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Professor Amanda Henry
Doctor of Philosophy (UNSW)
Master of Public Health (UNSW)
Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRANZCOG)
Bachelor of Medicine, with Honours and the University Medal (University of Newcastle)
Bachelor of Medical Science, with First Class Honours (University of Newcastle)
Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ASUM)
Qualifications PhD, MPH, FRANZCOG, B.Med. (Hons) ,B.Med.Sci. (Hons), Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound (O&G)
Amanda Henry is Program Head, Women's Health, The George Institute for Global Health, Professor (Education-Focussed) in the Discipline of Women's Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, and an Obstetrician at St George Public Hospital. She is an active researcher and research supervisor in the areas of high-risk pregnancy and post-pregnancy health, clinical trials, and maternity systems of care, teaches pregnancy care to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and works as a high-risk Obstetrician at St George Hospital where she has also established a multidisciplinary Fetal Medicine service. Prior to commencing her academic career at UNSW in 2011, Prof Henry completed her specialist training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at teaching hospitals both within Australia and overseas, focussing on high-risk pregnancy care.
Professor Henry has a wide-ranging interest in pregnancy care, including high-risk pregnancy (particularly hypertensive disorders of pregnancy), the relationship of pregnancy complications to later non-communicable diseases both in Australia and globally, the microbiome in pregnancy, translation of obstetric ultrasound research tools into clinical practice, and performance and evaluation of clinical trials to drive evidence-based care in obstetrics. She works closely with both the Obstetric Medicine Research Group at St George Hospital on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including leading projects on postpartum follow up of women and babies after hypertensive pregnancy (BP2 study and Closing Knowledge Gaps after Hypertensive Pregnancy), and with the Microbiome Research Centre at St George Hospital on the role of the microbiome in pregnancy and infancy (MUMS and MothersBabies studies). Her PhD focussed on ultrasound evaluation of fetal cardiovascular function in high-risk pregnancy, and she continues to collaborate with the Perinatal Imaging Research Group at the Royal Hospital for Women. Prof Henry also researches collaboratively with medical and midwifery colleagues at St George Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women, as well as colleagues at The George Institute for Global Health, the Maternal, Newborn and Women's Clinical Academic Group of MBG SPHERE, NPESU UNSW, and local, interstate and international preeclampsia research teams.
Specific research interests:
- Medical complications of pregnancy
- Pregnancy and non-communicable diseases
- Pregnancy and post-pregnancy healthcare systems
Society Membership and Professional Activities:
- Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Councillor, 12th RANZCOG Council 2021-23 including Chair RANZCOG Research Grants Committee, Member Women's Health Committee, Member Global Women's Health Committee, Member Women's Health Foundation Committee and Councillor, 13th RANZCOG Council 2023-25 including Chair RANZCOG Research Grants Committee, Deputy Chair (Obstetrics) Women's Health Committee, Member Women's Health Foundation Committee, Member Research Assessment Subcommittee, Member Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group)
- Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ Executive Council, 2020-)
- Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (2004 onwards), PSANZ Academy member 2016-23
- Australasian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine
- International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
- ITP Co-ordinator and RANZCOG Training Supervisor, St George Hospital, 2016-
- RANZCOG e-learning Editorial Committee 2012-14
- Chair of RANZCOG Trainees’ Committee 2008-2009
Teaching Interests
Prof Henry’s teaching interests are in increasing student knowledge and critical thinking in regards to evidence-based pregnancy care. She co-authors and convenes the Antenatal Care subject of the UNSW Master of Women’s Health Medicine, and has been Director of the Master of Women's Health Medicine program since 2023. Prof Henry teaches both undergraduate students and postgraduate clinical trainees critical thinking and research skills through active supervision of their clinical research projects. Professor Henry will supervise both postgraduate and undergraduate research students, and all her supervised students are encouraged and actively assisted to present and publish their work. Prof Henry was also academic lead on the student-staff working group to update the medical curriculum and teaching resources on sexual assault, domestic and family violence (2021-23), with the work of the group receiving a Faculty of Medicine and Health Education Innovation award in 2022. She has also been involved in the Medicine Program Redesign, including leading the Theme Clusters work on emerging areas of curricula.
Research Interests (Will supervise PhD, Masters, and Hons students):
- Preeclampsia/hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
- Pregnancy and non-communicable diseases
- High-Risk Pregnancy
- Evidence-Based maternity care
- Global Women's Health
- Learning and Teaching
- Obstetric Ultrasound
- Twin Pregnancy
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- BUBs Quit study: Clinical Midwife Specialist to assist pregnant women to quit smoking using counselling and embedded technology. CIA Richmond (UNSW), CIB Raghu Lingam (UNSW), CIC Amanda Henry. NHMRC Partnership Project funding scheme, 2022-26.
