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Career Summary

Biography

I am an internationally recognised leader in the pathophysiology of human pregnancy. I have been awarded medals and published in Nature, Nature Medicine and the New England Journal of Medicine and Scientific American; Science has reviewed my work. I have been a visiting Professor at Harvard, Yale and the NIH Perinatal Research Branch.

Qualifications

PhD, University of London
Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery, University of Sydney

Research

Research keywords

premature labour
preterm birth

Research expertise

Clinical and basic science expertise in the physiology of human birth and the pathophysiology of premature birth.

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
111400	Paediatrics And Reproductive Medicine	50
110300	Clinical Sciences	35
060499	Genetics Not Elsewhere Classified	15

Awards

Recognition.

2003	Fellowship ad eundem The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstretrics and Gynecology (Australia) Awarded "Fellowship ad eundem" of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstretrics and Gynecology. This was the first fellowship to be conferred to a non-obstetrician in recognitin of this work in the field of obsterics and gynecology

Invitations

2nd International workshop on Biomarkers and PTD World Health Organisation, Denmark (International Workshop)	2004
Placenta and Brain, Birth and Behavior, Health and Disease, Washington, 10th June American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, United States (Conference Presentation - non published.)	2002
1st International Summit on Preterm Birth Society for Gynaecological Investigation, Italy (Conference Presentation - non published.)	2005
46th RCOG Study Group Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology , United Kingdom (Study Group)	2003
24th Winter Neuropeptide Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado 1st-4th Feb National Institute of Health, United States (Conference Presentation - non published.)	2003

Administrative

Administrative expertise

Previous assistant dean research, currently Director of the Department of Endocrinology John Hunter Hospital and Co-Director of the University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre in Reproductive Science and Director of the Mothers and Babies Research Centre.

Teaching

Teaching keywords

endocrinology

Teaching expertise

Teaching endocrinology to medical students

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Publications

No publications.

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Grants and Funding

Summary

Number of grants	119
Total funding	$18,386,155

For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.

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2013 (4 grants)

Understanding the regulation of hERG potassium channel in the myometrium at the time of labour$577,956
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Professor Nick Europe-Finner, Doctor Susan Hua
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$577,956	2013	2015
GNo:G1200367

HMRI MRSP Infrastructure (12-16) – PRRP (Pregnancy & Reproduction Research Program)$369,134
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Laureate Professor John Aitken
Scheme		Role
MRSP Infrastructure Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$369,134	2013	2013
GNo:G1300914

Epigenetic Regulation of Progesterone Receptors and the Onset of Labour$25,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar
Scheme		Role
Near Miss		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$25,000	2013	2013
GNo:G1300811

Epigenetic Regulation of Progesterone Receptors and the Onset of Labour$25,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar
Scheme		Role
Near Miss Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$25,000	2013	2013
GNo:G1300472

2012 (7 grants)

Understanding the Origins of Diabetes and Kidney Disease in Aboriginal Children and Their Mothers$1,723,519
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Professor Mark McLean, Professor Eugenie Lumbers, Professor Sandra Eades, Conjoint Professor John Boulton, Doctor Kym Rae, Professor Clare Collins
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,723,519	2012	2016
GNo:G1100137

Pregnancy and Reproduction MRSP 2011-12 $369,134
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones
Scheme		Role
MRSP Infrastructure Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$369,134	2012	2012
GNo:G1101192

BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$180,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Rodney Scott
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$180,000	2012	2012
GNo:G1100746

BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$150,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Paul Foster, Professor Trevor Day, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Rodney Scott
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$150,000	2012	2012
GNo:G1100744

BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$122,927
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Rodney Scott
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$122,927	2012	2012
GNo:G1200668

MBRC RAG Special Grant$70,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Special Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$70,000	2012	2012
GNo:G1201170

Precellys Tissue Homogeniser$10,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Professor Eugenie Lumbers, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Mr Ian Wright, Doctor Gemma Madsen, Doctor Kaushik Maiti
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2012	2012
GNo:G1100979

2011 (8 grants)

Role of Placental Retroviral Protein Syncytin Carried on Exosomes in Mediating Vulnerability of Pregnant Women to Influenza$622,968
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Wark
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$622,968	2011	2013
GNo:G1000294

An Advanced Mass Spectrometer for Applications in Phospho-Proteomics, Glycomics and Top-Down Sequencing of Proteins$250,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Mark Baker, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Lois Salamonsen
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$250,000	2011	2011
GNo:G1000632

Research microscope, confocal ready nikon eclipse 90i microscope$69,157
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Doctor Kaushik Maiti, Doctor Gemma Madsen, Professor Rodney Scott, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Wark, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Phil Hansbro, Mr Ian Wright
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$69,157	2011	2011
GNo:G1100024

