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Professor Claire Roberts is an inaugural NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Professor and Matthew Flinders Fellow. She leads the Pregnancy Health and Beyond Laboratory (PHaB Lab). She moved her research group to Flinders University in March 2020 after 25 years at University of Adelaide where she is an Adjunct Professor. She was Deputy Director of the Robinson Research Institute at University of Adelaide, its Pregnancy and Birth Theme Leader and lead the Cohort and Intergenerational Studies Facility. She was also formerly a NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Lloyd Cox Professorial Fellow at University of Adelaide. She is an internationally recognized authority and thought leader in placenta research. She has >200 refereed publications and has won more than $25million in grant funding.
Qualifications:
BA Philosophy and Politics Flinders University
BSc (Hons) University of Adelaide
PhD University of Adelaide
Fellow of the Society for Reproductive Biology
Leadership Positions:
President of the International Federation of Placenta Associations
Past President of the Australian and New Zealand Placenta Research Association
Co-Convenor Healthy Development Adelaide
Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Board Member
Scientific Director Adelaide Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints (SCOPE) Study
Director Screening Tests to predict poor Outcomes of Pregnancy (STOP) Study
Research Interests
Claire has developed patented algorithms for use as screening tools to predict which women are at risk of developing a major pregnancy complication including preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus, small for gestational age and spontaneous preterm birth. These were developed in SCOPE and validated in STOP.
PI on a NIH NICHD Human Placenta Project funded study to profile placenta and maternal blood across gestation using next generation sequencing technologies.
Modifiable risk factors, including maternal diet and micronutrient status, metabolic health and other lifestyle factors, for poor health in pregnancy funded by NHMRC Project Grant.
Follow up of women and children from pregnancy cohorts (SCOPE age 10 and STOP age 3) for their cardiovascular and metabolic health and for child neurodevelopment.
Genetic factors including fetal sex that contribute to placental function and pregnancy outcomes at the population, cohort and placental transcriptome levels funded by NHMRC Investigator Grant.
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Health in pregnancy and beyond
National Health and Medical Research Council
2/03/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Author response to: Cardiovascular risk factors in offspring exposed to gestational diabetes mellitus in utero: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Pathirana, M. M., Lassi, Z. S., Roberts, C. T. & Andraweera, P. H., 4 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Circular RNAs in Pregnancy and the Placenta
Arthurs, A. L., Jankovic-Karasoulos, T., Smith, M. D. & Roberts, C. T., 1 May 2022, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23, 9, 20 p., 4551.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Gastrointestinal Adenocarcinoma Incidence and Survival Trends in South Australia, 1990–2017
Schell, D., Ullah, S., Brooke-Smith, M. E., Hollington, P., Yeow, M., Karapetis, C. S., Watson, D. I., Pandol, S. J., Roberts, C. T. & Barreto, S. G., 2 Jan 2022, In: Cancers. 14, 2, 13 p., 275.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Placental Inflammasome mRNA Levels Differ by Mode of Delivery and Fetal Sex
Arthurs, A. L., Smith, M. D., Hintural, M. D., Breen, J., McCullough, D., Thornton, F. I., Leemaqz, S. Y., Dekker, G. A., Jankovic-Karasoulos, T. & Roberts, C. T., 25 Mar 2022, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 13, 15 p., 807750.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Placental Transcription Profiling in 6–23 Weeks’ Gestation Reveals Differential Transcript Usage in Early Development
Bogias, K. J., Pederson, S. M., Leemaqz, S., Smith, M. D., McAninch, D., Jankovic-Karasoulos, T., McCullough, D., Wan, Q., Bianco-Miotto, T., Breen, J. & Roberts, C. T., 1 May 2022, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23, 9, 17 p., 4506.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Detecting Pregnancy Risks Earlier Channel 7 TV Interview
Claire Roberts (Participant)
18 Sep 2021Activity: Other activity types › Other