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Biography
Following completion of a BSc with Honours and a PhD in Reproductive Endocrinology at Monash University, Professor Hooper completed postdoctoral training in fetal development at Monash University and the University of Western Ontario in Canada.
Aligned with The Ritchie Centre’s Fetal and Neonatal Health group, Professor Stuart Hooper established the Fetal and Neonatal Laboratory to apply synchrotron technology to progress understanding of the physiology of fetal and neonatal lung development and the factors that regulate the transition to air breathing at birth. By understanding these changes, it will become possible to moderate the impact of pre-term birth and other problems such as congenital diaphragmatic hernia, on the health of the infant after birth; a diaphragmatic hernia allows abdominal contents to move into the chest cavity during fetal life, which causes the lungs to stop growing.
Professor Hooper has published over 250 research and review scientific articles. He is a past president of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand and is currently the lead Investigator on a NHMRC Program Grant ($8.5M) and a USA NIH RO1 grant ($1.7M US).
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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X-ray Scatter Imaging: Vast Information with Minimal Radiation
Kitchen, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Gureyev, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Hooper, S. (Chief Investigator (CI))
20/03/25 → 19/03/28
Project: Research
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Reducing the burden of respiratory distress after caesarean delivery.
Crossley, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Hooper, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kitchen, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), te Pas, A. B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wallace, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Tran, N. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Polglase, G. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Thio, M. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/01/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Improving respiratory support for preterm infants at birth
Hooper, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Stojanovska, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kitchen, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & te Pas, A. B. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/01/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Phase-Contrast Neuroimaging for Early Detection of Brain Injury at Birth
Kitchen, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Croton, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hooper, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Cheong, J. L. Y. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Miller, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Polglase, G. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Crossley, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Morgan, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Galinsky, R. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Effect of prenatal diaphragmatic hernia on pulmonary arterial morphology
Stainsby, A. V., DeKoninck, P. L. J., Crossley, K. J., Thiel, A., Wallace, M. J., Pearson, J. T., Kashyap, A. J., Croughan, M. K., Allison, B. A., Hodges, R., Thio, M., Flemmer, A. W., McGillick, E. V., te Pas, A. B., Hooper, S. B. & Kitchen, M. J., Apr 2025, In: Anatomical Record. 308, 4, p. 1082-1093 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus) -
A critical appraisal of tools for delivery room assessment of the newborn infant
Niemuth, M., Küster, H., Simma, B., Rozycki, H., Rüdiger, M., the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR) Neonatal Resuscitation Section Writing Group & Solevåg, A. L., Aug 2024, In: Pediatric Research. 96, 3, p. 625–631 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Adverse respiratory patterns in near-term spontaneously breathing newborn lambs with elevated airway liquid volumes at birth
Davies, I. M., Crossley, K. J., McGillick, E. V., Nitsos, I., Rodgers, K., Thiel, A., Zahra, V. A., Badurdeen, S., te Pas, A. B. & Hooper, S. B., 16 Apr 2024, In: Frontiers in Pediatrics. 12, 15 p., 1336154.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Assessing the influence of abdominal compression on time to return of circulation during resuscitation of asphyxiated newborn lambs: a randomised preclinical study
Polglase, G. R. (Leading Author), Hwang, C., Blank, D. A., Badurdeen, S., Crossley, K. J., Kluckow, M., Gill, A. W., Camm, E., Galinsky, R., Brian, Y., Hooper, S. B. & Roberts, C. T. (Leading Author), 19 Jun 2024, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 109, 4, p. 405-411 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Blood pressure and cerebral oxygenation with physiologically-based cord clamping: sub-study of the BabyDUCC trial
Badurdeen, S., Blank, D. A., Hoq, M., Wong, F. Y., Roberts, C. T., Hooper, S. B., Polglase, G. R. & Davis, P. G., 2024, In: Pediatric Research. 96, p. 124–131 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)