Burnet Institute Support of Congress Vaccination Strategy On behalf of the Burnet Institute, we would like to affirm our support for the efforts of the.
COVID-19 changed the parenting journey for Australian families.
New mothers can usually rely on a ‘whole village’ of support in their maternity journey. The COVID-19 pandemic changed that course and shone a light on newfound ways of ‘going it alone’.
Routines and practices in pregnancy such as regular antenatal care, partners attending birthing classes and baby showers were replaced by uncertainty, reduced social support and the impact of rapidly changing restrictions to perinatal care, which changed the maternity experience for Australians in unique ways.
A world-first study published in the journal Midwifery describes what it was like to become a mother in Australia during the first wave of COVID-19 in 2020.
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Associate Professor Joshua Vogel is Alastair Lucas Prize winner
Image: Associate Professor Joshua Vogel (left) with colleagues Sr Rosemary Pilakvue and Dr Alyce Wilson, Paparatava Hospital, PNG
Associate Professor Joshua Vogel, Principal Research Fellow with Burnet Institute’s Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health program, and Global Women’s and Newborns’ Health team, is the winner of the prestigious 2020 Alastair Lucas Prize for Medical Research.
A medical doctor with a PhD in maternal and perinatal epidemiology, Associate Professor Vogel’s research focuses primarily on maternal and perinatal health issues affecting women and families living in resource-constrained settings, particularly the major causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality.