Global Research Obstetric Update (GROU) 2025

Welcome to GROU, the Global Research Obstetric Update. 2 days, 20+ world leading clinical researchers and an unmissable opportunity to learn about practice changing insights. Brought to you by Professor’s Sue Walker, Stephen Tong and Tu’uhe Kaitu’u-Lino, this inaugural conference will be held Monday the 24th and Tuesday the 25th of November 2025, at the Park Hyatt Melbourne (that’s right, the same week as GOU!).

We invite you to hear the latest clinically informed research from local and international speakers. GROU is all about growth (get what we did with the name there!?). We want to encourage our research and clinical colleagues at every career stage to take a step towards researching with day to day clinical impact.

We encourage you to register now, and for anyone who has already purchased a ticket for GOU, we are offering a discount, read on below. A whole week with Mercy Perinatal… how could you say no?? 

Meet our Speakers!

Professor Lucy Chappell

• Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health and Social Care, United Kingdom 

• Professor of Obstetrics, King's College

Professor John Kingdom

• Obstetrician, MFM, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
• Gordon C. Leitch Chair and Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Toronto

Professor Wolfgang Henrich

• Medical Director Department of Obstetrics, Charite Universitatsmedizin 

Professor Rebecca Painter 

• Professor, Amsterdam University Medical Center 
• Chair in Obstetrics and Women's Health, Erasmus University Medical Center

Professor Aris Papageorghiou

• Director of Research, Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute. 

Professor Andrew Shennan OBE

• Clinical Director South London CRN, United Kingdom
• Professor of Obstetrics, Department of Women and Children’s Health, Kings College London, London 

Professor Bob Silver

• Chief of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Health 
•  Co-Director of Labor and Delivery, University of Utah Health

Professor Ben W. Mol

• Professor, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Monash Health 
• Leader of the Evidence based Women's Health Care Research Group 

Professor Cathy Cluver

• Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist
• University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 

Professor Sailesh Kumar

• Head of Academy and Mayne Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Queensland 
• Head of Mothers', Babies' and Women's Health Research Program, Mater Research 

Professor Caroline Homer AO

• Leading midwifery researcher, Burnet Institute 
• Co-Head Global Women's and Newborn Health Group, Burnet Institute 

Associate Professor Kirsten Palmer

• Obstetrician and Specialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine, Monash Health Head of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Monash Medical Centre 
• NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, Monash University

Professor Craig Pennell

• Chair in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Professor in Maternal-Fetal Medicine
• University of Newcastle, John Hunter Hospital 

Professor Jon Hyett

• Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Western Sydney University 
• Head of high risk obstetrics, Royal Prince Alfred Women and Babies 

Dr Clare Whitehead

• Maternal fetal medicine specialist and Head of Fetal Medicine, Royal Womens Hospital 
• Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne 

Professor David A MacIntyre

• Professor of Reproductive Systems Medicine, Imperial College UK
• Section Head of Pregnancy, Parturition and Prematurity, Imperial College UK

Professor Amanda Henry

• Program Head, Women's Health, The George Institute for Global Health 
• Professor, Women's Health, University of New South Wales 

Professor Adrienne Gordon

• Clinical Professor, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, University of Sydney 
• Senior Staff Specialist Neonatologist, RPA Newborn Care, Sydney Local Health District

Professor Fabricio Costa

• Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Griffith University 
• MFM Consultant, Gold Coast University Hospital 

Professor Brett Manley

• Professor of Neonatal Medicine, Mercy Hospital for Women 
• Director of Neonatal Research, The University of Melbourne 

Professor Lisa Hui

• Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, Mercy Perinatal
• Professor - MFM, The University of MelbourneJon Hyett 

Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino

• Deputy Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne 
• Co-Lead of the Translational Obstetrics Group, Mercy Perinatal 

Associate Professor Fiona Brownfoot

• Obstetrician, Mercy Hospital for Women 
• Clinical Scientist, University of Melbourne Jonathan Morris 

Associate Professor Daniel Rolnik

• Consultant, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash Health 
• Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University 

Stay Tuned for our program, to be released soon