Appendix A Membership of the committees

Module I — 2008–2011

Expert Advisory Committee (EAC) Executive
List of Expert Advisory Committee for Executive
Name	Discipline and affiliations
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 Teakle^{^{[ 26 ]}} Co-Chair Social and Lifestyle Group (until end December 2009)	Consumer representative National committee member of Maternity Coalition
Ann Catchlove^{^{[ 26 ]}} 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
List of EAC Working Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Antenatal Care.
Name	Discipline and affiliations
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
List of Expert Advisory Committee (EAC) Clinical Working Group
Name	Discipline and affiliations
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 Vagana^{^{[ 27 ]}}	Consumer representative
Ms Terri Barrett	Midwifery Director, Statewide Obstetric Support Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Department of Health WA

EAC Screening and Monitoring Group
List of EAC Screening and Monitoring Groups
Name	Discipline and affiliations
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
List of EAC Social and Lifestyle Groups
Name	Discipline and affiliations
Ann Catchlove^{^{[ 29 ]}} Co-Chair Working Group	Consumer representative from January 2010
Mr Bruce Teakle^{^{[ 28 ]}} Co-Chair Working Group	Consumer representative from January 2009 to December 2009
Louise Hartley^{^{[ 28 ]}}	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
List of Project Officers / Systematic Literature Reviewers
Name	Discipline and affiliations
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
List of Methodological Consultants
Name	Discipline and affiliations
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
List of Technical Writers
Name	Discipline and affiliations
Ms Jenny Ramson	Technical writer, Ampersand Health Science Writing
Ms Elizabeth Hall	Technical writer, Ampersand Health Science Writing

26 Consumer representatives were identified through advertisements placed in Consumer Health Forum Publications for consumers with an interest in national guidelines.
27 Consumer representatives were identified through advertisements placed in Consumer Health Forum Publications for consumers with an interest in national guidelines.
28 Consumer representatives were identified through advertisements placed in Consumer Health Forum Publications for consumers with an interest in national guidelines.
29 Consumer representatives were identified through advertisements placed in Consumer Health Forum Publications for consumers with an interest in national guidelines.

Module II — 2011–14

Expert Advisory Committee (EAC)
List of Expert Advisory Committee (EAC)
Name	Discipline and affiliations
Professor Caroline Homer Co-Chair	Professor of Midwifery Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Faculty of Health University of Technology, Sydney
Professor Jeremy Oats Co-Chair	Chair Victorian Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity Medical Co-Director, Integrated Maternity Services, Northern Territory Professorial Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
Dr Steve Adair	Director, The Canberra Hospital Obstetric Department
Ms Ann Catchlove	Consumer representative President, Victorian Branch of The Maternity Coalition
Dr Marilyn Clarke	Obstetrician and gynaecologist, New South Wales
Professor Warwick Giles	Honorary Medical Officer in Maternal Fetal Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney Conjoint Professor University of Sydney and University of Newcastle Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Dr Jenny Hunt	Public Health Medical Officer Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales
Professor Sue McDonald	Professor of Midwifery Women’s and Infants Health La Trobe University/Mercy Hospital for Women, Victoria
Dr Henry Murray	Director of Obstetrics Maternal Fetal Medicine subspecialist John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Associate Professor Ruth Stewart	Associate Professor Rural Medicine Director Rural Clinical Training and Support, James Cook University School of Medicine and Dentistry, Townsville, Queensland Australasian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
Dr Anne Sved Williams	Director, Perinatal and Infant Mental Health, Women’s and Children’s Health Network, South Australia Australasian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Working Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Antenatal Care
List of Working Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Antenatal Care
Name	Discipline and affiliation/s
Dr Jenny Hunt Co-Chair	Public Health Medical Officer, Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales
Dr Marilyn Clarke Co-Chair	Obstetrician and gynaecologist, New South Wales
Ms Simone Andy	Koori Maternity Strategy Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Dr Lynore Geia	Adjunct Senior Lecturer (Clinical) School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland
Ms Sue Hendy	Director Nursing and Midwifery Health Education and Training Institute, Sydney
Professor Sue Kildea	Chair of Midwifery Australian Catholic University, Mater Health Service and Mater Research Institute, Brisbane
Ms Leshay Maidment	Branch Manager, Congress Alukura, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Associate Professor Katie Panaretto	Population Health Medical Officer, Centre for Indigenous Health, University of Queensland Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council
Ms Arimaya Yates	Registered Midwife/ Research Officer Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Working Group for Migrant and Refugee Women’s Antenatal Care
List of Working Group for Migrant and Refugee Women’s Antenatal Care
Name	Discipline and affiliations
Associate Professor Ruth Stewart Chair	Associate Professor Rural Medicine Director Rural Clinical Training and Support James Cook University School of Medicine and Dentistry, Townsville, Queensland Australasian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
Dr Daniela Costa	General practitioner Member of the Management Committee of the Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia
Ms Andrea Creado	Chief Executive Officer, Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Centre, Perth
Dr Adele Murdolo	Executive Director, Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health
Ms Natalija Nesvadba	Manager, Multicultural Services, Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne
Ms Assina Ntawumenya	Social Worker, Women’s & Children’s Health Network President of African Women’s Federation, South Australia
Ms Jan Williams	Clinical Services Coordinator, Migrant Health Service South Australia

