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New centre for world leading research

Tuesday, 10 October 2006

A new facility bringing together researchers in obstetrics, gynaecology, paediatrics and reproductive health will be opened by the SA Minister for Health, the Hon. , on Tuesday 10 October at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide.

The launch celebrates the co-location of the and the to one site in the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Medical School, and the introduction of the . For the past 20 years the groups have operated at two separate locations - the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and .

The project has been jointly funded by the and the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide in order to create closer ties with the and a stronger collaboration between research and clinical groups.

Both areas have an international reputation as leaders in their field, with a history of world-breaking research over the past 50 years.

Since 1958 when the Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology launched ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s first ovulation stimulation program - paving the way for in-vitro fertilisation - the discipline has celebrated a number of "firsts". These include the establishment of the first IVF program in South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s first birth by and preimplantation genetic diagnosis, as well as world-leading pregnancy rates.

Over the past 10 years the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has also been awarded the largest number of competitive research grants for any ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n university obstetrics and gynaecology department.

The Director of the Research Centre for Reproductive Health, Professor Rob Norman, says the co-location brings together two program grants worth $2.6 million a year, around 100 researchers in reproductive health and approximately 2200 square metres of high-quality laboratories.

"Adelaide has been one of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s leading centres in obstetrics and gynaecology for the past four decades and this move allows us to consolidate our international reputation," Professor Norman says.

WHAT: Official opening of the Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Redevelopment
WHERE: Seminar Room, Level 2 Medical School North, Frome Road, Adelaide
WHEN: Tuesday 10 October, 11.15am-midday

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