SCIREQ FlexiVentFX system + FlexiVentFX extension$45,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Phil Hansbro, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Joerg Mattes, Doctor Simon Keely, Doctor Jay Horvat, Doctor Nicole Hansbro, Doctor Ming Yang, Doctor Catherine Ptaschinski, Doctor Kelly Asquith, Doctor Gough Au, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Wark, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Judith Black, Professor Rakesh Kumar, Professor Paul Hertzog
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$45,000	2011	2011
GNo:G1100037

Reorganisation of myometrial contracteome at the time of labour$30,000
Funding Body: BellBerry Limited

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Near Miss		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$30,000	2011	2013
GNo:G0900224

MicroRNA and the onset of human labour$25,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Doctor Cheng Chan
Scheme		Role
Near Miss Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$25,000	2011	2011
GNo:G1001048

An Advanced Mass Spectrometer for Applications in Phospho-Proteomics, Glycomics and Top-Down Sequencing of Proteins$15,000
Funding Body: Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research

Project Team
Doctor Mark Baker, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Lois Salamonsen
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$15,000	2011	2011
GNo:G1100844

DNA methylation in a cohort study of nutrition during pregnancy and childhood$10,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Doctor Alexis Hure, Mr David Mossman, Professor Clare Collins, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2011	2012
GNo:G1101167

2010 (5 grants)

HMRI MRSP Infrastructure Grant (10-11) - PREGNANCY & REPRODUCTION$362,277
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones
Scheme		Role
MRSP Infrastructure Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$362,277	2010	2011
GNo:G1100474

Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$350,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Doug Smith, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Christopher Grof, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Doctor Brett Graham, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Trevor Day, Professor Robert Callister
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$350,000	2010	2010
GNo:G0190369

Estrogen receptors and the onset of labour$324,900
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Doctor Kaushik Maiti
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$324,900	2010	2012
GNo:G0190158

Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$215,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Doug Smith, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Christopher Grof, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Doctor Brett Graham, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Trevor Day, Professor Robert Callister
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$215,000	2010	2010
GNo:G1000874

Epigenetic regulation of the CRH gene in gestational tissues$30,000
Funding Body: BellBerry Limited

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Professor Rodney Scott, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar
Scheme		Role
Near Miss		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$30,000	2010	2012
GNo:G0900225

2009 (6 grants)

Stress during pregnancy and the developmental origins of renal disease in aboriginal Australians$832,535
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Professor Eugenie Lumbers, Conjoint Professor Caroline Blackwell, Dr Edouard Tursan D'Espaignet, Professor Pathik Wadhwa, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$832,535	2009	2011
GNo:G0188884

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$495,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Adam McCluskey, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Marcel Maeder, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Professor Christopher Grof, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Conjoint Professor Alison Jones, Professor Mike Calford, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Rick Thorne, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor John Rostas, Professor Rodney Scott, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Phil Hansbro, Professor Pablo Moscato, Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor Peter Lewis
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$495,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0189122

HMRI MRSP Infrastructure Grant (09-10) Pregnancy and Reproduction$296,789
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones
Scheme		Role
MRSP Infrastructure Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$296,789	2009	2010
GNo:G1000642

The contribution of nutrition to achieving healthy pregnancy outcomes for mothers and babies $68,181
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Clare Collins, Doctor Lesley MacDonald-Wicks, Professor Roger Smith, Doctor Alexis Hure
Scheme		Role
Newcastle Permanent Building Society		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$68,181	2009	2011
GNo:G0189769

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$50,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Adam McCluskey, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Marcel Maeder, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Professor Christopher Grof, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Conjoint Professor Alison Jones, Professor Mike Calford, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Rick Thorne, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor John Rostas, Professor Rodney Scott, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Phil Hansbro, Professor Pablo Moscato, Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor Peter Lewis
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$50,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0189948

Stress during pregnancy and the developmental origins of renal disease in Aboriginal Australians$27,040
Funding Body: Kidney Health Australia

Project Team
Doctor Kym Rae, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Eugenie Lumbers
Scheme		Role
Medical Research Project Grants		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$27,040	2009	2010
GNo:G0189886

2008 (6 grants)

Reduction of teenage pregnancy in aboriginal communities$344,500
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$344,500	2008	2013
GNo:G0189178

Lessons for transplantation from pregnancy$210,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$210,000	2008	2010
GNo:G0188595

Linking Cigarette Smoking to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Aboriginal Women$24,184
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Peter Jones, Doctor Kym Rae
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$24,184	2008	2008
GNo:G0188464

Colibri high-performance LED illumination system for fluorescence live cell microscopy$23,225
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Dr Charles De Bock, Professor Xu Dong Zhang, Doctor Lisa Lincz, Professor Gordon Burns, Conjoint Professor Peter Hersey, Professor Dirk Van Helden, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$23,225	2008	2008
GNo:G0188545

LED fluorescence illuminators and filter set (525nm + 575DF20) for LAS3000 image analysis system$9,600
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Ian Symonds, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Doctor John Fitter, Doctor Cheng Chan, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson, Doctor Giavanna Angeli, Doctor Kaushik Maiti, Doctor Jonathan Paul, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Doctor Hannah Palliser, Professor Eugenie Lumbers
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$9,600	2008	2008
GNo:G0188543

Preventing prematurity: establishing a network for innovation and discovery, Dallas Texas, USA$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,500	2008	2008
GNo:G0189903

2007 (9 grants)

HMRI - Pregnancy and Reproductive Research program$762,155
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Laureate Professor John Aitken
Scheme		Role
MRSP Infrastructure Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$762,155	2007	2009
GNo:G0187760

CRH Receptors in Myometrium$442,750
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Assoc. Prof Dimitris Grammatopoulos, Conjoint Professor Warwick Giles
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$442,750	2007	2009
GNo:G0186409

Heat Shock Proteins in Myometrium$437,750
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Alistair Sim, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$437,750	2007	2009
GNo:G0186406

Equipment Grant - Centrifuge$68,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Laureate Professor John Aitken
Scheme		Role
NSW Dept Health - Infrastructure Funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$68,000	2007	2007
GNo:G0188006

(28) PRC - Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science$38,999
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Laureate Professor John Aitken
Scheme		Role
Publication Performance Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$38,999	2007	2008
GNo:G0187970

Beta Radiation Counter Instrument facility$25,670
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson, Dr Mark Read, Doctor Cheng Chan, Doctor John Fitter, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Doctor Hannah Palliser, Conjoint Professor Ian Symonds
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$25,670	2007	2007
GNo:G0188194

Identification of regulatory protein interactions on the CRH promoter$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar
Scheme		Role
Near Miss Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2007	2007
GNo:G0187195

Inflammatory Pathway to Myometrial Activation$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits, Doctor Cheng Chan
Scheme		Role
Near Miss Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2007	2007
GNo:G0187193

HMRI Equipment Grant - Elisa Plate Washer$6,085
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$6,085	2007	2007
GNo:G0188230

2006 (5 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science$544,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Conjoint Professor Warwick Giles, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson, Conjoint Professor Ian Symonds
Scheme		Role
Priority Research Centre		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$544,282	2006	2013
GNo:G0186945

The effect of maternal asthma and its treatment on placental and fetal glucocorticoid receptor expression$50,000
Funding Body: Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Warwick Giles, Mrs Pip Talbot
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$50,000	2006	2006
GNo:G0186137

Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Induced Homologous and Hetereologous Desensitisation and Labour$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits, Conjoint Professor Warwick Giles
Scheme		Role
Near Miss Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2006	2006
GNo:G0186056

Endocrine and molecular regulation of placental CRH expression$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Near Miss Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2006	2006
GNo:G0186062

Effect of Maternal Asthma during Pregnancy on the Fetal Immune System$18,837
Funding Body: Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Professor Roger Smith, Ms Naomi Scott
Scheme		Role
PhD Scholarships		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$18,837	2006	2006
GNo:G0185987

2005 (9 grants)

Computer program to predict premature birth$388,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Development Grants		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$388,000	2005	2007
GNo:G0185086

Proteomics and Genomis Project$300,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$300,000	2005	2007
GNo:G0186092

High throughput proteomics - Thermo Finnigan ProteomeX LCQ Integrated Proteomicis Workstation$207,189
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Professor Peter Lewis, Conjoint Associate Professor Renate Griffith, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Professor Adam McCluskey, Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor John Rostas, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Alistair Sim, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Dr Fraser Ross
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$207,189	2005	2005
GNo:G0184185

Lessons from pregnancy that may help transplantation in Diabetes$140,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Doctor Jorge Tolosa Gonzalez
Scheme		Role
Kiriwina Investment Group		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$140,000	2005	2006
GNo:G0185766

2005 RIBG allocation$137,715
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG)		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$137,715	2005	2005
GNo:G0185789

NanoDrop ND-1000 Spectrophotometer (with PC)$18,030
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$18,030	2005	2005
GNo:G0185469

Mechanisms of human parturition: The role of CRH and progesterone withdrawal$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Doctor Cheng Chan, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$12,000	2005	2005
GNo:G0184721

Molecular endocrinology of CRH gene regulation$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$12,000	2005	2005
GNo:G0184713

SGI 1st International Summit - 'Preterm Birth', 9-12 November 2005$2,363
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,363	2005	2005
GNo:G0186011

2004 (3 grants)

Biacore3000-Expansion of Proteomics Facility$187,341
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Alistair Sim, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor John Rostas, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Gordon Burns, Professor Adam McCluskey, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Dr Fraser Ross, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$187,341	2004	2004
GNo:G0183030

To determine the biochemical mechanism which regulates activation of the human utreus at term & preterm labour$89,547
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Dr Elisa Tyson, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Scholarships - Medical and Dental Postgraduate Research		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$89,547	2004	2006
GNo:G0183995

