12th Annual Kaarene Fitzgerald Public Forum Monday 5th December

All staff and students are invited to attend the 12th Annual Kaarene Fitzgerald Public Forum which will be held on Monday 5th December 2016 from 7-9pm in Lecture Theatre 1 Monash Medical Centre.

This year we have three young SIDS and stillbirth researchers speaking:

Dr Miranda Davies-Tuck, The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne

Setting the placental alarm clock: a way to prevent stillbirth.

Dr Emily Cohen, The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Department of Paediatrics,

Monash University, Melbourne

Being born too small and too early: effects on the brain and the heart.

Dr Rita Machaalani, Department of Medicine and the Bosch Institute, University of Sydney and Department of Paediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney

Why smoking is a risk for SIDS.