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Queen's honour for obstetrician

 Obstetrics & Gynaecology

The University of Adelaide's Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Professor Jeffrey Robinson, has been awarded a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to maternal and fetal health.

Professor Robinson is a British citizen who has headed Australia's largest - and arguably most prestigious - obstetrics and gynaecology department at the University of Adelaide for the past decade.

Under Professor Robinson's direction, the University of Adelaide has built an international reputation for the quality of its research in fetal-maternal health and reproductive medicine and biology.

Professor Robinson is one of three British citizens living overseas to be awarded CBE medals in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

The internationally renowned obstetrician has enjoyed a distinguished reputation in the reproductive medicine field for more than 35 years.

He was born in Northern Ireland in 1941 and graduated with First Class Honours from the Queen's University, Belfast in 1967, winning the Gold Medal when he passed his Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London.

Professor Robinson built an outstanding research career at Oxford University before accepting the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Newcastle University, NSW in 1980.

In 1986 he was appointed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Adelaide.

Under Professor Robinson's leadership, the University of Adelaide has been awarded the largest number of competitive research grants over the past 10 years for any Australian university obstetrics and gynaecology department.

"Professor Robinson has had 233 high quality, peer-reviewed papers published in his career, the majority in highly respected scientific journals. He is frequently sought as a national and international plenary speaker, particularly in the area of fetal origins of adult diseases," said colleague Professor Alastair MacLennan.

"His major contribution has been to show that growth restriction of the fetus during pregnancy leads to increased mortality and morbidity around birth, and also to a risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease later in life.

"He is an outstanding clinician, providing care to women with high-risk pregnancies. He is also a superb teacher, with many of his students appointed to professorial chairs or senior clinical or research positions," Professor MacLennan said.

Story by Candy Gibson

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Professor Jeffrey Robinson pictured with new mother Susan Taylor and baby Jade at the Women and Children’s Hospital
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Professor Jeffrey Robinson pictured with new mother Susan Taylor and baby Jade at the Women and Children's Hospital
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