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Kate is a Research Officer in Global Women's and Newborn's Health. She has a background in public health and international development.
In 2020, Kate completed a Master of Global Health, focussing on research interests such as gender equity and inclusion, access to healthcare, health system strengthening and health impacts of climate change. This included a qualitative research project exploring the linkages between women's health and climate change in the Pacific region.
Prior to her current role, Kate joined Burnet in 2020 as a Project Manager for large-scale Tuberculosis implementation and research projects in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Kate has also worked for several humanitarian and development organisations globally. This includes coordinating high-quality health, education and child protection programs for Save the Children and managing emergency response and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) projects with the Red Cross.
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
B Sanderson, Phi‐Yen Nguyen, Maureen Makama, Kate Mills, Joshua P. Vogel, Annie R.A. McDougall, Phi‐Yen Nguyen, B Sanderson, Maureen Makama, Kate Mills
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
B Sanderson, Phi‐Yen Nguyen, Maureen Makama, Kate Mills, Joshua P. Vogel, Annie R.A. McDougall, Phi‐Yen Nguyen, B Sanderson, Maureen Makama, Kate Mills
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Maureen Makama, Annie R.A. McDougall, Jenny Cao, Kate Mills, Phi‐Yen Nguyen, Joshua P. Vogel
Globally, approximately 287,000 women die every year from pregnancy-related conditions and complications, with most of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Although investment in global maternal health has increased in the past 30 years, research and development (R&D) of new products has been a neglected area.
This project will help people design and develop effective and affordable tools that more accurately predict pre-eclampsia in pregnant people.
We're working on a document that describes the minimum and ideal characteristics of tools that measure blood loss during c-sections.
The market for ultrasound devices is rapidly expanding, particularly as technological advances allow for smaller, cheaper, and more portable devices to be developed.
Burnet Institute and Concept Foundation have partnered to develop a new Target Product Profile (TPP) for maternal microbiome interventions, aiming to improve undernutrition and related maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes.
We supported updates to the World Health Organization’s recommendations on the use of certain medications to improve preterm birth outcomes.