Midwifery

Emily Armstrong
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Post Doc Research Fellow
Person: Research and Teaching
20182026
Anneka Bowman
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Senior Research Fellow, Translational Research
Person: Research
20192026
Angela Bromley
- Faculty of Health, Midwifery - Senior Lecturer in Midwifery
Person: Research and Teaching
20192025
Bettina Chaseling
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Project Officer (Capability Framework)
Person: Research
Mpho Dube
- Faculty of Health, Midwifery - Lecturer in Midwifery
- Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Cohort
Person: Teaching, PhD
20192026
Yu Gao
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Professor, Health Services Redesign (Maternal,Infant and Child Health)
Person: Research
19962026
Isabella Garti
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Research Fellow
Person: Research
20182026
Ashlee Guerin
- Faculty of Health, Midwifery - Lecturer in Midwifery
Person: Teaching
20212024
Rosemary Gundjarraŋbuy
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Senior Yolngu Research Fellow
Person: Research
20182025
Rosemarie Hogan
- Faculty of Health, Midwifery - Associate Professor in Midwifery
Person: Research and Teaching
20142025
Sarah Ireland
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Associate Professor Innovation and Impact
Person: Research
20092025
Kelsie Kahl
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Research Associate
- Faculty of Health, Midwifery - Other
Person: Research
20242025
Sarah Khaw
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Research Fellow
Person: Research
20192025
Haohui Lu
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Research Fellow
Person: Research
20212026
Associate Professor Elaine Ḻäwurrpa Maypilama
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Deputy Director First Nations [Yolngu] Research Methodologies
Person: Research
20062025
Doctor Res McCalman, BMid, PhD
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Research Assistant
Person: Research
20222025
Ruth Outridge
Person: Research, PhD
20242025
Yvette Roe
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Director Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights
Person: Research
20092026
Kayli Wild
- Faculty of Health, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights - Associate Professor, Womens Health & Wellbeing
Person: Research and Teaching
20072026

Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights
Midwifery
Organisational unit: Institute

3 Finished
15 Active

2022 RART BOC TRC: 2022 Rainmaker Co-Investment Application: Birthing on Country Translational Research Centre
Roe, Y. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Kildea, S. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Kruske, S. (Chief Investigator C), Gao, Y. (Chief Investigator D), Campbell, S. (Chief Investigator E), West, R. (Chief Investigator F), Ireland, S. (Chief Investigator G), Maypilama, E. Ḻ. (Chief Investigator H), Hurst, C. (Chief Investigator I), Allen, J. (Chief Investigator J), Hartz, D. (Chief Investigator J), McCalman, R. (Chief Investigator J), Lindeman, M. (Chief Investigator J), Muir, L. (Other) & Tafe, A. E. (Other)
1/01/24 → 21/05/29
Project: Research
2022 Rainmaker Start Up: True preterm birth rate for First Nations in Alice Springs: insights from a data linkage study
Gao, Y. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Kildea, S. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Roe, Y. (Chief Investigator C), Campbell, S. (Chief Investigator D), Hurst, C. (Chief Investigator E), Ireland, S. (Chief Investigator F), Kruske, S. (Chief Investigator G), Tafe, A. E. (Chief Investigator H) & Spring, B. (Chief Investigator I)
18/11/22 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
An Australian Dedicated Refugee Midwifery Group Practice: Exploring the impacts, outcomes and experiences of women and midwives
Dube, M. (Student Investigator) & Kildea, S. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
7/01/20 → …
Project: HDR Project › PhD
RISE SAFELY: Birthing on Country: RISE SAFELY in rural, remote and very remote Australia
Roe, Y. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Kildea, S. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Maypilama, E. Ḻ. (Chief Investigator C), West, R. (Chief Investigator D), Ireland, S. (Chief Investigator E), Gao, Y. (Chief Investigator F), Kruske, S. (Chief Investigator G), Moore, S. (Chief Investigator H), Allen, J. (Chief Investigator I), Kowalenko, S. (Chief Investigator J), McCalman, R. (Chief Investigator J), Muir, L. (Other) & Garti, I. (Project Manager)
15/06/22 → 15/05/27
Project: Research
WIU: Birthing on Country Workforce Innovation Unit
Kildea, S. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Roe, Y. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Allen, J. (Chief Investigator C), Maypilama, E. Ḻ. (Chief Investigator D), Ireland, S. (Chief Investigator E), Gao, Y. (Chief Investigator F), Muir, L. (Other) & Kowalenko, S. (Other)
1/04/22 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
CAAHSN Grant - Arlwekere (Alukura) by the Grandmothers' Law
Austin, C. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Roe, Y. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Kildea, S. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Kruske, S. (Chief Investigator C), Gao, Y. (Chief Investigator D), Allen, J. (Chief Investigator E), Kahl, K. (Other), Tafe, A. E. (Other) & Thomson, B. (Business Manager)
9/10/25 → 28/02/27
Project: Research
Collaborating hand-in-hand with three First nations remote communities and policymakers to fortify food security resilience amidst the challenges of climate change in remote Australia
Brimblecombe, J. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Maypilama, E. Ḻ. (Chief Investigator F) & Thomson, B. (Business Manager)
6/05/25 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
DIMP: Digital Innovation for the Transformation of Midwifery Pedagogy
Garti, I. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
1/09/24 → 31/08/27
Project: Research
Evidence for Action: Establishing the Northern Territory (NT) Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV) Research Centre and Knowledge Exchange
Wild, K. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Roe, Y. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Gao, Y. (Chief Investigator C), Outridge, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), McCallum, T. (Associate Investigator), O'Rourke, K. (Associate Investigator), Fitts, M. (Associate Investigator), Smith, J. A. (Associate Investigator), McCarthy, K. (Associate Investigator), Sawczak, K. (Associate Investigator) & Rogers, S. (Associate Investigator)
13/06/25 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
GO5828 MRFF Rapid Applied Research Translation: Birthing on Country Translational Research Centre
Roe, Y. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Kildea, S. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Kruske, S. (Chief Investigator C), Gao, Y. (Chief Investigator D), Campbell, S. (Chief Investigator E), West, R. (Chief Investigator F), Ireland, S. (Chief Investigator G), Maypilama, E. Ḻ. (Chief Investigator H), Hurst, C. (Chief Investigator I), Allen, J. (Chief Investigator J), Hartz, D. (Associate Investigator), McCalman, R. (Associate Investigator), Lindeman, M. (Associate Investigator), Muir, L. (Other), Tafe, A. E. (Other) & Garti, I. (Project Manager)
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
Implementing and expanding culturally safe continuity of care for women having a First Nations baby in Victoria: a co-design approach to improve outcomes for mothers and babies
McCalman, R. (Chief Investigator D) & Forster, D. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
13/11/25 → 12/10/30
Project: Research
IUIH ISOC 2 Project -Statistical Analysis only
Gao, Y. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Thomson, B. (Other), Lu, H. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B) & Lin, A. (Chief Investigator C)
1/11/24 → 30/11/26
Project: Research
Maternal and neonatal outcomes for women attending private midwifery service My Midwives: a retrospective audit of clinical outcomes
Gao, Y. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Kildea, S. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Wilkes, L. (Chief Investigator C), Hollindale, K. (Chief Investigator D), Tafe, A. E. (Chief Investigator E) & Muir, L. (Other)
1/08/23 → 31/01/24
Project: Research
Meeting the Training and Workforce Needs of Service Providers Responding to Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV)
Wild, K. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Roe, Y. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Gao, Y. (Chief Investigator C), Cubillo, C. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Gregory, A. (Associate Investigator), McCallum, T. (Associate Investigator), Lee, I. (Associate Investigator), Woodroffe, T. (Associate Investigator), Stead, A. (Associate Investigator), Rogers, S. (Associate Investigator) & Outridge, R. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
13/06/25 → 30/12/27
Project: Research
Parental self-efficacy: Meaning making and measurement with Aboriginal families in remote communities of the Northern Territory
Robinson, G. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Gregory, A. (Student Investigator), Wild, K. (Supervisor) & Caudwell, K. M. (Supervisor)
25/03/24 → …
Project: HDR Project › PhD
Reciprocity in higher degrees by research– support and enablers needed for First Nations community researchers to undertake formal higher degrees
Bowman, A. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Roe, Y. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A)
10/02/26 → 16/02/29
Project: Research
Respectful maternity care and the association with child health outcomes (REACH) study
McCallum, G. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Bowden, E. (Student Investigator)
12/08/21 → 11/06/25
Project: HDR Project › PhD
Sharing the number dhäwu (story): exploring quantitative data for First Nations decision-making in a very remote Birthing on Country demonstration site
Ireland, S. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Davis, J. E. (Student Investigator)
28/03/24 → …
Project: HDR Project › PhD

Bias Mitigation in Large Language Models for Tabular Data Classification
Lu, H., Shao, Z., Gao, J. & Uddin, S., Mar 2026, In: Machine Learning. 115, 4, p. 1-37 37 p., 79.
