Professor Steve Robson

BMedSc MBBS MM MPH MD FRANZCOG FRCOG
Associate Professor
ANU College of Health and Medicine
T: +61 2 6282 3033

Research interests

  • Long-term childhood health and developmental outcomes of caesarean delivery.
  • Maternal decision-making in caesarean delivery.
  • Discordance of maternal and paternal decision-making in VBAC.
  • Screening for obstructive sleep apnoea in pregnancy.
  • The role of periodontal pathogens in preterm birth.
  • Anti-oxidant therapy for the prevention of pre-eclampsia.

Biography

Steve Robson graduate in Medicine from the University of Queensland, and completed his doctoral studies in unexplained stillbirth through the University of New South Wales.

He trained as a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology in Adelaide and England, and was the Brown Craig Travelling Fellow to Canada in 1999.  He trained in reproductive medicine through the University of Adelaide.

Steve is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of both Australia and Britain.  He is Founder of the charity ‘Send Hope Not Flowers.’  Steve is married with two wonderful children.

Researcher's projects

  1. Long-term childhood health and developmental outcomes of caesarean birth (with A/Prof Latif Mohamed, Dr Elizabeth Westrupp, and Dr Hass Vally).
  2. The role of anaerobic oral pathogens and inflammatory cells on placental tissue in preterm birth.
  3. Management of breech presentation in spontaneous preterm labour.
  4. Role of anti-oxidant therapy in the prevention of pre-eclampsia.
  5. Screening for obstructive sleep apnoea in pregnancy.

Publications

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