigenous women’s health, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin

Dr Carina Cotaru

Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Royal Darwin Hospital Top End Health Service

Professor Sandra Eades

Dean and Head of Curtin Medical School, Curtin University

Professor Andrew Wilson

Director, The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

Professor Louise Baur

Paediatrics, University of Sydney, The Children’s Hospital, Westmead, Sydney

Professor Roger Hart

Fertility specialist, The University of Western Australia, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Director of Fertility Specialists of Western Australia

Research Fellows

Dr Cate Bailey

Research Fellow, Health Economic Unit, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne

Dr Heidi Bergmeier

Research Fellow, Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Dr Cheryce Harrison

Senior Research Fellow; Co-lead of the Healthy Lifestyle Stream, Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Dr Briony Hill

NHMRC Early Career Fellow; Deputy Head of Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Siew Lim

Dr Siew Lim

NHMRC Early Career Fellow; Lead, Cardiometabolic Health Implementation Research in Postpartum women (CHIRP), Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University; Accredited Practising Dietitian, Monash Health

Jess Permezel

Jess Permezel

Research Fellow, Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; Midwife and Childbirth Educator

Dr Ruth Walker

Research Fellow, Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

PhD and Honours Students

Dr Rochelle Hine

Lecturer, Monash Rural Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University

Dr Renee O’Donnell

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Ms Melissa Savaglio

Clinical Psychologist; Research Assistant, Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Administrative Coordinators

Meet our Investigators

Chief Investigators

Associate Investigators

Professor Helen Skouteris

Director of CRE HiPP
Monash Warwick Professor of Health and Social Care Improvement and Implementation Science, Head of Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health, Monash University.

Professor Helena Teede

NHMRC MRFF Practitioner Fellow, Director of Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI), Executive Director of Monash Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre, Endocrinologist Monash Health, School of Public Health, Monash University.

Associate Professor Jacqueline Boyle

NHMRC Career Development Fellow, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Monash Health, Deputy Director of MCHRI, School of Public Health, Monash University, Honorary appointment at the Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin

Associate Professor Lisa Moran

NHF Future Fellow, Head of Healthy Lifestyles Program at Monash Health, Dietitian, MCHRI, School of Public Health, Monash University

Professor Shakila Thangaratinam

Professor of Maternal and Perinatal Health, Obstetrician, University of Birmingham

Professor Andrew Hills

Associate Dean, Global, Professor of Sports and Exercise Science, University of Tasmania

Professor Alison Venn

Director of Menzies Institute for Medical Research, Professor of Endocrinology, University of Tasmania

Professor Brian Jack

Medical Physician, Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston University

Professor Robert Norman

Reproductive Endocrinologist and Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Founder of Robinsons Research Institute, SA, Director fertilitySA, Professor of Reproductive and Periconceptual Medicine, University of Adelaide

Associate Professor Zanfina Ademi

Epidemiologist and Health Economist, Monash University

Professor Leonie Callaway

Chair of CRE HiPP Advisory Committee
Obstetrics, University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

Professor Cate Nagle

Midwifery, James Cook University, Townsville Hospital and Health Service

Professor James Dunbar

Primary Care, Deakin University

Professor Judith Stephenson

Preconception Care, University College London

Professor Louise Maple Brown

Endocrinology, Indigenous women’s health, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin

Dr Carina Cotaru

Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Royal Darwin Hospital Top End Health Service

Professor Sandra Eades

Dean and Head of Curtin Medical School, Curtin University

Professor Andrew Wilson

Director, The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

Professor Louise Baur

Paediatrics, University of Sydney, The Children’s Hospital, Westmead, Sydney

Professor Roger Hart

Fertility specialist, The University of Western Australia, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Director of Fertility Specialists of Western Australia

Governance

Our Partners

CRE HiPP is proud to partner with a number of state, national and international bodies to achieve its goals. We are also a member of the Collaboration for Enhanced Research Impact (CERI), a joint initiative to enhance the profile and impact of chronic disease prevention in Australia. Find out more about CERI. CRE HiPP thanks the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for its support, enabling our researchers to lead the way in preconception and pregnancy lifestyle health.