Our Team

Management:
Prof. Allan Chang Director
Ms. Vicki Flenady
 Deputy Director
Support Team:
Ms. Sharon Egan Research Support Officer
Ms. Kristen Gilshenan Statistician
Ms. Sue Jenkins-Manning Clinical Studies Coordinator
Mr. Yanlin Liu Programmer
Ms. Kate Triggs Research Support Officer
Associates:
Prof. David Tudehope
Prof. Fung Yee Chan


Prof. Allan Chang - Director
MB BS Sydney University 1964, MRCOG UK 1970, PhD Monash University 1976

Allan carried out his O&G training in Sheffield, United Kingdom. Between 1976 and 1982 he held the positions of Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at Mater Health Services. In 1982 he assumed the Obstetrics and Gynaecological Foundation Chair at the Chinese University in Hong Kong. Allan returned to the Mater in 2002 and is currently the Director of MRSC.

Allan completed his PhD in Fetal Blood Gas studies, and has personal research interests in Birth Weight and Fetal Physiology during Labour. His education background led to the study of algorithms for problem solving and decision-making, and interests in decision theories and neural networks. Having developed the research infrastructure for a clinical department, and having been the Director of the Centre for Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Research at the Chinese University, Allan has considerable interest in developing research infrastructure and in assisting others in planning and conducting clinical research.

Phone
Fax
Email		 (07) 3163 1862
(07) 3163 1588
Allan.Chang@mater.org.au

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Vicki Flenady - Deputy Director
Master of Medical Science (Clinical Epidemiology), University of Newcastle 1999, Grad Dip Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, RN, RM

Vicki is the Deputy Director MRSC. Vicki joined Mater Health Services in 1981. Her experience covers general, midwifery, child health and neonatal nursing. Vicki's research interests are: Cochrane Collaboration Systematic Reviews in Perinatal Care;  Methods to increase the use of Best Evidence in Perinatal Clinical Practice;  Perinatal Epidemiology focussing on Perinatal Mortality and in particular Unexplained Antepartum Fetal Death. 

Other activities/affiliations/achievements Vicki is involved with are
  • National Institute of Clinical Studies Award
  • IMPACT (Interdisciplinary Maternal Perinatal Australasian Clinical Trials) Network - Chair
  • Perinatal Clinical Trials Registry Working Party of IMPACT
  • Perinatal Mortality Special Interest Group of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand - Coordinator
  • Statewide Working Party for the Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Prevention of Early Onset Group B Strep and Care of Women with Term Prelabour Rupture of the Membranes.

Vicki can provide assistance with clinical research design and analysis, particularly clinical trials, systematic reviews and meta-analysis.

Phone
Fax
Email		 (07) 3163 1592
(07) 3163 1588
Vicki.Flenady@mater.org.au

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Kristen Gilshenan - Statistician
Bachelor of Mathematics (Honours), Bachelor of Information Technology

Kristen is employed as a Statistician to provide statistical support. She has previously worked for the Office of Economic and Statistical Research (Queensland Treasury) in the Crime Statistics Unit. She can provide assistance with study design, sample size calculation, data and safety monitoring, data analysis and interpreting results.

Phone
Fax
Email

(07) 3163 1587
(07) 3163 1588
Kristen.Gilshenan@mater.org.au

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Sharon Egan - Research Support Officer
BA, Grad Dip in Arts

Sharon is employed by the the Centre for Clinical Studies as a full time Research Support Officer. Sharon also provides support to Mater Research Support Centre activities. Prior to joining CCS, Sharon was employed in the Mater Mothers Hospital Delivery Suite Unit. Sharon also worked for the University of Queensland as a Research Assistant on the Mater University Study of Pregnancy 2004 (MUSP) program. For her Bachelor of Arts degree, Sharon majored in archaeology and palaeanthrology and she also has a Graduate Diploma specialising in biological anthropology.

Phone
Fax
Email		 (07) 3163 8836
(07) 3163 1588
Sharon.Egan@mater.org.au

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Sue Jenkins-Manning - Clinical Studies Coordinator
RN (1983), EM (1986), BNursing (1992), Grad. Cert. Clinical Trials Management (2003), Master of Health Science (Clinical Data Management)  

Sue commenced her nursing training in New Zealand and has an extensive background in neonatal nursing. Her current role is Clinical Studies Coordinator for the the Mater Research Support Centre where she is involved in the coordination of a number of clinical studies.  Sue can offer assistance in all aspects of clinical study design and management. 

