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The Australian Research Centre for Health of Women and Babies (ARCH) was established to attain the best health and wellbeing possible for women and their babies through excellence and leadership in research, education and knowledge transfer. Professor Jodie Dodd (Co-Director), Professor Caroline Crowther (Director) & Philippa Middleton (Co-Director) |
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Aims
- Answer questions of major importance in the field of maternal and perinatal health
- Generate research evidence of the highest quality that promotes the best health possible for all women and their babies
- Ensure that research findings are incorporated into health care practice
- Increase capacity in research synthesis, randomised trials and implementation and translational research through career development and education, locally, nationally and internationally
- Strengthen our existing collaborations and identify new international, national and regional collaborations
Research
The Australian Research Centre for Health of Women and Babies conducts high quality and timely maternal and perinatal research encompassing the life spectrum from preconception through pregnancy and childbirth through to infancy and later life, including:
- Care before, during and after pregnancy and childbirth
- Health care and lifestyle interventions during pregnancy and their implications for later health
- Child health after pregnancy and childbirth intervention studies
- Indigenous maternal and perinatal health
- International maternal and perinatal health
- Promoting and supporting evidenced based health care
For further information please visit the Australian Research Centre for Health of Women & Babies web site
