Clare Whitehead
@whitehead_cl
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obstetrician, maternal fetal medicine, pregnancy researcher, mother, traveller
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined April 2020
PLEASE VOTE! 2 projects I lead have been chosen for 2025 Australian Consumer Partnerships in Research Awards – People’s Choice! 1. Cat C: Parent-Partner Role, @TrialsCentre, @Sydney_Uni 2. Cat F: @PerinatalAPT Lived Experience Committee Vote via QR or: https://t.co/aunSmZwHb5
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What can we as maternity providers do to improve outcomes for the most premature babies? Number 4 for families, survivors, clinicians and researchers @PretermAlliance @PerinatalAPT
#MostPremBabies Top 10 Research Priority; No. #4 ❓What interventions or treatments during pregnancy and labour can improve outcomes? @NPEU_CTU
@MCRI_for_kids
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Have you read our article about adaptive platform trials for preterm birth yet? We discuss the challenges facing perinatal clinical researchers and how traditional RCTs may no longer be fit for purpose in our field. Are APTs the answer? @PerinatalAPT
https://t.co/RXtVID8lGy
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📢Our #TOP10📢 Read what people with lived experience, parents & Healthcare Professionals want to know about the most vulnerable babies born <25wks gestation. Check back over the coming weeks for more deep dives into what consumers/PPI believe researchers should be focusing on.
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Looking forward to recruiting preterm infants to BabyCCINO In 2025 - can’t beat the name and logo @PerinatalAPT @BabyCCINO_Trial
Nothing more important in clinical research than a great acronym and logo… @BabyCCINO_Trial The science is secondary 😉 #neotwitter
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Last up at Neonatal Twilights @MercyPerinatal we have an obstetrician! 😡 The amazing @whitehead_cl on the @PerinatalAPT to improve preterm birth outcomes and it’s first pregnancy “domain” (trial) - the PROMOAT trial of different AB regimens for PPROM #neotwitter
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Wonderful to be @ACTA_org with Adaptive Platform trialists from all over 🇦🇺 discussing all things APT! Well done @whitehead_cl and everyone involved in organising! #ClinicalTrials
@remap_cap @PerinatalAPT @BabyCCINO_Trial @snap_trial
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Looking forward to presenting alongside these neonatal greats!
'Newborns @ Twilight', our final Twilight for this year will be held NEXT WEDNESDAY, December 4. We are thrilled to have our very own, brand new, shiny Professor of Neonatal Medicine at Mercy, Professor Brett Manley @drbretty hosting the evening! An international leader in
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Join us for this free webinar next Weds night! Sign up for the link - see below #neoTwitter
'Newborns @ Twilight', our final Twilight for this year will be held NEXT WEDNESDAY, December 4. We are thrilled to have our very own, brand new, shiny Professor of Neonatal Medicine at Mercy, Professor Brett Manley @drbretty hosting the evening! An international leader in
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Great work from @whitehead_cl and @drbretty on the @PerinatalAPT progress and first 2 domains and potential for trials of common treatments like #steroids
@MercyPerinatal @IMPACT_PSANZ
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Great to be at an afternoon dedicated to Adaptive Platform Trials in critical care and how we can all work better together 😊 @CritCareUniMelb @UniMelbMDHS @MCRI_for_kids @snap_trial @PerinatalAPT @BabyCCINO_Trial
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Great to see this published. As a member of the Technical Advisory Group it was incredibly rewarding to help its development. Hoping it will shift the default to inclusion of pregnant & lactating women in clinical trials so their care can be based on the most robust evidence.
For the first time, WHO offers recommendations for national health authorities, regulators, and funders to improve clinical trials. The guidance addresses issues like poor trial design, lack of diversity and inclusion of at-risk populations, infrastructure gaps, and
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#neotwitter: Let’s get Bayesian! 🤓 As we continue to implement the @PerinatalAPT utilizing Bayesian analysis methods, we all need to get used to this… Here is a wonderful new review of Bayesian stats for clinical research in @TheLancet:
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Looking for a data manager to join the team - get in touch for more information @drbretty @BabyCCINO_Trial
We’re hiring! Take the lead in managing and overseeing database systems for our groundbreaking PLATIPUS trial, working alongside top experts to ensure data security and standardisation whilst supporting critical studies in perinatal research. https://t.co/Zg31x8hcnu
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Congrats to #MCRI Dr Clare Whitehead & Prof Kirsten Perrett, awarded @nhmrc Clinical Trials & Cohort Studies Grants to determine how vitamin D impacts child #lunghealth and ideal treatments for maternal #infection following premature birth @whitehead_cl ➡️ https://t.co/rT2XVBy3J0
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Super excited to get started on the PROMOAT trial as part of PLATIPUS answering what are the best antibiotics for PPROM. Look forward to working with our great team! @drbretty @syctong @DrKatieGroom @jthanmorris @josh_vogel @NICULived @PretermAlliance @DrKPalmer @AdrienneOz
Thrilled to announce that PLATIPUS @PerinatalAPT has received @nhmrc funding for the PROMOAT domain of ABs for PPROM! Congratulations to CIA @whitehead_cl and the team - see mention in the official release👇 https://t.co/RGbNx8z6HC
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PLATIPUS @PerinatalAPT funded for the PROMOAT trial of ABs 💊 for PPROM! Exciting times ahead… @whitehead_cl
Thrilled to announce that PLATIPUS @PerinatalAPT has received @nhmrc funding for the PROMOAT domain of ABs for PPROM! Congratulations to CIA @whitehead_cl and the team - see mention in the official release👇 https://t.co/RGbNx8z6HC
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Thrilled to announce that PLATIPUS @PerinatalAPT has received @nhmrc funding for the PROMOAT domain of ABs for PPROM! Congratulations to CIA @whitehead_cl and the team - see mention in the official release👇 https://t.co/RGbNx8z6HC
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