Project Officers

Ms Jo Foster
Ms Julie Hunter
Ms Monica Pflaum
Ms Pippa Robinson
Ms Deb Welsh

Systematic literature reviewers

Ms Wendy Cutchie
Ms Marlene Eggert
Ms Julie Wheeler
Ms Cecilia Xu

Methodological Consultant
List of Methodological Consultant
Name	Discipline and affiliations
Ms Philippa Middleton	Australian Research Centre for Health of Women and Babies, Robinson Institute, the University of Adelaide

Technical Writers
List of Technical Writers
Name	Discipline and affiliations
Ms Jenny Ramson	Ampersand Health Science Writing
Ms Elizabeth Hall	Ampersand Health Science Writing

2016–17 review

Co-chairs
List of co-chair committee members
Expert Advisory Committee Member	Discipline/expertise/special Interest	Position and organisation	Location
Professor Jeremy Oats	Obstetrics & Gynaecology	Obstetrician Professorial Fellow Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, University of Melbourne	VIC
Professor Caroline Homer AO	Midwifery	President, Australian College of Midwives Distinguished Professor of Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney	NSW

Members
List of Committee Member
Expert Advisory Committee Member	Discipline/expertise/special Interest	Position and organisation	Location
Dr Martin Byrne	GP Obstetrics	GP & Chair, GP Obstetric Advisory Committee, RANZCOG	QLD
Ms Ann Catchlove	Consumer representative	VIC
Ms Lisa Clements	Midwifery, Migrant & Refugee Women	Practice Nurse/Midwife & Primary Health Care Manger; Companion House Medical Service	ACT
Dr Anthony Hobbs	GP Obstetrics	Commonwealth Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health	ACT
Ms Tracy Martin	Midwifery	Chair, Maternity Services Inter- Jurisdictional Committee, Principal Midwifery Advisor, Nursing and Midwifery Office, WA Health	WA
Professor Sue McDonald	Midwifery, Perinatal Health	Professor of Midwifery, La Trobe University	VIC
Dr Sarah Jane McEwan	Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Indigenous Health	District Medical Officer, Hedland Health Campus, South Hedland, WA	WA
Assoc Prof Philippa Middleton	Perinatal Epidemiology	Principal Research Fellow, SA Health and Medical Research Institute/The University of Adelaide	SA
Professor Michael Permezel	Obstetrics & Gynaecology	RANZCOG (former RANZCOG President)	VIC
Professor Steve Robson (from July 2017)	Obstetrics & Gynaecology	President RANZCOG	ACT
Adjunct Professor Debra Thoms	Midwifery	Commonwealth Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Department of Health	ACT

Australian Government Department of Health (Project management and secretariat)
List of Project management and secretariat officers in the Department of Health
Name	Position
Ms Marg Sykes	Assistant Secretary, Primary Healthcare Branch, Health Services Division, Department of Health
Mr Louis Young	Director, Chronic Disease Management Section, Health Services Division, Department of Health
Ms Samantha Diplock	Assistant Director, Maternity Policy Team, Chronic Disease Management Section, Health Services Division, Department of Health
Ms Anita Soar	Policy/Project Officer, Maternity Policy Team, Chronic Disease Management Section, Health Services Division, Department of Health

Methodologists
List of methodologists and their affiliation
Methodologists	Affiliation
Assoc Prof Philippa Middleton	Principal Research Fellow, SA Health and Medical Research Institute/ The University of Adelaide
Ms Jenny Ramson	Ampersand Health Science Writing
Emily Shepherd	University of Adelaide

Technical writer
List of Technical writer for Module 2.
Technical writer	Affiliation
Ms Jenny Ramson	Ampersand Health Science Writing

The Department of Health and the Expert Advisory Committee would also like to acknowledge the following people who contributed their expertise to the review:

Professor Greg Dore, Head, Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program, Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society, The University of New South Wales
Associate Professor Lisa Hui, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Department of Perinatal Medicine, Mercy Hospital for Women, Public Health Genetics group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Associate Professor Janet Vaughan, Consultant Obstetrician and Obstetrics and Gynaecology Ultrasound Subspecialist, Obstetrics Plus, Sydney.

The EWG is also grateful to the organisations and individuals who commented on the draft Guidelines through the public consultation process.

