LLOYD COX MEMORIAL LECTURE: Inhibins and activins in reproduction: clinical lessons from biological conversations

The annual Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture
Professor Euan Wallace
`Inhibins and activins in reproduction: clinical lessons from biological conversations'

Professor Wallace established and leads the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Research Group within the Centre for Women's Health Research at the Monash Institute of Medical Research. The group focuses on basic and clinical aspects of pregnancy
and has an international reputation for its Down Syndrome screening program and the role of inhibins and activins in pregnancy. More recently, the group has established research programs in fetal growth restriction, in utero infection and early pregnancy events. In collaboration with Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories (MISCL), the group is a world
leader in amnion "stem cell" biology.

Professor Wallace is Director of Obstetric Services at Southern Health, the largest provider of women's services in Victoria. His clinical appointment is in high risk pregnancies:

recurrent miscarriage, multiple pregnancy, hypertension and endocrine disease in pregnancy.

He heads the RANZCOG "Intrapartum Fetal urveillance Education Program" - a national education program for doctors and midwives.