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Stacey Ellery

Stacey completed her PhD at The Ritchie Centre, Monash University Australia, in September of 2014. The focus of her PhD studies was an investigation of the adverse outcomes of birth asphyxia on renal function, together with an evaluation of prenatal [maternal] administration of creatine to protect the fetal/neonatal kidney. Stacey has now taken on a postdoctoral position at The Ritchie Centre, where she intends to extend the work completed during her PhD, but with a focus on maternal nutrition, placentology, factors leading to fetal growth deficiencies and energy homeostasis during pregnancy. Stacey is specifically interested in investigating whether adjustments to maternal energy homeostasis during pregnancy can improve outcomes where fetal growth retardation, preterm birth, and birth asphyxia are at high risk.