Prof. Roger Smith

Work Phone	14376
Fax	14394
Email	Roger.Smith@newcastle.edu.au
Position	Professor School of Medicine and Public Health The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office	JHH, John Hunter Hospital

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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

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

Centres and Groups

Centre

Group

Hunter Medical Research Institute - Pregnancy and Reproduction

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.

The University of Newcastle, Australia