Identification of Predictors of Infection in pregnant women/IgA responses to infection in pregnancy$60,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Kiriwina Investment Group		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$60,000	2004	2005
GNo:G0183830

2003 (7 grants)

Effect of fat metabolism on placental CRH production (Identification and isolation of a Transciption silencer)$32,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$32,000	2003	2003
GNo:G0183362

The origin and control of oxidative stress in the placenta$29,666
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Roger Smith, Doctor Shaun Roman
Scheme		Role
Multi-Year Project Grant Scholarship		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$29,666	2003	2005
GNo:G0182393

Multicentre trial of calcium channe, blocker versus calcium channel blocker plus Cox2 inhibitor in preterm labour - BORN trial.$23,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$23,000	2003	2003
GNo:G0183313

Use of SELDI-TOF-MS to identify proteins relevant to human labour$17,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits
Scheme		Role
Special Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$17,000	2003	2003
GNo:G0183114

Ultra low tempertaure freezer including racking systems and boxes$15,868
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$15,868	2003	2003
GNo:G0183063

Neonatal Neuroendocrine Programming of Adult Susceptibility to Cancer$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Deborah Hodgson, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2003	2003
GNo:G0182319

Mother and Infant: Perinatal Influences on Health Montreal 16-19 June 2003$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,500	2003	2003
GNo:G0183235

2002 (6 grants)

Multicentre Trial of Calcium Channel Blocker versus Calcium Channel Blocker Plus Cox2 Inhibitor in Preterm Labour$635,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Warwick Giles, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits, Dr Andrew Gill
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$635,000	2002	2005
GNo:G0180887

Endocrine and molecular regulation of placental CRH expression$465,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$465,000	2002	2004
GNo:G0180918

Antagonist of Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone as Therapeutic Agents for the Prevention of Premature Birth in Humans$375,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Adam McCluskey, Dr P Keller, Professor Roger Smith, Dr A Ruhmann
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$375,000	2002	2004
GNo:G0180905

Expression of the homeobox gene HOXA10 in human parturition$13,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor John Fitter, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$13,000	2002	2002
GNo:G0181295

Oxidative Stress in the placenta: analysis of the source of free radicals$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2002	2002
GNo:G0181444

Human Pregnancy: Implantation to delivery, from 3 October to 5 October 2002$3,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Conference Establishment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$3,000	2002	2002
GNo:G0182579

2001 (9 grants)

Mothers and Babies$600,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
NSW Dept Health - Infrastructure Funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$600,000	2001	2003
GNo:G0183304

Molecular regulation of CRH gene expression in the human placenta.$70,285
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$70,285	2001	2001
GNo:G0179696

A Quantitative Model for the Timing of Parturition$62,127
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Associate Professor David Smith
Scheme		Role
Multi-Year Project Grant Scholarship		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$62,127	2001	2004
GNo:G0178926

Beckman Coulter HPLC Detector and software. Extech circulation heating bath with accessories and software$19,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Doctor Sam Mesiano, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits, Conjoint Professor Warwick Giles
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$19,000	2001	2001
GNo:G0181174

A mathematical model of human pregnancy.$14,500
Funding Body: John Hunter Hospital Charitable Trust Fund

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Warwick Giles, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$14,500	2001	2001
GNo:G0181006

Characterisation of a novel transcription factor from placenta.$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$12,000	2001	2001
GNo:G0180070

Beckman Coulter HPLC Detector and software. Extech circulation heating bath with accessories and software$10,836
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Doctor Sam Mesiano, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits, Conjoint Professor Warwick Giles
Scheme		Role
University/NHMRC Equipment Grant Funds		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,836	2001	2001
GNo:G0181175

Equipment grant for the Mothers and Babies Research Centre.$8,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Equipment/Infrastructure Stroud Rodeo		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$8,000	2001	2001
GNo:G0180647

Mapping the processes of human birth.$4
Funding Body: Andrew Thyne Reid Charitable Trust

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Research Grant - ANONYMOUS		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$4	2001	2004
GNo:G0181225

2000 (6 grants)

Endocrine Research$150,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Kiriwina Investment Group		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$150,000	2000	2001
GNo:G0179866

Identification and functional analysis of a mammalian transcriptional regulatory protein related to an insect steroid hormone receptor.$52,131
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson
Scheme		Role
Multi-Year Project Grant Scholarship		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$52,131	2000	2002
GNo:G0178908

Award for Research Excellence.$10,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2000	2000
GNo:G0180173

Synthesis of Drugs for Prevention of Pre-Term Delivery.$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Adam McCluskey, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2000	2000
GNo:G0178828

Human Parturition on the Beach (Beach Babes), 27/28 October 2000$3,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Conference Establishment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$3,000	2000	2000
GNo:G0180416

Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologial Investigation, 2000, Chicago, USA.$1,974
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,974	2000	2000
GNo:G0180331

1999 (9 grants)

Clinical effectiveness of transdermal nitrates for the treatment of preterm labour$202,710
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Warwick Giles, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$202,710	1999	2001
GNo:G0178332

Mothers and Babies Centre for research into Premature Delivery.$15,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Western Suburbs Leagues Club		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$15,000	1999	1999
GNo:G0178707

Mechanism by which estrogens regulate labour and delivery.$13,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Sam Mesiano, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$13,500	1999	1999
GNo:G0178171

Rapid Microscale Synthesis of Drugs for the Prevention of Pre-Term Delivery$13,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Adam McCluskey, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$13,500	1999	1999
GNo:G0178022

Identification and isolation of a transcription silencer.$11,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$11,000	1999	1999
GNo:G0178172

Corticotropin-releasing hormone effects on connexin expression and gap junction formation in human myometrium$10,193
Funding Body: Ramaciotti Foundations

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,193	1999	1999
GNo:G0177963

Commercial in confidence: Mathematical Model for the analysis of pathophysiology of pregnancy (mMAPp)$9,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Associate Professor David Smith, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Small Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$9,000	1999	1999
GNo:G0178042

Visitor Grant - Dr Ni Xin 1 March 2000 to 1 September 2000.$6,018
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Visitor Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$6,018	1999	1999
GNo:G0179188

Dexamethasone Induction of Human Corticotropin-releasing Hormone Gene Expression Requires a cAMP-Awarded to Dr Y H Cheng$1,000
Funding Body: Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Presidents Presenter Award		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,000	1999	1999
GNo:G0178768

1998 (6 grants)

Corticotrophin - releasing hormone and human parturition$501,759
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Doctor Cheng Chan, Conjoint Professor Phillip Robinson
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$501,759	1998	2000
GNo:G0177190

Effect of severe asthma during pregnancy on placental function and fetal outcome$90,000
Funding Body: Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$90,000	1998	1999
GNo:G0177659

Low molecular weight ligands for corticotrophin releasing hormone receptors: Drugs for intervention during human pregnancy$47,664
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Adam McCluskey, Dr P Keller, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Special Scholarship Initiative Grants		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$47,664	1998	2000
GNo:G0177742

Molecular Dynamics Storm 860 Tri-mode Analysis System$35,000
Funding Body: Ramaciotti Foundations

Project Team
Professor Alistair Sim, Professor John Rostas, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Dr Stephen Bunn, Dr Tat Cheah, Conjoint Professor Kenneth Beagley, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Judith Scott, Doctor Cheng Chan, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$35,000	1998	1998
GNo:G0177453

The regulation and the signalling pathway of placental corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor/s in human pregnancy$14,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor John Fitter, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$14,000	1998	1998
GNo:G0177268

Visitor: Jeffrey Schwartz, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC., USA, 1/7/98 - 31/8/98.$3,984
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Visitor Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$3,984	1998	1998
GNo:G0177882

1997 (5 grants)

Maternal Health Research Centre$386,000
Funding Body: NSW Ministry of Health

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Research & Development Infrastructure Grants Program		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$386,000	1997	2000
GNo:G0177571

Urocortin and placental vascular resistance$195,766
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Ian Leitch
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$195,766	1997	1999
GNo:G0176230

Characterisation of a Pituitary Target Autoantigen$79,290
Funding Body: John Hunter Children`s Hospital Research Foundation

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Research Grant (Defunct)		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$79,290	1997	1999
GNo:G0177049

Computer Asisted Design and Chemical Synthesis of Novel Therapeutic Agents Affecting Pregnancy the Duration of Human Pregnancy$16,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Professor Adam McCluskey, Professor Alan Boura
Scheme		Role
Small Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$16,000	1997	1997
GNo:G0176726

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors (CRH-R) in the Human Myometrium$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Cheng Chan, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Phillip Robinson
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$12,000	1997	1997
GNo:G0176728

1996 (2 grants)

South-East Asian Australian Preterm Labour Study Group.$244,500
Funding Body: Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs

Project Team
Emeritus Professor William Walters, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Warwick Giles, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits, Doctor Cheng Chan, Dr Stephen O'Callaghan, Doctor Jenny Stewart Williams, Mrs Maria Bowman, Doctor John Fitter
Scheme		Role
Targetted Institutional Links Program		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$244,500	1996	1998
GNo:G0176589

Visit by Professor P Lowry, Unviersity of Reading, United Kingdom. From 10/11/96 to 10/11/97.$3,770
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Visitor Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$3,770	1996	1996
GNo:G0176081

1995 (3 grants)

Regulation and effect of placental corticotropin releasing hormone.$479,680
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Doctor Cheng Chan, Conjoint Professor Phillip Robinson
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$479,680	1995	1997
GNo:G0174573

Dr Xin Ni, Lecturer, Department of Neurobiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. From 1/2/95 to 1/2/96. Regulation of CRH secretion from th$5,552
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Visitor Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$5,552	1995	1995
GNo:G0175394

