This appendix lists the membership of the Expert Advisory Committee and the multidisciplinary working groups convened for the development of the Guidelines. Secretariat support for these committees was provided by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Details of the project officers, systematic literature reviewers, methodological consultants and technical writers are also included.
Expert Advisory Committee (EAC) Executive
| Name | Discipline and affiliation’s |
|---|---|
| Professor Jeremy Oats Co-Chair | Chair Victorian Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity Medical Co-Director, Integrated Maternity Services, Northern Territory Women’s Hospitals Australasia |
| Professor Caroline Homer Co-Chair | Professor of Midwifery Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health University of Technology, Sydney |
| Dr Anne Sved Williams Co-Chair Screening and Monitoring Working Group | Director, Perinatal and Infant Mental Health, Children Youth and Women’s Health Service, South Australia Australasian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists |
| Professor Sue McDonald Co-Chair Clinical Working Group Chair Implementation Working Group | Professor of Midwifery and Women’s Health La Trobe University, Victoria |
| Mr Bruce Teakle1 Co-Chair Social and Lifestyle Group (until end December 2009) | Consumer representative National committee member of Maternity Coalition |
| Ann Catchlove1 Co-Chair Social and Lifestyle Group Member of Implementation Working Group | Consumer representative President, Victorian Branch of The Maternity Coalition (from January 2010) |
| Professor Warwick Giles Co-Chair Clinical Working Group | Senior Staff Specialist, Maternal Fetal Medicine; Conjoint Professor Northern Clinical School University of Sydney Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| Dr Henry Murray Co-Chair Screening and Monitoring Group | Fetomaternal Specialist, Acting Director of Obstetrics, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW |
| Associate Professor Ruth Stewart Co-Chair Social and Lifestyle Group Member of Implementation Working Group | Director of Parallel Rural Community Curriculum, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioral Science School of Medicine, Deakin University Australasian College of Rural and Remote Medicine |
| Dr Jenny Hunt Co-Chair Working Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Antenatal Care | Public Health Medical Officer Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council |
| Dr Marilyn Clarke Co-Chair Working Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Antenatal Care | Obstetrician and gynaecologist |
EAC Working Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Antenatal Care
| Name | Discipline and affiliation’s |
|---|---|
| Dr Jenny Hunt Co-Chair Working Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Antenatal Care | Public Health Medical Officer Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council |
| Dr Marilyn Clarke Co-Chair Working Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Antenatal Care | Obstetrician and gynaecologist |
| Associate Professor Katie Panaretto | Population Health Medical Officer, Centre for Indigenous Health, University of Queensland, Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council |
| Prof Sue Kildea | Chair of Midwifery, Australian Catholic University and Mater Mother’s Hospital Australian College of Midwives |
| Ms Francine Eades | Senior Research Officer, Kulunga Research Network |
| Ms Mary Buckskin (until January 2011) | Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia |
| Ms Sue Hendy | Director of Women’s, Children’s & Youth Health, Western Sydney and Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health Networks |
| Ms Gwen Wallenburg | Community Midwife, Thursday Island |
| Ms Leshay Maidment | Branch Manager, Congress Alulkura, and Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress |
| Ms Stephanie Bell (until April 2011) | Chief Executive Officer, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress |
| Ms Simone Andy | Koori Maternity Strategy, Victorian Aboriginal Community Health Organisation |
| Ms Nicole Randriamahefa (until January 2011) | Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre National Aboriginal Community Controllled Health Organisiation |
EAC Clinical Working Group
| Name | Discipline and affiliation’s |
|---|---|
| Prof Warwick Giles Co-Chair Working Group | Senior Staff Specialist, Maternal Fetal Medicine; Conjoint Professor Northern Clinical School University of Sydney Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| Professor Sue McDonald Co-Chair Working Group | Professor of Midwifery and Women’s Health La Trobe University, Victoria |
| Dr Andrew Bisits Member of Implementation Working Group | Lead Clinician, Birthing Services, Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney |
| Dr John Overton | Obstetrician, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| Associate Professor Jenny Gamble | Associate Professor of Midwifery, Deputy Head of School (Logan campus) Griffith University, Qld Australian College of Midwives |
| Ms Chris Cornwell | Service Manager, Women’s and Children’s Hospital Adelaide, SA |
| Dr Elizabeth Boyd | General Practitioner, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| Ms Nellie Vagana2 | Consumer representative |