Sue's interests include neonatal infection and long term outcomes of preterm infants and her main project within the Centre of Clinical Studies is an audit of outcomes for Early Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease of the Newborn.

Sue is also undertaking a Cochrane review on Albumin Infusion for Low Serum Albumin in Preterm Newborn Infants.

Phone
Fax
Email		 (07) 3163 1867
(07) 3163 1588
Sue.Jenkins-Manning@mater.org.au

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Yanlin Liu - Programmer
Master of Information Technology (2004), GradCert of Buisness Admin (2002)

Yanlin commenced as a Programmer at MRSC in 2004 and soon became a project team leader involving in many research database projects at Mater. He has experience with both desktop database and web-based database on intranet or internet. Yanlin can offer assistance in developing research database tailoring for research projects.

Yanlin is currently an associate of Australian Computer Society.

Phone
Fax
Email		 (07) 3163 1582
(07) 3163 1588
Yanlin.Liu@mater.org.au

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Kate Triggs - Research Support Officer
Bachelor of Applied Science (FS & Nut)
Bachelor of Arts (Sports Studies) (UQ)

Kate Triggs is the new Research Administration Officer at MRSC. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (FS & Nut) and a Bachelor of Arts (Sports Studies) from UQ. She has worked previously for UQ as a Research Assistant. Her primary role at MRSC is to provide executive assistance to the Research Secretariats coordinated at MRSC and to maintain the Research Register.

Phone
Fax
Email

(07) 3163 2147
(07) 3163 1588
Kate.Triggs@mater.org.au

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Prof. David Tudehope
AM, MBBS (Monash), MRACP, FRACP, Director of Neonatology Mater Mothers’ Hospital, Professor of Paediatrics & Child Health University of Queensland 

David has been Director of Neonatology at the Mater Mothers’ Hospital, Brisbane since 1977, Associate Professor since 1987 and Professor since 2001.  He is widely recognised for his authorship of the textbooks Essential of Neonatal Medicine (3 Editions) and Primer of Neonatal Medicine and is the author of 126 Scientific Papers and 16 Chapters in Medical Textbooks.  He is the Perinatal Editor of The Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.  He received Member of the Order of Australia in 1999, Centenary of Federation Medal in 2003, Olympic Games Torch Bearer in 2000 and was one of only 5 Queenslander’s to receive a Queensland Great Award in 2002.

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It is with great sadness that the Mater community grieves the loss of Professor Fung Yee Chan. Professor Chan was highly respected and is warmly remembered for her deep commitment to excellence in caring for women and families as an internationally acclaimed clinician and researcher. Fung Yee's colleagues at the Mater Mothers' Research Centre gratefully acknowledge and respect the value of her legacy, and are committed to continuing her work in the spirit in which she would wish to be remembered.

Prof. Fung Yee Chan
Professor in Maternal Fetal Medicine, FRANZCOG, FHKCOG, FHKAM, FRCOG,
DDU, CMFM, MD
Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Mater Mothers' Hospital

Professor Chan was a graduate of the University of Hong Kong. She received most of her specialist training in Hong Kong, including one year as a Commonwealth Scholar in Oxford in 1984. She was a Fellow of the Hong Kong, British, and Australian & New Zealand Colleges of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists.
Professor Chan migrated to Australia in 1993, and was awarded the Certificate of Maternal Fetal Medicine of the RANZCOG in 1995. She was the first Queensland Obstetrician to receive this Subspecialist certificate, and one of twelve in Australia at that time. In the same year, she was awarded a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Hong Kong. She was the founding Director of Centre for Maternal Fetal Medicine at the Mater Mothers’ Hospital, and held a conjoint appointment as Professor and Senior Specialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine at the University of Queensland, Mater Mothers’ Hospital.

Professor Chan's interest covered all aspects of antenatal screening, diagnosis, and therapy. Recognising the difficulties in providing tertiary services poised by the vast size of Australia, her team has successfully pioneered the use of real-time tele-ultrasound to provide sub-specialist expertise to regional centres in Queensland. She received several National awards, and was invited to scientific meetings overseas to present this work. As an extension of their telemedicine expertise, her team also tele-linked to a world renowned fetal therapy centre in Florida (USA). This assisted in the successful introduction of fetal endoscopic surgery to Australia. The Mater has now performed the largest number of fetsocopic laser surgery for severe twin to twin transfusion syndrome in the Asia Pacific, with results matching the best centres around the world.
 

 

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