Critical Care of the Newborn Research

The Critical Care of the Newborn Research Group focuses on improving the care for babies who have been born prematurely or with other health problems.

Areas of research interest include improving resuscitation, mitigating brain injury, understanding, assessing and managing pain responses, assessing health and neurodevelopmental outcomes of high-risk infants, supporting feeding and improving the family experience. The Research Group also ensures Mater’s participation in important multicentre clinical trials involving newborn infants.

Every year, more than 12,000 babies are born at Mater Mothers' Hospitals. While most have a healthy start to life, around 1,800 premature and seriously ill babies depend on care in the intensive and special care nurseries for days, weeks or even months. In addition, about 250 critically ill babies from hospitals accross Queensland and northern New South Wales come to Mater Mothers to receive specialised care.

Mater Mothers' highly specialised team of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals work around the clock to provide the very best care to babies and their families. The research outcomes of the Critical Care of the Newborn Research Group aim to improve neonatal care in Australia and around the world.