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Effect of the implementation of a Birthing on Country service at a rural site, Waminda, compared to standard care for First Nations Australians: a prospective, non-randomised, interventional trial
Gao, Y., Kildea, S., Coddington, R., Briggs, M., Wellington, C., Worner, F., Hartz, D., Sherwood, J. & Roe, Y., Feb 2026, In: The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 67, p. 1-15 15 p., 101796.
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Holding and practising Yolŋu concepts of märr and ŋayaŋu in Northern Australia
Muthamuluwuy, B., Waṉambi, G., Armstrong, E. & Hayashi, Y., Jan 2026, In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics.
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Maternal and early childhood health and social outcomes of migrants in high-income countries and the impact of policies that restrict access to healthcare; a systematic review and meta-analysis
Rayment-Jones, D. H., Mohamud, Y., Lovell, H., Rankin, J., Sandall, J., Peeren, S., Dube, M., Hector-Jack, N. S., Barry, Z., Turienzo, C. F., Sowah, E., Stacey, T., Castaner, M., Aquino, M. R. J., Jolly, A., Broadhead, J., Haith-Cooper, M., Easter, A. & Burton, S., Jan 2026, In: Journal of Migration and Health. 13, p. 1-15 15 p., 100391.
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Midwifery practice in a Ghanaian referral hospital: experiences using magnesium sulphate for women at risk of eclampsia
Garti, I., Mar 2026, In: Sexual and Reproductive HealthCare. 48, p. 1-7 7 p., 101208.
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Sterile water injections for managing abdominal labour contraction pain: A randomised double blind placebo-controlled trial
Lee, N., Mårtensson, L. B., Gao, Y., Callaway, L., Barnett, B., Hellyer, S., Kearney, L. & Kildea, S., Jan 2026, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 173, p. 1-9 9 p., 105244.
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An Explainable Graph Learning Framework for Severe Maternal Morbidity Prediction
Lu, H., Lin, Y., Wu, R., Sun, P., Gao, Y. & Li, Z., Nov 2025, AI 2025: Advances in Artificial Intelligence - 38th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AI 2025, Proceedings. Liu, M., Yu, X., Xu, C. & Song, Y. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 335-346 12 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16371 LNAI).
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A qualitative study of clinicians’ perspectives on participating in an intrapartum randomised placebo-controlled trial for labour pain relief
Lee, N., Barnett, B., Kildea, S., Callaway, L., Kearney, L., Hellyer, S. & Mårtensson, L. B., Nov 2025, In: Trials. 26, 1, p. 1-9 9 p., 547.
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Are Private Obstetric Services Safer and More Cost Effective Than Midwife-Led Care in Australia?
Hirschhorn-Edwards, N., Dahlen, H., Kildea, S. & Tracy, S. K., Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. p. 1-2 2 p.
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Are we educating the future workforce for interprofessional responses to child maltreatment? An exploratory study
Lines, L. E., Kakyo, T. A., McLaren, H., Hartz, D., Sivertsen, N., Hutton, A., Cooper, M., Zannettino, L. & Grant, J., Dec 2025, In: Collegian. 32, 6, p. 371-380 10 p.
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Assessing Algorithmic Fairness in Socioeconomic Predictions Using Australian Census Data
Uddin, S., Huang, Y., Fang, S. & Lu, H., Nov 2025, AI 2025: Advances in Artificial Intelligence - 38th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AI 2025, Proceedings. Liu, M., Yu, X., Xu, C. & Song, Y. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 163-176 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16370 LNAI).