2017–19 review

Co-chairs
List of co-chair committee members
Expert Working Group Members	Discipline/expertise/special Interest	Position and organisation	Location
Professor Jeremy Oats	Obstetrics & Gynaecology	Obstetrician Professorial Fellow Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, University of Melbourne	VIC
Professor Caroline Homer AO	Midwifery	Co-Director Maternal and Child Health Program, Burnet Institute Distinguished Professor of Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney	NSW

Members
List of Committee Member
Expert Working Group Members	Discipline/expertise/special Interest	Position and organisation	Location
Dr Martin Byrne	GP Obstetrics	GP & Chair, GP Obstetric Advisory Committee, RANZCOG	QLD
Ms Ann Catchlove (Jorgensen)		Consumer representative	VIC
Dr Marilyn Clarke	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representative	Obstetrics and Gynaecology specialist, Grafton	NSW
Ms Leah Hardiman		Consumer representative	QLD
Ms Tracy Martin	Midwifery	Chair, Maternity Services Inter- Jurisdictional Committee, Principal Midwifery Advisor, Nursing and Midwifery Office, WA Health	WA
Professor Sue McDonald	Midwifery, Perinatal Health	Professor of Midwifery, La Trobe University	VIC
Assoc Prof Philippa Middleton	Perinatal Epidemiology	Principal Research Fellow, Healthy Mothers, Babies and Children SA Health and Medical Research Institute/The University of Adelaide	SA
Ms Natalija Nesvadba	Migrant and refugee women representative	Manager, Multicultural Services, Mercy Hospitals	VIC
Professor Michael Permezel	Obstetrics & Gynaecology	RANZCOG (former RANZCOG President)	VIC
Adjunct Professor Debra Thoms	Midwifery	Commonwealth Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Department of Health	ACT
Ms Cindy Turner	Midwifery	Australian College of Midwives	NT

Australian Government Department of Health (Project management and secretariat)
List of Project management and secretariat officers in the Department of Health
Name	Position
Ms Samantha Diplock	Assistant Director, Maternity Policy Team, Chronic Disease Management Section, Health Services Division, Department of Health
Ms Anita Soar	Policy/Project Officer, Maternity Policy Team, Chronic Disease Management Section, Health Services Division, Department of Health

Methodologists
List of methodologists and their affiliation
Methodologists	Affiliation
Assoc Prof Philippa Middleton	Principal Research Fellow, SA Health and Medical Research Institute/ The University of Adelaide
Ms Jenny Ramson	Ampersand Health Science Writing

Technical writer
List of Technical writer for Module 2.
Technical writer	Affiliation
Ms Jenny Ramson	Ampersand Health Science Writing

The Department of Health and the Expert Working Group would also like to acknowledge the Syphilis Enhanced Response Antenatal Care Advisory Group for their contribution to reviewing the topic of syphilis.

The Expert Working Group is also grateful to the organisations and individuals who commented on the draft Guidelines through the public consultation process.

2019–2020 Review

Co-chairs
Expert Working Group Members	Discipline/expertise/special Interest	Position and organisation	Location
Professor Jeremy Oats	Obstetrics & Gynaecology	Obstetrics and gynaecology specialist Professorial Fellow Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, University of Melbourne	VIC
Professor Caroline Homer AO	Midwifery	Co-Director Maternal and Child Health Program, Burnet Institute Distinguished Professor of Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney	VIC

Members
Expert Working Group Members	Discipline/expertise/special Interest	Position and organisation	Location
Associate Professor Martin Byrne	GP Obstetrics	RACGP	QLD
Ms Ann Catchlove (Jorgensen)		Consumer representative	VIC
Dr Marilyn Clarke	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representative	Obstetrics and gynaecology specialist, Grafton and Coffs Harbour	NSW
Ms Leah Hardiman		Consumer representative	QLD
Ms Tracy Martin	Midwifery	Midwifery Director Statewide Obstetric Support Unit, Women and Newborn Health Service, WA Department of Health	WA
Adjunct Professor Sue McDonald	Midwifery, Perinatal Health	Professor of Midwifery, La Trobe University	VIC
Associate Professor Philippa Middleton	Perinatal Epidemiology	Principal Research Fellow, Women and Kids, SA Health and Medical Research Institute/The University of Adelaide	SA
Ms Natalija Nesvadba	Migrant and refugee women representative	Manager, Multicultural Services, Mercy Health	VIC
Professor Michael Permezel	Obstetrics & Gynaecology	RANZCOG (former RANZCOG President)	VIC
Ms Alecia Staines	Consumer representative	Director, Maternity Consumer Network	QLD
Ms Cindy Turner	Midwifery	Australian College of Midwives	NT

Australian Government Department of Health (Project management and secretariat)
List of Project management and secretariat officers in the Department of Health
Name	Position
Ms Samantha Diplock	Assistant Director, Maternity Policy Team, Chronic Disease Management Section, Health Services Division, Department of Health
Ms Anita Soar	Policy/Project Officer, Maternity Policy Team, Chronic Disease Management Section, Health Services Division, Department of Health

Methodologists
List of methodologists and their affiliation
Methodologists	Affiliation
Assoc Prof Philippa Middleton	Principal Research Fellow, SA Health and Medical Research Institute/ The University of Adelaide
Ms Jenny Ramson	Ampersand Health Science Writing

Technical writer
List of Technical writer for 2019-2020 review
Technical writer	Affiliation
Ms Jenny Ramson	Ampersand Health Science Writing

Date last updated:

10 November 2022

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