Our institute’s research programs have a translational focus. This means that results from the laboratory are transformed into direct health benefits in the form of new treatments and standards of care for local, national, and international communities.
Through groundbreaking medical research, we exist to inspire better health and transform treatment and care.
that became a catalyst for radical health improvements locally, nationally and around the world.
Will you help ensure the benefits of vital medical research reaches everyone, everywhere, regardless of culture, location or income?
It was one of the worst days of my time as a doctor.
Mother of one, Maureen* was 35 weeks pregnant with her second child when she began feeling lightheaded and seeing spots.
When she felt as if her eyes were rolling around in her head, she thought she’d better get to the hospital.
By the time she began having seizures, it was too late for her.
Both she and her baby died in the emergency department.
Maureen had pre-eclampsia, which causes extremely high blood pressure. It can be deadly, causing 500,000 fetal deaths and 70,000 maternal deaths globally each year.
What really broke my heart is that pre-eclampsia is largely treatable. If diagnosed early, through an ultrasound at 12 weeks, it can often be prevented cheaply and effectively with daily low-dose aspirin.
Maureen didn’t have to die.
Our aim is to provide this test to all women, so no mother or baby has to lose their life.
By 20-weeks, a female foetus has developed all her eggs, which means the mother’s health and environment will impact their yet to be conceived grandchild’s health and development.
That makes in utero health multigenerational.
In the broader Western Sydney area, 30% of women booking for maternity care have some higher risk and need more intensive/specialist levels of care.
That’s why the focus of Obstetrics Research at Ingham Institute is on:
When you support Obstetrics Research at Ingham Institute, you support improved health outcomes for the foetus, the baby, the mother, and future generations of women and children.
It could be your daughter or granddaughter that our research and care help.
Please join us to inspire health and transform the treatment and care of people living with the most prevalent medical conditions and diseases.
