Research Centre for Reproductive Health | |
The Research Centre for Reproductive Health (RCRH) was established in 2004 and is a world leader in the investigation and improvement of reproduction and reproductive health research spanning from oogenesis to post conception. | |
Centre Directors | Associate Professor Darryl Russell & Professor Sarah Robertson |
| A/Prof Darryl Russell became co-director of the Research Centre for Reproductive Health in 2011. Darryl's research focuses broadly on intercellular communication, cell-matrix interactions and resulting morphogenesis in normal function and cancer of the reproductive organs. |
| Professor Sarah Robertson graduated from The University of Adelaide with a PhD in science and now heads the reproductive immunology research group in the Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Her research seeks to unravel the immune and cytokine networks of early pregnancy and to understand the mechanisms underpinning maternal immune tolerance to pregnancy. |
Research Groups | Research Leader/s: |
| Circadian Physiology | Associate Professor David Kennaway |
| Comparative Biology of Mammalian Sperm and Eggs | Associate Professor Bill Breed |
| Early Development | Associate Professor Jeremy Thompson |
| JS Davies Epigenetics and Genetics | Professor Stefan Hiendleder |
| Gamete and Embryo Biology | Dr Michelle Lane |
| Menopause Research | Professor Alastair MacLennan |
| Molecular Reproduction | Professor Richard Ivell |
| Oocyte Biology | Dr Robert Gilchrist |
| Ovarian Cell Biology | Professor Robert Norman, Dr Rebecca Robker & Dr Darryl Russell |
| Ovarian Developmental Biology | Professor Ray Rodgers |
| Placental Development | Associate Professor Claire Roberts & Professor Gus Dekker (Clinical Leader) |
| Dr Carmela Ricciardelli & Associate Professor Martin Oehler | |
| Reproductive Immunology | Professor Sarah Robertson |