Factors regulating the Proopiomelanocortin gene in the human placenta.$5,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Cheng Chan, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Phillip Robinson
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$5,000	1995	1995
GNo:G0174900

1993 (2 grants)

Maternal Health research grant$275,136
Funding Body: NSW Ministry of Health

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Research & Evaluation Grants		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$275,136	1993	1996
GNo:G0176537

Mechanism of Inhibition of ACTH Release By cGMP - Mediated Pathways.$225,907
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Phillip Robinson, Professor Roger Smith, Dr J Liu
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$225,907	1993	1995
GNo:G0173186

1992 (1 grants)

92,93,94 GRANT. Placental Corticotrophin-releasing Hormone$297,064
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$297,064	1992	1994
GNo:G0174275

1991 (1 grants)

Placental Effects On The Maternal Hypothamami C-pituitary-adrenal Exis$147,032
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$147,032	1991	1991
GNo:G0173959

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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions	5
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL	1.43

For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.

Current Supervision

Commenced	Proposed Completion	Program	Supervisor Type	Research Title
2013	2017	PhD (Reproductive Medicine)	Co-Supervisor	Epigenetic Regulation of Progesterone Receptors and the Onset of Labour
2012	2016	PhD (Paediatrics)	Co-Supervisor	Development of an Insulin Delivery Algorithm for Management of Meals for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Children
2012	2020	PhD (Psychiatry)	Principal Supervisor	Postnatal Depression, Oxytocin and Maternal Sensitivity
2011	2015	PhD (Reproductive Medicine)	Principal Supervisor	Elucidating the Role of Myosin Phosphatase in the Contractility of Myometrial Smooth Muscle
2009	2013	PhD (Reproductive Medicine)	Co-Supervisor	Epigenetic Regulation of Progesterone Receptor Isoforms in Human Paturition

Past Supervision

Year	Program	Supervisor Type	Research Title
2013	M Philosophy (Nutrition&Diet)	Co-Supervisor	Weight Retention in the Postpartum Period
2013	PhD (Nutrition & Dietetics)	Co-Supervisor	Nutrition During Pregnancy: An Evaluation of Maternal Dietary Intake and the Development of Foetal Adiposity
2013	PhD (Reproductive Medicine)	Principal Supervisor	Relationship Between Renal Volume, Prematurity, Birth Weight and Retinal Microvasculature
2012	PhD (Reproductive Medicine)	Co-Supervisor	Effect of Maternal Asthma During Pregnancy on Aspects of Placental Immune Function
2011	PhD (Medicine)	Principal Supervisor	Human Endogenous Retroviruses and Immune Tolerance in Pregnancy
2010	PhD (Reproductive Medicine)	Principal Supervisor	Syncytin and Placental Exosomes: New Insights in Immunology of Pregnancy
2009	PhD (Medicine)	Co-Supervisor	Effect of Maternal Asthma During Pregnancy on Circulating Cytokines, Immune Cell Profile and Airway Inflammatory Mediator Release In-Vitro
2009	PhD (Nutrition & Dietetics)	Co-Supervisor	Nutritional Influences in Pregnancy and Postpartum for Women and Their Children
2009	PhD (Medicine)	Co-Supervisor	Regulation of Myometrial Contractility: Pathways to Human Birth
2008	PhD (Medicine)	Principal Supervisor	Estrogen and Progesterone Actions in Human Parturition
2008	PhD (Medicine)	Co-Supervisor	Characterisation of the Multifunctional Protein, CREAP
2007	PhD (Reproductive Medicine)	Co-Supervisor	A Discovery Approach to Human Labour
2006	PhD (Medicine)	Co-Supervisor	Tissue Specific Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation of the Corticotrophin-Releasing Hormone Gene
2006	PhD (Reproductive Medicine)	Co-Supervisor	The Control of Prostaglandin Synthesis and Degradation in the Human Fetal Membranes during Pregnancy and Labour
2004	PhD (Medicine)	Co-Supervisor	The Effect of Maternal Asthma During Pregnancy on Placental Function and Fetal Development
2003	M MedSc (Medicine) [R]	Principal Supervisor	The Use of Ultrasound Measurements to Assess Normal Foetal Growth and Myometrial Tension Throughout Pregnancy. A Longitudinal Study
2002	PhD (Medicine)	Co-Supervisor	Pituitary Autoimmunity: Identification of the First Pituitary Target Autoantigen involved in Two Autoimmune Syndromes and the Clinical Significance of Antipituitary Autoantibodies

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Professor Roger Smith

Work Phone	14376
Fax	14394
Email	Roger.Smith@newcastle.edu.au
Position	Professor School of Medicine and Public Health Faculty of Health and Medicine The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office	JHH, John Hunter Hospital, John Hunter Hospital
URL:	www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/roger-smith

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2013 (4 grants)