| Ms Terri Barrett | Midwifery Director, Statewide Obstetric Support Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Department of Health WA |
EAC Screening and Monitoring Group
| Name | Discipline and affiliation’s |
|---|---|
| Dr Anne Sved Williams Co-Chair Working Group | Director, Perinatal and Infant Mental Health, Children Youth and Women’s Health Service, South Australia Australasian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists |
| Dr Henry Murray Co-Chair Working Group | Fetomaternal Specialist, Nepean Clinical School University of Sydney Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| Associate Professor Jenny Fenwick | Associate Professor of Midwifery, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW Australian College of Midwives |
| Professor Jane Fisher | Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society, University of Melbourne |
| Associate Professor Elizabeth Sullivan | Director, AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit |
| Professor Michael Permezel | Head of Department, University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| Ms Tanya Farrell | Director, Maternity Services, Royal Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Dr Sandra Eades | Senior Research Fellow, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne |
| Ms Kay Hyde | Director, Professional Governance Nurses and Midwives Board of WA |
| Prof Marie-Paule Austin | Consultant Psychiatrist, St John of God Chair of Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health School of Psychiatry, University of NSW |
| Dr Helen Roxborough | General Practitioner |
EAC Social and Lifestyle Group
| Name | Discipline and affiliation’s |
|---|---|
| Ann Catchlove3 Co-Chair Working Group | Consumer representative from January 2010 |
| Mr Bruce Teakle3 Co-Chair Working Group | Consumer representative from January 2009 to December 2009 |
| Louise Hartley3 | Consumer representative August 2008 to December 2008 |
| Associate Professor Ruth Stewart Co-Chair Working Group | Director of Clinical Studies, Integrated Model of Medical Education in Rural Settings (formerly Parallel Rural Community Curriculum), Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioral Science School of Medicine, Deakin University Australasian College of Rural and Remote Medicine |
| Professor Maralyn Foureur | Professor of Midwifery, University of Technology, Sydney Australian College of Midwives |
| Mr Scott Wilson | State Director, Aboriginal & Drug Council (SA) Inc National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee |
| Ms Robyn Collins | Chief Executive Officer, Nurses and Midwives Board of WA |
| Dr Ted Weaver | Obstetrician and gynaecologist, Past President, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| Professor Anne Buist | National Program Director, beyondblue |
| Ms Susan Stratigos | Policy Advisor, Rural Doctors Association of Australia, National Rural Women’s Coalition |
| Ms Debra Oag | Policy Officer, Smokefree Pregnancy Project (until July 2010) |
| Ms Noelle Mason | Group President, Country Women’s Association |
Project Officers / Systematic Literature Reviewers
| Name | Discipline and affiliation’s |
|---|---|
| Dr Stuart Barrow | Project Officer until 2010 |
| Ms Glenda McDonald | Project Officer until 2010 |
| Ms Wendy Cutchie | Midwifery Project Officer from 2010 |
| Ms Vanessa Watkins | Midwifery Project Officer from June 2010 |
| Dr Andrea Gordon | Pharmacologist, Research Fellow, Sansom Institute for Medical Research University of South Australia (contracted to project from November 2010) |
| Dr Antonina Mikocka-Walus | Research Fellow, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of South Australia (contracted to project from November 2010) |
| Dr Rasika Jayasekara | Registered Nurse, Lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of South Australia (contracted to project from November 2010) |
| Dr Lois McKellar | Lecturer, Nursing & Midwifery, University of South Australia (contracted to project from November 2010) |
| Ms Penny Williamson | Research Assistant (contracted to project from November 2010) |
| Ms Dianne Gall | Research Assistant (contracted to project from November 2010) |
Methodological Consultants
| Name | Discipline and affiliation’s |
|---|---|
| Professor Sally Green | Co-Director of the Australasian Cochrane Centre and Professorial Fellow School of Public Health & Preventative Medicine, Monash University |
| Dr Tari Turner | Senior Research Fellow Australian Cochrane Centre, Monash University |
Technical Writers
| Name | Discipline and affiliation’s |
|---|---|
| Ms Jenny Ramson | Technical writer, Ampersand Health Science Writing |
| Ms Elizabeth Hall | Technical writer, Ampersand Health Science Writing |
1 Consumer representatives were identified through advertisements placed in Consumer Health Forum Publications for consumers with an interest in national guidelines.
2 Consumer representatives were identified through advertisements placed in Consumer Health Forum Publications for consumers with an interest in national guidelines.
3 Consumer representatives were identified through advertisements placed in Consumer Health Forum Publications for consumers with an interest in national guidelines.