This committee is established in accordance with the constitution and governance guidelines of PSANZ Ltd.

Objectives   

The singular aim of the Alliance is to safely lower the rate of preterm birth in Australia

Scope 

The committee aims:

In the first instance, to implement evidence-based clinical guidelines based on existing knowledge and tailored for each jurisdiction.

1. To establish the processes to enable monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of the implementation nationally and in each jurisdiction and on an ongoing basis.

2. For each jurisdiction to be represented on the Steering Committee by two members and wherever possible for this to include a senior and an early career person to ensure effective mentoring and succession planning into the future.

3. For there to be commonality and sharing of resources and badging where appropriate but for each jurisdiction to be encouraged to establish their own jurisdiction-based initiative and their own package of interventions suitable for their particular environment and in line with the aims of the Alliance.

4. To attract financial support from government and other funding agencies through the collaboration of members and the Alliance as a whole.

5. To provide a platform for discovery research and multi-centred clinical trials relevant to the field in partnership with the IMPACT sub-committee of PSANZ.

6. To seek endorsement and collaborations with major national and state-based organisations, including consumers groups as appropriate.

7. To collaborate and partner with other national preterm birth prevention groups as they emerge and where considered appropriate.

Membership

There is an Executive consisting of the three lead Chief Investigators of the NHMRC Partnership Grant awarded April 2018 (APP1151853) and three early career clinicians.

There is a Steering Committee consisting of the ten Chief Investigators of the NHMRC Partnership Grant (APP1151853); two members from each jurisdiction (of whom one or both may already be members through their role as one of the ten Chief Investigators); special members as required of Working Groups; a midwife; a marketing and media person; and a person with fund-raising expertise.

The Steering Committee and the Executive have a Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and an Alliance Manager.

There are Working Groups of the Steering Committee as appropriate which in the first instance include a Data Working Group, a Marketing and Media Working Group and an Economic Analysis Working Group. 

It is proposed initially that this structure is in place, subject to amendment as decided by the Alliance members, for the three-year duration of the NHMRC Partnership Grant.

Contacts:

John Newnham (Alliance Chair) john.newnham@uwa.edu.au

Catherine Arrese (Alliance Manager) catherine.arrese@uwa.edu.au

 

For more information on The Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance, please click here.  

Current members of the Subcommittee 

Committee member	Affiliation
Professor John Newnham	The University of Western Australia
Professor Jonathan Morris	The University of Sydney
Professor Euan Wallace	Monash University
Professor Dorota Doherty	The University of Western Australia
Associate Professor Jane Ford	The University of Sydney
Professor Jeremy Oats	The University of Melbourne
Professor Michael Nicholl	The University of Sydney
Associate Professor Jeanie Cheong	The University of Melbourne
Professor Hugh Dawkins	The University of Western Australia
Ms Natasha Donnolley	The University of New South Wales
Dr Kiarna Brown	Royal Darwin Hospital
Dr Carina Cotaru	Royal Darwin Hospital
Professor David Elwood	Griffith University
Professor David Watson	Townsville Hospital
Associate Professor Boon Lim	Canberra Hospital and Health Services
Dr Maylene Pineda	Canberra Hospital and Health Services
Dr Tanya Nippita	The University of Sydney
Dr Lindsay Edwards	Royal Hobart Hospital
Dr Amanda Dennis	Royal Hobart Hospital
Dr Monika Skubisz	Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Dr Rosalie Grivell	Flinders University
Dr Scott White	King Edward Memorial Hospital
Professor Philippa Middleton	The University of Adelaide
Mr Richie Hodgson	Women and Infants Research Foundation, WA
Ms Alicia Bauskis	Western Australia Department of Health
Ms Deborah Attard-Portughes	Women and Infants Research Foundation, WA
Ms Paula Medway	South Australia Department of Health
Dr Catherine Arrese	The University of Western Australia