Personal profile
Biography
Professor Hunt is a Clinician Scientist working in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Monash Health. His research focus is in the field of Neonatal Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurodevelopment; interrogating mechanisms of perinatal brain injury and neuroprotection. The goal is to reduce perinatal brain injury and improve long term outcomes, including further reductions in rates of cerebral palsy.
Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, PhD, The relationship of the neuroendocrine axis to brain development in infants less than 30 weeks' gestation, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 25 Aug 2007
Clinical Epidemiology, Master of Medicine, Low superior vena cava flow in the first 24 hours of life is associated with Neurodevelopmental Impairment, University of Sydney
Award Date: 16 Apr 2004
External positions
Director of Research, Victoria, Cerebral Palsy Alliance
1 Jul 2020 → …
Chair, Neonatal Sub-committee, Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (CCOPMM) (Victoria)
1 Sept 2018 → …
Research area keywords
- Neonatal brain injury
- Neurodevelopment
- Cerebral Palsy
- neuroscience
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Funding Proposal for Perinatal Palliative Care
Sacks, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Vemuri, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hunt, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Stewart, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Palmer, K. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/10/25 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
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A Learning Health System to implement prevention into routine pregnancy care
Teede, H. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Callander, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mol, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Enticott, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lorber Rolnik, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Harrison, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Moran, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bahri-Khomami, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Powell, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Thangaratinam, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zeps, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Palmer, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Hunt, R. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/04/25 → 30/06/30
Project: Research
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BLUEPRINT: Predicting Long-term Outcomes of Prematurity from Early Life Events
Hunt, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
20/11/24 → 19/11/29
Project: Research
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The Monash Partners Children’s Acute Care Data Project: Optimising the use of electronic medical records data to improve hospital care for children
Craig, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Williams, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lovett, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Taylor, D. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nixon, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Coleman, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Winderlich, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Noorman, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Parkhurst, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fahey, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nataraja, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hunt, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lamont, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nold, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Polglase, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jones, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Pigott, C. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research
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TARGETED SURVEILLANCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY AND IMPAIRMENTS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN BORN VERY PRETERM
Hunt, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Anderson, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Desai, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cruz, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Palaniswami, M. S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bates, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Teede, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cheong, J. L. Y. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Enticott, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Burnett, A. C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Roberts, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Spittle, A. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hua, X. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mainzer, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Doyle, L. W. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/07/22 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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Avoiding routine gastric residual volume measurement in neonatal critical care (the neoGASTRIC trial): study protocol for a multi-centre, unblinded, randomised, controlled trial
Nuthall, E., Rodriquez, A., Andrzejewksa, I., Aslam, Z., Battersby, C., Beesley, C., Cole, C., Campbell, H., Dalziel, K., Dorling, J., Downs, A., Davis, P. G., Daskalopoulou, Z., Forster, A., Graham-Travis, M., Hall, N. J., Hubbard, M., Hurd, M., Hardy, P. & Hunt, R. & 20 others, , 2026, In: Trials. 27, 1, 17 p., 106.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Association between Congenital Anomalies and Late-Onset Bacterial Infections in Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Australia and New Zealand: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Chughtai, A. A., Spotswood, N., Strunk, T., Parmar, T., Schindler, T., Popat, H., Chow, S. S. W., Lui, K. & The Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network, Feb 2025, In: Neonatology. 122, 1, p. 95-105 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Cord blood-derived cell therapies for preterm brain injury
Razak, A., Zhou, L., Jenkin, G., Hunt, R. W., Miller, S. L., McDonald, C. A. & Malhotra, A. (Leading Author), Nov 2025, In: Early Human Development. 210, 6 p., 106369.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Early Neurodevelopment of Extremely Preterm Infants Administered Autologous Cord Blood Cell Therapy: Secondary Analysis of a Nonrandomized Clinical Trial
Zhou, L., Razak, A., McDonald, C. A., Yawno, T., McHugh, D. T., Whiteley, G., Connelly, K., Sackett, V., Miller, S. L., Jenkin, G., Novak, I., Hunt, R. W. & Malhotra, A. (Leading Author), 1 Jul 2025, In: JAMA Network Open. 8, 7, 9 p., e2521158.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Genetic testing in cerebral palsy with clinical and neuroimaging variables
Tantsis, E. M., Mohammad, S. S., Paget, S. P., Virella-Perez, Y. I., Han, V. X., Hadi, D., Goldman, C., Farrar, M. A., Fahey, M., Dale, R. C. & the GENE-CP study group, Nov 2025, In: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 67, 11, p. 1443-1452 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access5 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus)