Committees: Coordinating Team
Aleena Wojcieszek
Aleena is a clinical perinatal epidemiologist and science communicator. She has expertise in synthesising evidence and translating it into clinical practice guidelines, implementation resources, and advocacy and communications materials. She has worked with the national and international stillbirth research community since 2012, including on the 2016 Lancet series on Ending Preventable Stillbirths, where she co-authored…
Kirstin Tindal
Kirstin Tindal is a PhD Candidate at the Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. Her research centers around the factors associated with preterm stillbirth, with a particular focus on how the endometrial environment contributes to adverse pregnancy outcomes. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BSc (Genetics) and completed a…
Natasha Cocker
Natasha is currently working as the Clinical Education Manager and National IMPROVE Coordinator at the Stillbirth CRE. She completed a Bachelor of Midwifery & Bachelor of Nursing with Queensland University of Technology in 2012. Prior to joining the Stillbirth CRE, Natasha worked across the maternity space both in Queensland and internationally- with a key focus…
Mu Cheng
Mu Cheng has a research background in the field of analytic biochemistry. She completed her PhD through the University of Queensland in 2015. Prior to joining the Stillbirth CRE team she worked as a project advisor. Dr Cheng joined the CRE team in 2019 as a research assistant and is currently working on Data to…
Ashley Pade
Ashley Pade is a Senior Research Assistant at the Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth and a Registered Midwife. She holds a Bachelor of Biomedical Science, a Bachelor of Midwifery, and a Master of Global Public Health, all awarded by Griffith University in Queensland. Ashley has a strong interest in advancing best‑practice care and improving…
Siobhan Loughnan
Siobhan is an early career researcher and co-leads the Care Around Stillbirth and Neonatal Death program. Siobhan joined the Stillbirth CRE in 2019 and has a background in perinatal loss, perinatal psychology, digital interventions for mental health and wellbeing, and psychosocial cancer care. Siobhan currently leads a range of projects including the technical working group…
Christine Andrews
Dr Christine Andrews is an early career researcher and co-leads the Implementing Stillbirth Prevention Strategies and Consumer Engagement research programs. Christine joined the Stillbirth CRE in 2018 and has a background in in paediatric burn injury prevention, completing her PhD in 2018 through the University of Queensland. Christine is a perinatal implementation science researcher. Her…
Valerie Ah Chee
Valerie is a proud Bindjareb woman from the Nyoongar Nation in the South West of Western Australia with family connections to the Palkyu people of the Pilbara, a mother of six and grandmother of five beautiful grandchildren with another soon. Through her husband, Valerie’s children also identify as Nyikina and Yawaru from the Kimberley. Valerie…
Deanna Stuart-Butler
Deanna Stuart-Butler, belonging to the Arabana people of South Australia is a key figure in First Nations health research, focusing on stillbirth. As Senior Advisor, Indigenous Research and Co-lead Equity and Diversity, Stillbirth CRE, she leads First Nations initiatives within the NHMRC Stillbirth CRE and the Safer Baby Bundle, enhancing First Nations health and advocates…
Michael Coory
Michael Coory is a public-health physician and biostatistician with expertise in analysing and interpreting clinical trials and real-world health data. His career has included roles with government agencies and academic institutions, and he is currently working as a public health physician at the Commonwealth Department of Health. Michael brings his expertise in clinical epidemiology and…
