Benefiting babies and women worldwide Our Members ARCH conducts high quality and timely maternal and perinatal research encompassing the spectrum from preconception through pregnancy and childbirth, infancy and later life. See Members Directory for more information.

About Us

What do we do?

ARCH conducts high quality and timely maternal and perinatal research encompassing the spectrum from preconception through pregnancy and childbirth, infancy and later life:

• Preconceptual care
• Nutrition and health outcomes
• Maternal health in pregnancy
• Fetal growth and wellbeing
• Intrapartum care
• Postnatal health and wellbeing
• Early childhood development related to maternal perinatal care
• Developmental origins of adult diseases

ARCH research methodologies integrate:

• Systematic identification of research gaps
• Systematic reviews and research synthesis
• Randomised clinical trials, single and multicentred
• Qualitative research
• Short and long term follow up of research cohorts
• Economic evaluations of values of different care options

ARCH Research Collaborations and Networks

ARCH has strong collaborative research links with key international and national organisations in maternal and perinatal health.

Together with the extensive network of multidisciplinary health care professionals, within Australia and internationally ARCH actively promotes and supports, these research networks can:

• Collaboratively address research questions of major national and international importance
• Enhance the capacity to complete large prospective randomised trials
• Link individuals and research groups to prepare relevant systematic reviews
• Strengthen the interface between researchers and clinicians
• Encourage cross cultural and trans global research

Developing Researchers for the Future

ARCH's multidisciplinary research program supports students and postdoctoral fellows from clinical and social science backgrounds.

Our research program encourages study by undergraduate students, Honours, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees

Serving health professionals and serving the community

• Generate evidence of direct relevance to clinical practice
• Translate research findings into practice
• Bring new knowledge of use to women and their babies and families

Organisational Structure

This site was developed by Dr David J Bates, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide (2008)