Sailesh Kumar

Maternal Fetal Medicine Research Group Leader @MaterResearch | Professor and Head of Mayne Academy of Obstetrics and Gynaecology @UQmedicine

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Our iSEARCH and RIDSTRESS2 trials are investigating the use of Sildenafil in labour to decrease emergency intervention. Thanks to 7News for helping us share the word!

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A Queensland, world-first trial using Viagra during labour to prevent babies from going into foetal distress has seen astounding results. Among the benefits, the emergency C-section rate has been slashed in half. https://t.co/LdaQT99ySY @SamHeathwood7 #7NEWS

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Our team had the privilege of joining The Mater Foundation for BRIDGE training (BRInging Donors and researchers toGEther) to improve how we communicate our research. @MaterResearch

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Our Sildenafil trials, iSEARCH and RIDSTRESS2, have started recruiting! Watch our team discuss this world-first study.

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Now recruiting for pregnant women to participate in an Australian-first trial using Sildenafil - commonly known as Viagra® - to reduce the risk of caesarean births and forceps deliveries during labour. Find out more https://t.co/DukKjUOvMd

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Thanks to @MaterResearch for shining a light on our recent achievements. Looking forward to the opportunities that this grant provides.

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Congratulations to @MaterResearch group leaders David Hume, @VickiFlenady, Josephine Forbes and Sailesh Kumar who’ve collectively received more than $11 million in 2021 @nhmrc Investigator Grants.
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Delighted for our MD-PhD student, Rosie Stoke, who won the overall UQ 3 Minute Thesis Competition for 2021, after taking out the People’s Choice Wildcard Competition. Congratulations!
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