The Robinson Institute

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The Robinson Institute
Ground Floor, Norwich Centre
55 King William Road
North Adelaide
SA 5006 Australia

Telephone: +61 8 8303 8166
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Research Centre for Early Origins of Health and Disease
The Research Centre for Early Origins of Health and Disease is a leader in the investigation of the intergenerational and perinatal origins of metabolic, cardiovascular, neurological and reproductive health in postnatal life.
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