Sunday 12 June 2011

Welcome to The Ritchie Centre Blog

Welcome to The Ritchie Centre blog.

Let me introduce us.

The Ritchie Centre is a research centre in the Monash Institute of Medical Research at Monash University. We are located at Monash Medical Centre in Clayton, Melbourne, Australia.

The Ritchie is a leading Australian research centre for the study of women's and children's health. Our scientists are working to answer the important questions about pregnancy health, fetal development, the newborn baby and women's health. We are committed to better health for babies and women by better understanding what makes us less healthy. At the Ritchie Centre, tomorrow's treatments are being developed today.

So, why a blog?

We have over 120 staff and students at The Ritchie. Our scientists and clinicians are world experts in their fields. We hope that our blog will allow us to share what we know with you, answer questions about our work or related work, and share some of the exciting new ideas and studies going on in our laboratories and at Monash Medical Centre.

Did you know,

- we are working on cures for cerebral palsy?
- our work is changing how newborn babies are resuscitated at birth?
- we have developed a new treatment for preeclampsia?
- we are creating ways to ventilate tiny premature babies to better protect their lungs?
- we are trying to find out what wakes babies up from sleep to better understand SIDS
- we are studying how stress in pregnancy may affect the unborn baby?
- we use normal placentas to create stem cells for regenerative medicine?
- we study how the lining of the womb works and why some women may develop cancer?

..... and so, so, so much more?

Well, that's all for now. A very quick "Hello, here we are".

In future blogs you will hear a lot more about our work. Follow us, ask us questions, let us know what interests you about our work.

Euan Wallace, Director

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