Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Assoc/Prof Giles is an infectious diseases physician who specialises in infections in pregnancy and maternal immunisation. Her clinical research focus is on blood borne viruses in pregnancy such as HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. She also leads a number of projects on maternal immunisation.
Monash teaching commitment
Assoc/Prof Giles teaches the 4th year medical students as part of their Women's Health program.
Clinical activities
Assoc/Prof Giles runs three antenatal infectious diseases clinics across Melbourne including at Monash Health, the Royal Women's Hospital and the Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital. She is also the adult medical lead at Monash Immunisation and the Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Immunisation Service. She is the Director of the Infections in Pregnancy Service at Monash Health.
Research interests
Asso/Prof Giles is a physician researcher whose key interest is in improving the health outcomes for pregnant women and their babies through evidence based clinical management. Her team collaborates nationally and internationally on a number of maternal immunisation projects.
Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, PhD, MONASH UNIVERSITY
2 Aug 2004 → 27 Jan 2009
External positions
Infectious Diseases Physician, Alfred Health
Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Women's Hospital
Immunisation Physician, Sunshine Hospital
Research area keywords
- Infections in pregnancy
- HIV
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Immunisation
Network
Projects
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Impact of COVID-19 on the delivery of immunisation services in Australia
6/07/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Antibiotic Treatment for Amniotic Fluid Sludge: A Matched Cohort Study
Giles, M., Mol, B., Neil, P., Said, J. M. & Sheehan, P. M.
14/02/20 → 13/02/25
Project: Research
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A pharmacokinetic (PK) study of directly acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C in pregnancy
Giles, M., Sasadeusz, J., Kiser, J., Hodges, R. & Said, J. M.
2/08/19 → 1/08/24
Project: Research
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Research output
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A case of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) without a typical precipitant
Griffin, D. W. J., Martin, G. E., McLean, C., Cheng, A. C. & Giles, M. L., 1 Apr 2020, In : Medical Journal of Australia. 212, 7, p. 300-301.e1 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Antenatal care service delivery and factors affecting effective tetanus vaccine coverage in low- and middle-income countries: Results of the Maternal Immunisation and Antenatal Care Situational analysis (MIACSA) project
Giles, M. L., Mason, E., Muñoz, F. M., Moran, A. C., Lambach, P., Merten, S., Diaz, T., Baye, M., Mathai, M., Pathirana, J., Rendell, S., Tunçalp, Hombach, J. & Roos, N., 14 Jul 2020, In : Vaccine. 38, 33, p. 5278-5285 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus) -
Chronic hepatitis B infection and the risk of gestational diabetes: a cross-sectional study
Giles, M. L., Davey, M. A. & Wallace, E. M., 1 Aug 2020, In : BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 127, 9, p. 1147-1152 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Clinical care of pregnant and postpartum women with COVID-19: Living recommendations from the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce
Vogel, J. P., Tendal, B., Giles, M., Whitehead, C., Burton, W., Chakraborty, S., Cheyne, S., Downton, T., Fraile Navarro, D., Gleeson, G., Gordon, A., Hunt, J., Kitschke, J., McDonald, S., McDonnell, N., Middleton, P., Millard, T., Murano, M., Oats, J., Tate, R. & 5 others, , 29 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus) -
COVID-19 and pregnancy: A review of clinical characteristics, obstetric outcomes and vertical transmission
Pettirosso, E., Giles, M., Cole, S. & Rees, M., 1 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access14 Citations (Scopus)