About Us
The Research Centre for the Early Origins of Health and Disease (EOHaD) is a leader in the investigation of the intergenerational and perinatal origins of metabolic, cardiovascular, neurological and reproductive health in postnatal life.
The Centre's membership spans disciplines from public health and epidemiology to molecular biology and epigenetics and includes research groups at the University of Adelaide and their collaborators at external organisations in Australia and overseas.
Centre Directors | Professor Julie Owens, Associate Professor Michael Davies & Associate Professor Michael Ridding |
| Professor Julie Owens started with the University of Adelaide in 1987 as a research fellow in the Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and has since held numerous positions including Head of Discipline of Physiology and Head of School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health. Her research seeks to increase fundamental knowledge about early growth and development and how it is altered in major disease states, especially fetal growth restriction. |
| A/Prof Michael Davies is a senior research fellow and epidemiologist in the Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Adelaide. His research is focused on understanding the long-term consequences of social and environmental factors which impact on fetal growth and development, and can therefore, inform subsequent basic research and contribute to public health policy. |
| Associate Professor Michael Ridding obtained his PhD (Neuroscience) from the University of London and currently holds a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship. His research program investigates the ability of the motor areas of the brain to reorganise (during learning or following injury). In particular he is interested in the influence of intrauterine stress on the capacity for neuroplasticity later in life as well as the induction of functionally beneficial plasticity in neurologically impaired patients. |
Research Groups | Research Leader/s: |
| Early Origins of Health and Disease Research | Professor Julie Owens |
| Life Course and Intergenerational Health (LIGHt) | Associate Professor Michael Davies and Associate Professor Vivienne Moore |
| Neuromotor Plasticity and Development | Associate Professor Michael Ridding and Dr Julia Pitcher |
| Pregnancy and Development | Associate Professor Vicki Clifton |
