Friday, 16th October Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand ASM 2026

Keynote Address - Dr Lucy Mackillop, Consultant Obstetric Physician, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & University of Oxford
Myasthenia Gravis and Pregnancy 

Dr Lata Vadlamudi, Senior Staff Specialist Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Epilepsy and Pregnancy: Getting the Balance Right

International Grant Recipient - Mere Nabou Kakaivalu, Medical Officer, Obstetrics & Gynecology Department, CWM Hospital 
"Maternal medicine in Suva,Fiji"; Work from the Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, 2020–2025

Dr Alka Kothari, Senior Staff Specialist & Conjoint Associate Professor, Redcliffe Hospital, The University of Queensland
'Best Practice Principles' for the care of fathers and non-birthing parents exposed to Birth Trauma

Jelena Senic, Domestic and Family Violence Workforce Specialist & Advanced Social Worker, Queensland Health
DFV & trauma-informed care in pregnancy

Liz Eggins, Senior Psychologist, Queensland Health (Metro North Mental Health)
Working with neurodivergence in the perinatal period

Previous SOMANZ Grant Winner - Dr Natasha de Alwis, Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Melbourne
Investigating the potential of complement blockade to treat preeclampsia-induced placental and vascular dysfunction

• Consensus Guidance: Reproductive safety and use of sodium valproate - Treasure M McGuire
• Calcium supplementation for prevention of pre-eclampsia in high risk women (CaPE): a randomised triple blind placebo controlled trial - Shireen Meher
• MAMBO (Maternal metabolic health And Mother and Baby health Outcomes) observational cohort study: Risk prediction from baseline data - Anna Krelle
• Prevalence and Persistence of Albuminuria Up to 18 Months Postpartum Following Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Retrospective Cohort Study - Su Jen Chua
• Tumor necrosis factor inhibition as a promising therapeutic strategy to mitigate vascular dysfunction central to preeclampsia pathogenesis - Natasha de Alwis
• In-Utero Metformin Exposure and Offspring Development at 4–6 Years: A Population-Based Cohort Study From Victoria, Australia - Hannah Gordon
• Association between sFlt-1 and PlGF biomarkers at initial presentation and time to delivery in women with suspected pre-eclampsia between 20 and 36+6 weeks gestation - Rachael Grenfell-Dexter
• Downregulation of miR-203a-3p in urinary extracellular vesicles in preeclampsia - Vanessa C Heron
• Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes Following Eplerenone Exposure During Pregnancy and Lactation     - Tracy Li

Dr Anastasia Braun, Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Bonnie McDuff, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Battling through Thick and Thin: Eating Disorders, Bariatric Surgery, Pregnancy and Mental Health

Dr Sarah Buckley, PhD candidate, The University of Queensland
Oxytocin and the perinatal brain: how oxytocinergic systems optimise outcomes for mothers and babies and the impacts of common interventions

Dr Georgia Kafer, Reproductive Physiologist, University of the Sunshine Coast
Nutritional based barriers and enablers of maternal and fetal health in the Pacific: A Vanuatu focus