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Association between hospitalised childhood pneumonia and follow-up chest radiographs in high-risk populations: a secondary analysis of a multicentre randomised controlled trial
Kok, H. C., Yerkovich, S. T., McCallum, G., Grimwood, K., Masters, I. B., Fancourt, N. S. S., Fong, S. M., Nathan, A. M., Byrnes, C. A., Ware, R. S., Nachiappan, N., Saari, N., Morris, P. S., Yeo, T. W., Oguoma, V., Anne de Bruyne, J., Peng Eg, K., Lee, B., Ooi, M. H. & Upham, J. W. & 2 others, Torzillo, P. & Chang, A. B., 1 Oct 2025, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 110, 10, p. 786-792 7 p., archdischild-2024-328111.
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A “better service” promoting “better experiences”: Midwives' experiences working in a caseload service for women of refugee backgrounds
Dube, M., Bromley, A., Ireland, S., Gao, Y. & Kildea, S., Jul 2025, In: Women and Birth. 38, 4, p. 1-10 10 p., 101910.
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Commissioning stronger evaluations of Indigenous health and wellbeing programs: A scoping review of government and non-government Indigenous evaluation commissioning practices
Finlay, S. M., Judd, J., Smith, J. A., Simpson, H., Fredericks, B., Boulton, A., Roe, Y., Pender, J., Kerrigan, S., Temby, A., Opozda, M. & Cargo, M., Oct 2025, In: First Nations Health and Wellbeing - The Lowitja Journal. 3, p. 1-26 26 p., 100089.
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Exploring unsupervised feature extraction algorithms: tackling high dimensionality in small datasets
Niu, H., McCallum, G., Chang, A. B., Khan, K. & Azam, S., 1 Jul 2025, Scientific Reports, 15, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.
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Exposure to prenatal maternal stress is associated with epigenetic age acceleration and altered cell composition in the placenta: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study
Beraldo, E. O., Inkster, A. M., Peñaherrera, M. S., Price, E. M., Schuetz, J., Portales-Casamar, É., Kildea, S., Vaillancourt, C., King, S. & Robinson, W. P., Nov 2025, In: Placenta. 171, p. 16-25 10 p.
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Identifying High-Risk Bacteria with Active Nasal Swab Surveillance in Intensive Care Units to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Kuramasu, Y., Suzuki, Y., Akaneya, D., Okuma, Y., Tsujimoto, Y., Ishizawa, D., Moriya, K., Hongsing, P., Amarasiri, M., Hurst, C., Higgins, P. G., Shibuya, K., Kicic, A., Shimotai, Y., Hamamoto, H., Wannigama, D. L. & Abe, S., 25 Apr 2025, In: International Journal of Translational Medicine. 5, 2, p. 1-12 12 p., 17.
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Improving cardiometabolic risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in northeast Arnhem Land: Single arm trial of a co-designed dietary and lifestyle program
Dissanayake, H., Gurruwiwi, G., Dhurrkay, J., Tynan, J. C., Braat, S., Harrap, B., Trudgen, T., Hanieh, S., Clark, B., Spencer, M., Christie, M., Tonkin, E., Armstrong, E., Harrison, L. C., Wentworth, J. M., Brimblecombe, J. K. & Biggs, B. A., 3 Mar 2025, In: Medical Journal of Australia. 222, 4, p. 183-190 8 p.
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Improving support for successful breastfeeding initiation and duration – Recommendations from mothers of Aboriginal infants
Bowman, A., Glover, K., Cameron, C., Peterson, K., Middleton, P., Rumbold, A., Leane, C., Stuart-Butler, D. & Hawke, K., Sept 2025, In: Women and Birth. 38, 5, p. 1-8 8 p., 101960.
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Lateral violence and lateral empowerment in relation to young Indigenous populations across the CANZUS nations: a scoping review
Clark, Y., Ali, F., Bowman, A., Elovaris, R., Clark, S., Clark, T., Peterson, K. L., Thornthwaite, N., Austin, I. & Hawke, K., 6 Jul 2025, In: Australian Journal of Psychology. 77, 1, p. 1-29 29 p., 2521787.
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