- NSW Health Cardiovascular Research Capacity Building Grants: Early-Mid-Career Researcher. “Improving women’s cardiovascular health after hypertensive pregnancy”. 2022-2024. CIA Amanda Henry. https://www.medicalresearch.nsw.gov.au/projects/improving-heartbreak-after-hypertensive-pregnancy/
- “PRECeDe: Prevention of neonatal respiratory morbidity with antenatal corticosteroids prior to elective Caesarean section in women with diabetes: a randomised trial.” CIA Said University of Melbourne. Amanda Henry CII. NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Scheme 2022-2026,
- The C*STEROID Trial: An international, randomised placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of antenatal corticosteroids on newborn health when given prior to planned caesarean section birth from 35+0 to 39+6 weeks of pregnancy. CIA Jo Said. CIs: Jo Said, Katie Groom, Caroline Crowther, Jonathan Morris, Lex Doyle, Della Forster, Nikolajs Zeps, Jane Harding, Amanda Henry (CII), Clare Whitehead. Medical Research Future Fund International Clinical Trial Collaborations Program 2021: (2021-25).
- Australian Type 1 diabetes general population screening pilot. Kirstine Bell, Maria Craig, Peter Colman, Jennifer Couper, John Wentworth, Mark Harris, Elizabeth Davis, Natasha Nassar, Christel Hendrieckx, Gary Deed, Amanda Henry, Antonia Shand. Funder: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Australia and JDRF International. 2021-24.
- First 2000 Days Care Connect (FDCC) – a holistic first 2000 days model of care for migrant and refugee populations. Tania Rimes, Sue Woolfenden. (AIs: Helen Rogers, Raghu Lingham, Valsamma Eapen, Melissa Green, John Eastwood, Karen Sorensen, Kim Lyle, Catherine Jones, Maralyn Foureur, Amanda Henry). Translational Research Grants Scheme, NSW Health (Round 5). Funding: 2021-24.
- NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (Health Professional 0.5), 2018-2022 "Premature cardiovascular death in women after hypertensive pregnancy: altering this trajectory".
- NSW Health Translational Research Grants Scheme, 2018-2020. "Adverse cardiovascular outcomes after hypertensive pregnancy: altering this trajectory". Mark Brown, Amanda Henry, Georgina Chambers, Angela Makris, Caroline Homer, Jon Hyett, Clare Arnott, Annemarie Hennessy, Greg Davis, Sandra Lowe, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson.
- St George and Sutherland Medical Research Foundation, 2018-19. Microbiome Research Centre Foundation Grants. "The microbiome in pregnancy and infancy". Amanda Henry, Greg Davis, Emad El-Omar, Tony O'Sullivan, Maria Craig, George Mangos, Daniella Susic, Lynne Roberts, Katie Harris.
- UNSW Medicine Major Research Equipment and Infrastructure Initiative (2013). Amanda Henry, Alec Welsh, Jason Abbott, Erin Nesbitt-Hawes, Tim Schindler.
- Royal Hospital for Women Foundation (2013-14). “Life-threatening massive obstetric haemorrhage requiring rapid, high-volume blood transfusion – A collaborative study of Australian and New Zealand maternity units”. Andrew Bisits, Amanda Henry. (collaboration with AMOSS)
- Royal Hospital for Women Foundation (2013-14). “Ethics of consent in labour”. Alec Welsh, Sally Tracy, Amanda Henry, Nadine Kasparian.
- St George and Sutherland Medical Research Foundation. Clinician Researcher Award for 2013. Amanda Henry
- Australasian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine Research Grant 2012 “Fetal cardiovascular evaluation after maternal betamethasone Vs dexamethasone administration”. Alec Welsh, Amanda Henry, Antonia Shand.
Program Head, Women's Health, The George Institute for Global Health
Medical Advisor, Australian Action on Preeclampsia (consumer organisation)
Society Membership and Professional Activities:
- Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Councillor, 2021-23 including Chair RANZCOG Research Grants Assessment Committee, Member Women's Health Committee, Member Global Women's Health Committee, Member Women's Health Foundation Committee and Councillor, 13th RANZCOG Council 2023-25 including Chair RANZCOG Research Grants Committee, Deputy Chair (Obstetrics) Women's Health Committee, Member Women's Health Foundation Committee, Member Research Assessment Subcommittee, Member Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group)
- Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ Executive Council, 2020-)
- Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (2004 onwards), PSANZ Academy member 2016-23
- Australasian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine
- International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
- ITP Co-ordinator and RANZCOG Training Supervisor, St George Hospital, 2016-
- RANZCOG e-learning Editorial Committee 2012-14
- Chair of RANZCOG Trainees’ Committee 2008-2009
My Research Supervision
PhD supervision: Primary/joint supervision 3 students, co-supervision 1 student UNSW and 1 student UTS.
Regularly supervise UNSW Medicine and Health Hons students: up to 4 Med Hons and 1 SOMS Hons/year.
My Teaching
A/Prof Henry’s teaching focusses on increasing student knowledge and critical thinking in regards to evidence-based pregnancy care. She co-authors and convenes the Antenatal Care subject of the UNSW Master of Women’s Health Medicine, and teaches both undergraduate students and postgraduate clinical trainees critical thinking and research skills through active supervision of their clinical research projects. Associate Professor Henry will supervise both postgraduate and undergraduate research students, and all her supervised students are encouraged and actively assisted to present and publish their work. A/Prof Henry is also academic lead on the student-staff working group to update the medical curriculum and teaching resources on sexual assault, domestic and family violence.