The Mothers and Babies Research Centre (MBRC) is a multidisciplinary group working on maternal, fetal and neonatal health probleams.

At present the group has two major research programs: the elucidation of the mechanisms of human birth and the placental vascular system with special emphasis on preeclampsia. A program of research into the effects of asthma on pregnant women and their babies is under development, and a shift toward molecular biological based studies of gene regulation has recently been implemented within the Centre. 

As part of the Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science, we are able to offer to suitably qualified applicants several University of Newcastle Research Fellowships and several PhD Scholarships, to fund studies in the MBRC.