Understanding the regulation of hERG potassium channel in the myometrium at the time of labour$577,956Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

HMRI MRSP Infrastructure (12-16) – PRRP (Pregnancy & Reproduction Research Program)$369,134Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Epigenetic Regulation of Progesterone Receptors and the Onset of Labour$25,000Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Epigenetic Regulation of Progesterone Receptors and the Onset of Labour$25,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2012 (7 grants)

Understanding the Origins of Diabetes and Kidney Disease in Aboriginal Children and Their Mothers$1,723,519Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Pregnancy and Reproduction MRSP 2011-12 $369,134Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$180,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$150,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$122,927Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

MBRC RAG Special Grant$70,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Precellys Tissue Homogeniser$10,000Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

2011 (8 grants)

Role of Placental Retroviral Protein Syncytin Carried on Exosomes in Mediating Vulnerability of Pregnant Women to Influenza$622,968Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

An Advanced Mass Spectrometer for Applications in Phospho-Proteomics, Glycomics and Top-Down Sequencing of Proteins$250,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Research microscope, confocal ready nikon eclipse 90i microscope$69,157Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

SCIREQ FlexiVentFX system + FlexiVentFX extension$45,000Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Reorganisation of myometrial contracteome at the time of labour$30,000Funding Body: BellBerry Limited

MicroRNA and the onset of human labour$25,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

An Advanced Mass Spectrometer for Applications in Phospho-Proteomics, Glycomics and Top-Down Sequencing of Proteins$15,000Funding Body: Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research

DNA methylation in a cohort study of nutrition during pregnancy and childhood$10,000Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

2010 (5 grants)

HMRI MRSP Infrastructure Grant (10-11) - PREGNANCY & REPRODUCTION$362,277Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$350,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Estrogen receptors and the onset of labour$324,900Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$215,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Epigenetic regulation of the CRH gene in gestational tissues$30,000Funding Body: BellBerry Limited

2009 (6 grants)

Stress during pregnancy and the developmental origins of renal disease in aboriginal Australians$832,535Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$495,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

HMRI MRSP Infrastructure Grant (09-10) Pregnancy and Reproduction$296,789Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

The contribution of nutrition to achieving healthy pregnancy outcomes for mothers and babies $68,181Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$50,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Stress during pregnancy and the developmental origins of renal disease in Aboriginal Australians$27,040Funding Body: Kidney Health Australia

2008 (6 grants)

Reduction of teenage pregnancy in aboriginal communities$344,500Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Lessons for transplantation from pregnancy$210,000Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Linking Cigarette Smoking to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Aboriginal Women$24,184Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Colibri high-performance LED illumination system for fluorescence live cell microscopy$23,225Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

LED fluorescence illuminators and filter set (525nm + 575DF20) for LAS3000 image analysis system$9,600Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Preventing prematurity: establishing a network for innovation and discovery, Dallas Texas, USA$2,500Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2007 (9 grants)

HMRI - Pregnancy and Reproductive Research program$762,155Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

CRH Receptors in Myometrium$442,750Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Heat Shock Proteins in Myometrium$437,750Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Equipment Grant - Centrifuge$68,000Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

(28) PRC - Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science$38,999Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Beta Radiation Counter Instrument facility$25,670Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Identification of regulatory protein interactions on the CRH promoter$20,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Inflammatory Pathway to Myometrial Activation$20,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

HMRI Equipment Grant - Elisa Plate Washer$6,085Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

2006 (5 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science$544,282Funding Body: University of Newcastle

The effect of maternal asthma and its treatment on placental and fetal glucocorticoid receptor expression$50,000Funding Body: Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Induced Homologous and Hetereologous Desensitisation and Labour$20,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Endocrine and molecular regulation of placental CRH expression$20,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Effect of Maternal Asthma during Pregnancy on the Fetal Immune System$18,837Funding Body: Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

2005 (9 grants)

Computer program to predict premature birth$388,000Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Understanding the regulation of hERG potassium channel in the myometrium at the time of labour$577,956
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

HMRI MRSP Infrastructure (12-16) – PRRP (Pregnancy & Reproduction Research Program)$369,134
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Epigenetic Regulation of Progesterone Receptors and the Onset of Labour$25,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Epigenetic Regulation of Progesterone Receptors and the Onset of Labour$25,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Understanding the Origins of Diabetes and Kidney Disease in Aboriginal Children and Their Mothers$1,723,519
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Pregnancy and Reproduction MRSP 2011-12 $369,134
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$180,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$150,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$122,927
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

MBRC RAG Special Grant$70,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Precellys Tissue Homogeniser$10,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Role of Placental Retroviral Protein Syncytin Carried on Exosomes in Mediating Vulnerability of Pregnant Women to Influenza$622,968
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

An Advanced Mass Spectrometer for Applications in Phospho-Proteomics, Glycomics and Top-Down Sequencing of Proteins$250,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Research microscope, confocal ready nikon eclipse 90i microscope$69,157
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

