"It is time to redirect efforts and optimize maternal weight prior to conception. To be successful this will require a concerted “whole of system” effort beginning in childhood and adolescence, well before pregnancy is contemplated"
Limited evidence to support gestational weight gain as a modifiable outcome - time to rethink. Focus on improving preconception health. @RobsInstitute@UniofAdelaide
Gestational Weight Gain—Re-Examining the Current Paradigm https://t.co/3usGE9PT1x via @MDPIOpenAccess
#rrisym how early influences have lifelong #health#outcome effects on all of us - impact of #environment (incl light, sound, built environment) and opportunity for correction
I spy with my little eye... A new logo for the @RobsInstitute! Designed to reflect the Institute's priorities in the reproductive and early life origins of health and disease. I love it! #RRISym
Amazing work in meningococcal studies have earned “B Part Of It” the 2019 #SAScienceAwards Excellence in Research Collaboration honours with 12 collaborators on the project which is paving the way for the most extensive MenB vaccine program in the world 🌏
Congrats to @GeczSquadGoals for winning SA Scientist of the Year. Something that has always struck me about Jozef is how his students have far more recognition than he ever has. A quiet achiever and a well-deserved Award. #SAScienceAwards
We are so privileged to have each of the Scientist of the Year finalists and tonight I am pleased to congratulate the 2019 #SAScienceAwards Scientist of the Year @GeczSquadGoals whose work has established the State as a global leader in gene disease discovery @UniofAdelaide 👏
A message from Endometriosis Australia:
Karen Luxford, Board Chair “Endometriosis Australia supporters should be incredibly proud of what we have achieved in such a short... https://t.co/CYQGUEBapQ
The National Women’s Health Strategy. Robinson Research Institute brought together a national collaboration of endometriosis support groups, clinicians and researchers to create a national digital platform for endometriosis. The funding was approved today! #endometriosis
ELECTION STATEMENT - just released, we have outlined three key areas any future govt must prioritise to give all Australians the best healthcare system. We're calling on all candidates & political parties to commit to these priorities. #auspol#mrff https://t.co/Chubg7DUP9
“Whether it’s conflict in Yemen, Syria or the DRC, children are always the most affected. It is an abomination to think that for every fighter killed in conflict, there are 5 innocent children killed by the impacts of war" @PaulDRonalds@SkyNewsAust#StopWarOnChildren
@RobsInstitute Deputy Director Prof Helen Marshall discusses her world-leading @B_PartofIt Meningococcal B trial at the SA @aipm_events #projectmanagement showcase. This is the biggest study of its kind in the world involving approx 35,000 high school students across SA!
Insights into maternal health in PNG @JBIEBHC "Should I walk 4 hours to the health centre to have my baby where I may have the baby on my own along the way, or stay at home to deliver"