The Women's Research Committee functions as an advisory committee to the ethics committees.
All research projects involving humans and the use of animals must receive approval by the Research Committee before they are progressed to the relevant ethics committee(s) for consideration and approval.
Research Committee members
| Professor Lex Doyle – Chair | Head, Clinical Research Development Service, the Women's - Chair |
| Professor Shaun Brennecke | Director, Pregnancy Research Centre, the Women's - Deputy Chair |
| Dr Tom Cade | Obstestrician, the Women's |
| Dr Gerald Murray/Dr Jennifer Danielewski/Dr Samuel Phillips | Centre for Women's Infectious Diseases, the Women's |
| Associate Professor Alicia Dennis | Director of Anaesthetic Research, Senior Medical Staff Representative, the Women's |
| Assoc Prof Martin Healey/Dr Alex Ades | Head of Gyneacology Clinics, the Women's |
| Ms Huda Ismail | Deputy Director of Pharmacy, the Women's |
| Dr Bill Kalionis | Senior Research Fellow, Pregnancy Research Centre, the Women's - Deputy Chair |
| Dr Marta Theo/Dr Jennifer Dawson | Newborn Research Centre, the Women's |
| Ms Fiona McLardie-Hore/Ms Rebecca Hyde | Midwifery & Maternity Services Research Unit, the Women's |
| Mr Robert Mahar | Research Fellow (Biostatistics), Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne |
| Ms Sandra Mazzone | Social Worker, the Women's |
| Associate Professor Ricardo Palma-Dias | Director of Ultrasound and Fetal Medicine Specialist, the Women's |
| Professor Peter Rogers | Director of Research, the Women's |
| Associate Professor Lesley Stafford | Head of Clinical Psychology, Centre for Women's Mental Health, the Women's |
| Mr Arthur Hui | Secretary |