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1. 1. Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Caroline A Crowther

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   Published on: 8/31/2008   Last Visited: 8/31/2008

   Caroline A Crowther
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   Caroline Crowther is a maternal fetal medicine subspecialist and Director of ARCH: the Australian Research Centre for Health of Women and Babies, in the Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at The University of Adelaide.She has extensive experience in the design, conduct and analysis of randomised clinical trials and has co-ordinated many large, multicentred trials that focus on the evaluation of new perinatal therapies or care practices, in collaboration with researchers in key institutions in Australia, New Zealand and overseas.These trials are recognised as of high quality internationally and have led to translation of the research into clinical practice guidelines, improving maternal and perinatal health worldwide.
   
   Professor Crowther has run numerous studies over the last ten years focussing on areas such as therapies to improve outcomes following preterm birth, prevention of hypertensive disease, improved health outcome in multiple pregnancy, birth after caesarean and gestational diabetes.
   
   Professor Crowther regularly provides grant reviews for major funding bodies including the NHMRC, Medical Research Council UK, Medical Research Council Canada, Health Research Council of New Zealand.She is a regular reviewer for major national and international medical journals.

2. 2. Premature babies helped by repeat steroids

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   Published on: 9/20/2007   Last Visited: 11/13/2007

   Professor Caroline Crowther (email)
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   Study leader Professor Caroline Crowther from the University of Adelaide's Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology says the initial results of the trial showed that repeat doses of corticosteroids reduced breathing and other respiratory problems in the premature babies.There had been concern however that such treatments could inhibit the babies' later growth and development.
   
   "Our new results show that at two years old the children born to mothers who were given repeat corticosteroids were no more likely to have health or development problems than those born to women who weren't given the repeat doses," says Professor Crowther, who is based at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital.
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   "Until now there has been a lack of high quality evidence, from well-designed, large randomised clinical trials, assessing the efficacy and safety of repeat doses of betamethasone given to women at ongoing risk of very preterm birth, and no reports on the health of the children later," Prof Crowther says.

3. 3. Welcome to Charles Darwin University

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   Published on: 10/22/2007   Last Visited: 1/7/2008

   Professor Caroline Crowther and Philippa Middleton present 'Research networks through the WOMBAT collaboration and the SEA-ORCHID project', on Wednesday 5 December from 3pm to 4pm.
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   Caroline Crowther is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Director of the ARCH.Her research interests are in evidenced-based care in maternal fetal medicine and include maternal and perinatal mortality, the management and treatment of hypertensive disease in pregnancy, multiple-pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis care around preterm birth and evaluation of effective pregnancy care by randomised controlled trials.