Raine Study Original Investigators

In 1989 Professor John Newnham invited more than 3000 pregnant women to join a research study at King Edward Memorial Hospital to examine ultrasound imaging. The mothers were assessed at 18 weeks of pregnancy, then again at 24, 28, 34 and 38 weeks. Along with Professor Newnham, a group of prominent investigators (Professor Fiona Stanley, Professor Lou Landau and Professor Con Michael) formed a group to establish these families into a cohort study, focusing on the child, to determine how events during pregnancy and childhood influence health in later life. Professors Newnham, Stanley and Landau are still lead investigators with the Raine Study and play an active role in the management, research, development and funding of the Study.
Professor John Newnham is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Maternal Fetal Medicine), The University of Western Australia. He is Head of The School of Women’s and Infants’ Health based at King Edward Memorial Hospital and Director of the Women and Infants Research Foundation.
   
Professor Fiona Stanley is the Founding Director of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Chair of the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth and Professor, School of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Western Australia.
She was named Australian of the Year in 2003. In 2004, Professor Stanley was honoured as a “National Living Treasure” by the National Trust. She is the UNICEF Australia Ambassador for Early Childhood Development.
   
Professor Lou Landau is a paediatric respiratory physician specialising in physiological, clinical and epidemiological research in childhood respiratory disease. He was Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Australia for nine years. He is the founding Chair of the Institute for Child Health Research. Professor Landau was awarded the Order of Australia for his contribution to paediatrics and research in respiratory medicine in 1996.
Last updated 30 October 2008