Professor Paul Colditz

Banner Image

email: p.colditz@uq.edu.au

Research Interests

Professor Paul Colditz is the Foundation Professor of Perinatal Medicine at the University of Queensland and Director of the Perinatal Research Centre. He is an NHMRC Practitioner Fellow.

Prof Colditz' multidisciplinary research group focuses on clinically important perinatal health problems. He is a practicing clinician in neonatology and plays a significant role in postdoctoral research training of competitively funded Postdoctoral Fellows and PhD students. Research staff and students are from diverse backgrounds including medical, science, nursing, psychology, physiotherapy, other allied health, signal processing and biomedical engineering. His experience in knowledge application includes commercialisation and the application of research knowledge to clinical practice and health policy.

Research Projects

Research at the PRC aims to achieve the best possible health outcomes for mother and baby. Research capacity is in the areas of:

  • Brain development/injury/rescue
  • Clinical Trials
  • Signal Processing
  • Speech and Language
  • Systems Physiology

  • Fetal Movement

Key publications

1.Callaway L, Colditz PB, Fisk NM (2009) Folic Acid Supplementation and Spontaneous Preterm Birth: Adding Grist to the Mill? PLoS Medicine 6:1-3
2.Makrides M, Gibson RA, McPhee AJ, Collins CT, Davis PG, Doyle LW, Simmer K, Colditz PB, Morris S, Smithers LG, Willson K, Ryan P (2009) Neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants fed high-dose docosahexaenoic acid: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 301:175-182
3.Lingwood BE, Healy GN, Kecskes Z, Dunster KR, Gray PH, Ward LC, Colditz PB (2009) Prediction of outcome following hypoxia/ischaemia in the human infant using cerebral impedance. Clin Neurophysiol 120:225-230
4.Colditz P, Colditz M (2009) Newborn Diseases and Disorders. In: Driscoll K (ed) Newborn Screening Systems: The Complete Perspective. Elsevier
5.Rose SE, Hatzigeorgiou X, Strudwick MW, Durbridge G, Davies PS, Colditz PB (2008) Altered white matter diffusion ansiotropy in normal and preterm infants at term-equivalent age. Magn Reson Med. 44 (10): 590-5

Contact details and email

Professor Paul Colditz
UQ Centre for Clinical Research (Level 4, Bldg 71/918)
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
Brisbane QLD 4029
Australia

p.colditz@uq.edu.au

Group Members

Dr Barbara Lingwood -BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD - Research Fellow

Dr Tracey Bjorkman -BSc, MPhil, PhD - Research Officer

Dr Mostefa Mesbah -BSc, MSc, PhD -Research Fellow

Dr Kathryn Buller -BSc (Hons) PhD - Research Fellow

Dr Leith Moxon-Lester - BSc, PhD - Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr Yvonne Eiby - BSc (Hons) PhD

Dr John O'Toole - BSc, PhD

Dr Simon Finnigan -Senior Research Fellow

Dr Susan Sullivan - BSc (Hons) PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr Janet Hammill - Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr Zoe Ireland - BSc (Hons) PhD

Dr Alison Holm - BSpPath (Hons) PhD - Postdoctoral Research Fellow

 

Dr Margo Pritchard-BArts, PhD - Honorary Research Consultant

Caroline Crothers - RA/Tech/support

Sonia Dann - RA/Tech/support

 

Brooke Dougan - RA/Tech/support

Susan Callan -RA/Tech/supprot

We work seamlessly with Prof David Pow's neuroscience group (see separate entry)

Funding acknowledgement

NHMRC
UQ
RBWHF
Asian/Chinese Community Fund
Sids & Kids Foundation
Bonnie Babe's Foundation
RBWH
RCH and RCHF

Potential PhD Projects

The PRC has PhD projects available in all research areas. Please contact the PRC if you are interested in any of the topics mentioned above.

Collaborations

Children's Nutrition Research Centre, Queensland.
CNRC, Adelaide
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE, UQ
Mater Mother's Hospital, Queensland.
University of Sydney
Uni of Melbourne
College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE.
University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, U.K.

 

Key Words

Medical: Perinatal Health, Medical: Neonatal Disorders (source:UQresearchers)

Babies. Birth asphyxia. Cerebral palsy. Perinatal neuroscience. Neonatal intensive care. Perinatology. Prematurity. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Neurodevelopment. Growth and development. Paediatrics. Neonatology. Biomedical engineering. (source:UQexperts)