ARCH is a world leader in maternal and perinatal research. Our research benefits women and babies by:

• Answering questions of major importance in the field of maternal and perinatal health, across the spectrum from preconception, through pregnancy and childbirth, infancy and later life;
• Generating research evidence of the highest quality that promotes the best health possible for all women and their babies;
• Ensuring that research findings are incorporated into health care practice;
• Increasing capacity in research synthesis, randomised trials and implementation and translational research through career development and education, locally, nationally, and internationally; and
• Strengthening our existing collaborations and identifying new international, national and regional collaborations.

Director: Professor Caroline Crowther

Co-Directors: Professor Jodie Dodd and Philippa Middleton

Professor Crowther is a maternal fetal medicine subspecialist with interests in research synthesis, randomised trials, indigenous maternal and perinatal health, international maternity and child health and tranlsational research. Professor Crowther has been involved in many studies that focus on areas such as therapies to improve outcomes following preterm birth, prevention of hypertensive disease, improved health outcome in multiple pregnancy, birth after caesarean, obesity in pregnancy and gestational diabetes. The clinical trials conducted by Professor Crowther and her team have led to the translation of the research into clinical practice guidelines, improving maternal and perinatal health worldwide.