SCIREQ FlexiVentFX system + FlexiVentFX extension$45,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Reorganisation of myometrial contracteome at the time of labour$30,000
Funding Body: BellBerry Limited

MicroRNA and the onset of human labour$25,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

An Advanced Mass Spectrometer for Applications in Phospho-Proteomics, Glycomics and Top-Down Sequencing of Proteins$15,000
Funding Body: Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research

DNA methylation in a cohort study of nutrition during pregnancy and childhood$10,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

HMRI MRSP Infrastructure Grant (10-11) - PREGNANCY & REPRODUCTION$362,277
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$350,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Estrogen receptors and the onset of labour$324,900
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$215,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Epigenetic regulation of the CRH gene in gestational tissues$30,000
Funding Body: BellBerry Limited

Stress during pregnancy and the developmental origins of renal disease in aboriginal Australians$832,535
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$495,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

HMRI MRSP Infrastructure Grant (09-10) Pregnancy and Reproduction$296,789
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

The contribution of nutrition to achieving healthy pregnancy outcomes for mothers and babies $68,181
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$50,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Stress during pregnancy and the developmental origins of renal disease in Aboriginal Australians$27,040
Funding Body: Kidney Health Australia

Reduction of teenage pregnancy in aboriginal communities$344,500
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Lessons for transplantation from pregnancy$210,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Linking Cigarette Smoking to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Aboriginal Women$24,184
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Colibri high-performance LED illumination system for fluorescence live cell microscopy$23,225
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

LED fluorescence illuminators and filter set (525nm + 575DF20) for LAS3000 image analysis system$9,600
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Preventing prematurity: establishing a network for innovation and discovery, Dallas Texas, USA$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

HMRI - Pregnancy and Reproductive Research program$762,155
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

CRH Receptors in Myometrium$442,750
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Heat Shock Proteins in Myometrium$437,750
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Equipment Grant - Centrifuge$68,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

(28) PRC - Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science$38,999
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Beta Radiation Counter Instrument facility$25,670
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Identification of regulatory protein interactions on the CRH promoter$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Inflammatory Pathway to Myometrial Activation$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

HMRI Equipment Grant - Elisa Plate Washer$6,085
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science$544,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

The effect of maternal asthma and its treatment on placental and fetal glucocorticoid receptor expression$50,000
Funding Body: Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Induced Homologous and Hetereologous Desensitisation and Labour$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Endocrine and molecular regulation of placental CRH expression$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Effect of Maternal Asthma during Pregnancy on the Fetal Immune System$18,837
Funding Body: Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

Computer program to predict premature birth$388,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Proteomics and Genomis Project$300,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

High throughput proteomics - Thermo Finnigan ProteomeX LCQ Integrated Proteomicis Workstation$207,189
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Lessons from pregnancy that may help transplantation in Diabetes$140,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

2005 RIBG allocation$137,715
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

NanoDrop ND-1000 Spectrophotometer (with PC)$18,030
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Mechanisms of human parturition: The role of CRH and progesterone withdrawal$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Molecular endocrinology of CRH gene regulation$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

SGI 1st International Summit - 'Preterm Birth', 9-12 November 2005$2,363
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Biacore3000-Expansion of Proteomics Facility$187,341
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

To determine the biochemical mechanism which regulates activation of the human utreus at term & preterm labour$89,547
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Identification of Predictors of Infection in pregnant women/IgA responses to infection in pregnancy$60,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Effect of fat metabolism on placental CRH production (Identification and isolation of a Transciption silencer)$32,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

The origin and control of oxidative stress in the placenta$29,666
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Multicentre trial of calcium channe, blocker versus calcium channel blocker plus Cox2 inhibitor in preterm labour - BORN trial.$23,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Use of SELDI-TOF-MS to identify proteins relevant to human labour$17,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Ultra low tempertaure freezer including racking systems and boxes$15,868
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Neonatal Neuroendocrine Programming of Adult Susceptibility to Cancer$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Mother and Infant: Perinatal Influences on Health Montreal 16-19 June 2003$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Multicentre Trial of Calcium Channel Blocker versus Calcium Channel Blocker Plus Cox2 Inhibitor in Preterm Labour$635,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Endocrine and molecular regulation of placental CRH expression$465,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Antagonist of Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone as Therapeutic Agents for the Prevention of Premature Birth in Humans$375,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Expression of the homeobox gene HOXA10 in human parturition$13,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Oxidative Stress in the placenta: analysis of the source of free radicals$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Human Pregnancy: Implantation to delivery, from 3 October to 5 October 2002$3,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Mothers and Babies$600,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Molecular regulation of CRH gene expression in the human placenta.$70,285
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

A Quantitative Model for the Timing of Parturition$62,127
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Beckman Coulter HPLC Detector and software. Extech circulation heating bath with accessories and software$19,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

A mathematical model of human pregnancy.$14,500
Funding Body: John Hunter Hospital Charitable Trust Fund