Executive Committee

The Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand is delighted to announce the new Executive Committee of the Long-Term Outcomes of High-Risk Babies Subcommittee for the 2019–2021 term. This committee represents the geographical reach of Society’s membership, breadth of clinical and research expertise and leadership experience across multiple specialist disciplines involved in the follow-up of high-risk infants.

Long-Term Outcomes of High-Risk Babies Subcommittee

Dr

Gayatri Jape

I am a consultant neonatologist, and lead the high-risk follow-up program in my institute. My research interests include long-term neurodevelopment in preterm including autism, probiotics and nutrition.
Dr

Leona Pascoe

I am a research fellow in paediatric neuropsychology at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health. My research is focused on monitoring and supporting the cognitive and academic outcomes of individuals born very preterm and their families.
Dr

Grace Fitzallen

I am an early career university academic with a background in psychology. My research specialises in the long-term neurodevelopment and wellbeing outcomes of children and their families after high-risk birth, with a particular focus on preterm birth and multiple gestation pregnancy.
Dr

Manbir Chauhan

I am a senior staff specialist in neonatology at Gold Coast University Hospital. My areas of interest include quality improvement initiatives to improve short and long term outcomes of high risk babies and long term follow up of extremely preterm babies.
Jacqueline (Jacqui) Gould

I’m a research fellow with a background in psychology and public health. My research focus is nutrition in the first 1,000 days and subsequent child development. I specialise in conducting large-multi site randomised controlled trials with nutritional intervention in pregnancy, for very and extremely preterm infants, for toddlers with the aim of optimising early brain development to give children the best start to life.
Ms

Alison Collins
Dr

Mantho Kgosiemang

I am a Neonatologist and General Paediatrician and actively work across both disciplines at Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory. I am part of the Top End Development Infant (TEDI) clinic, a multidisciplinary team that follows up high risk infants. Other than long term outcomes of preterm infants, I also have special interests on the effects of trauma and alcohol on neurodevelopment.
Dr

Amanda Dyson

I am a Neonatologist and the clinical lead of the neonatal high risk follow up program in my unit. I currently chair the NSW and ACT Neonatal Intensive Care Unit data collection long term follow up quality improvement group and am interested in the long term medical and developmental outcomes of high-risk neonates.
A/Prof

Karen Walker

I am a Clinical Nurse Consultant at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital with a PhD focused on neurodevelopmental outcomes of infants following early major surgery.
Dr

Oliver Grupp

I am a general paediatrician in the regional hospital of Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand. My areas of interest include neonatal care and paediatric diabetes.
Mrs

Jenn Hooper

I am from Aotearoa, New Zealand. I’m Mum to a profoundly disabled child and an experienced consumer advocate in the field of maternity, with a particular interest in preventable neonatal encephalopathy.
Ms

Lisa Kremer

I am Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy at He Rau Kawakawa (School of Pharmacy), University of Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand and I am a clinical pharmacist. My research is on efficacy and safety of medicines used in preterm infants, with a focus on health equity for Māori.
Mrs

Tiffany Hamilton

I work as a Neonatal Physiotherapist in the Christchurch Neonatal Intensive Care. I asses the neurodevelopment and behaviour of our most at risk babies. I have a special interest in parent infant attachment and infant handling and care.