This document is the agenda for the 2nd Annual Academic Day at the Women's and Newborn Health unit. It will include presentations on a variety of topics related to women's health, pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn care. Presentations will cover local research studies, risk factors, clinical practices, and implications for improving health outcomes and services. The day-long event aims to showcase local research, promote collaboration, and foster development of early career researchers. It will include invited talks on informing policy with research and on pelvic floor implications.

1. WOMEN’S AND NEWBORN HEALTH
Objectives
 showcase local
research activity
 promote 2nd ANNUAL
collaborative
research ACADEMIC DAY
 foster early career
researchers December 8, 2011
8.30am-5.00pm
We thank the following
companies for their support
of Academic Day:
Hologic (Aust) Pty Ltd Organising Committee
In Vitro Technologies Pty Ltd Prof Jonathan Morris, A/ Prof Christine Roberts,
LectureTheatre
Ms Cathy Adams, Dr Jane Ford, Dr Chin Yi (Flora)
Kan, Dr Sharon McCraven, Dr Sean Seeho, Level 5, Kolling Building
Ms Jennifer Stuart, Dr Amina Khambalia. Royal North Shore Hospital
St Leonards

2. 8.30 Arrival and sign in 11.42 Source of angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) in human preg- 2.45 Sterile water injections for lower back pain in
nancy. Chin Yi (Flora) Kan labour. Yvonne Halter-Wehrli
9.00 Welcome - Jonathan Morris
11.54 Pregnancy-associated cancer – incidence and out- 2.57 Afternoon tea
Session 1. comes. Yuen Yi (Cathy) Lee
Chaired by Jonathan Morris and Amina Khambalia
12.06 Northern Beaches maternity clinic risk manage- Session 4.
9.05 Invited presentation: Maternity research informing ment committee (MCRMC) evaluation Jan-Dec Chaired by Gil Burton and Lyndall Mollart
policy and reform: Successes, challenges and ideas 2010. Sue Coats
for the future. Caroline Homer 3.30 Caesarean delivery in the second stage of labour.
12.18 Qualitative study on the acceptability of maternity Andrew Pickering and Talat Uppal
9.30 Risk factors for mild preterm birth in NSW: A care provision from the perspective of women.
population based study. Jason Bentley Mary Jenkins 3.42 Role of β-isoform of the thromboxane A2
receptor in preeclampsia. Danielle Upton
9.42 Clinicians Using SCARF. Cathy Adams 12.30 Lunch
3.54 Investigating the potential of the anti-IgD anti-
9.54 Soluble factors in maternal serum regulate T-cell Session 3. body in treating recurrent spontaneous miscar-
responses by altering Nf-κB expression levels in Chaired by Jenny Bowen and Julia Warning riage. Vanessa Yenson
pregnancy. Sharon McCracken
1.15 Invited presentation: Pelvic floor research: Impli- 4.06 Incidence and recurrence rates of gestational dia-
10.06 Gestational diabetes in urban Vietnam: Conse- cations for clinical practice. Alan Lam betes following a first pregnancy diagnosis of ges-
quences and challenges for health service delivery. tational diabetes. Amina Khambalia
Jane Hirst 1.45 Trends in predictors of major perineal trauma at
childbirth. Amanda Ampt 4.18 CenteringPregnancy® – It’s a group thing.
10.18 Efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction Cath Schmelzer
(MBSR) exercise on the sense of wellbeing of 1.57 Does group antenatal care for obese pregnant
healthcare staff. Vanessa Scarf women impact on weight gain in pregnancy? 4.30 Occult serous tubal intraepithelial lesions in
Lyndall Mollart asymptomatic BRCA 1/2 mutation carriers.
10.30 Morning tea Christopher Smith
2.09 First trimester maternal placental protein 13 se-
Session 2. rum levels as a biomarker for predicting pre- 4.42 Innate inflammation and platelet function in preg-
Chaired by Maralyn Foureur and Sean Seeho eclampsia and small for gestational age. nancy and preeclampsia. Padraig McCauley Winter
Francisco Schneuer
11.00 Invited presentation: Research findings about the 4.54 Closing remarks - Jonathan Morris
late preterm infant: Implications for clinical prac- 2.21 Determining the signalling pathways involved in
tice. Frank Bloomfield the regulation of immune tolerance during preg- 5.00 Cocktail party and presentation of prizes
nancy. Megan Macfarlane
11.30 Are physical findings predictive of the severity of
endometriosis? Priya Patel 2.33 A comparison of two mesh systems for repair of
pelvic organ prolapse. Erin Dunkley