Principal Research Fellow; Deputy Discipline Head, International Development
Background
Joshua is a perinatal epidemiologist and public health researcher. He is a Principal Research Fellow at the Burnet Institute, where he co-heads the multi-disciplinary Global Women’s and Newborn’s Health group. His research focuses on maternal and perinatal health issues of global concern, with a focus on improving the quality of maternity care for women in resource-constrained settings.
Joshua has published over 170 peer-review articles and has led development of several WHO guidelines in the field of maternal and perinatal health. He was the winner of the 2020 Nature Research Awards for Driving Global Impact, and the 2020 Commonwealth Health Minister’s Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research. His areas of professional interest are interventional trials, clinical epidemiology and guideline development and implementation.
Appointments
Member, NHMRC Research Committee (2021 – 2024)
Associate Professor (Honorary), School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor (Honorary), School of Public and Preventative Medicine, Monash University
Associate Professor (Honorary) – School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health at Deakin University
Senior Research Fellow (Honorary) in the Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham
Positions
September 2018–present: Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia
June 2018–present: Research Consultant and Guideline Methodologist, Department of Reproductive Health and Research Geneva, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Feb 2014–June 2018: Technical Officer, Department of Reproductive Health and Research Geneva, World Health Organization, Switzerland,
May 2011–Jan 2014: Research Consultant, Department of Reproductive Health and Research Geneva, World Health Organization, Switzerland,
Sept 2016–Dec 2016: Visiting Honorary Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, Kenya,
Jan 2010–April 2011: Junior Medical Officer, West Australian Department of Health
Qualifications
PhD Maternal and Perinatal Health: “Poor maternal and neonatal outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: epidemiological analyses of contributing factors.” University of Western Australia
MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) 2009, University of Western Australia
B.Med.Sci Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) 2009, University of Western Australia
Awards
2021: Commonwealth Health Minister’s Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research
2021: NHMRC Peter Doherty Investigator Grant Award (Emerging Leadership)
2020: Alastair Lucas Prize for Medical Research
2020: Nature Research Awards for Driving Global Impact
2020: Jean Hailes Postdoctoral Travel Fellowship in Women’s Health
2019: Australian Epidemiological Association Mid-Career Travel Award
2019: Jean Hailes Postdoctoral Travel Fellowship in Women’s Health
2013: Preterm Birth International Collaborative (PREBIC) 2013 ‘Young Scientist of the Year’
2011–2014: PhD Scholarship - Australian Postgraduate Award
2011–2014: PhD Scholarship - A & A Saw Scholarship
2009: Joel Carson Memorial Award for Service to the WA Medical Students Society
2008: Convocation, the UWA Graduates Association Prize
2008: Jack Bercov Memorial Prize
2007: Jean Rogerson Undergraduate Studentship
Projects (19)
Current (18)
Accelerating Innovation for Mothers (AIM) 2.0
Cost-effectiveness evidence for maternal and perinatal health interventions
Cost-effectiveness of antenatal corticosteroids for women at risk of imminent preterm birth in the early preterm period in low resource countries
COVID-19 Journey Project
Evaluating the WHO Labour Care Guide in clinical settings
HMHB: Quality of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Newborn Health Services Study
Implementing the WHO Labour Care Guide to reduce the use of Caesarean section in four hospitals in India
Living guidelines in maternal and perinatal health
Mapping of COVID-19-related pregnancy and perinatal research in Australia
National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce
New Target Product Profiles for pre-eclampsia prevention and treatment
Rapid review of maternal health recommendations related to the COVID-19 pandemic
SCOOP: Strengthening COVID-19 Communication in Pregnancy
Stakeholder experiences of father engagement interventions in low- and middle-income countries
Target Product Profile (TPP) for Obstetric Ultrasound Devices
The Optimise Study: Optimising Isolation, Quarantine and Distancing for COVID-19
The WHO ACTION-III Trial: antenatal corticosteroids for improving outcomes in preterm newborns
WHO recommendations on antenatal corticosteroids and tocolytics for improving preterm birth outcomes
Past (1)
New Target Product Profiles for the Prevention and Treatment of Preterm Birth
The global epidemiology of preterm birth. Vogel JP, Chawanpaiboon S, Moller AB, Watananirun K, Bonet M, Lumbiganon P Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2018 Apr; Epub ahead of print
Progression of the first stage of spontaneous labour: A prospective cohort study in two sub-Saharan African countries. Oladapo OT, Souza JP, Fawole B, Mugerwa K, Perdoná G, Alves D, Souza H, Reis R, Oliveira-Ciabati L, Maiorano A, Akintan A, Alu FE, Oyeneyin L, Adebayo A, Byamugisha J, Nakalembe M, Idris HA, Okike O, Althabe F, Hundley V, Donnay F, Pattinson R, Sanghvi HC, Jardine JE, Tunçalp Ö, Vogel JP, Stanton ME, Bohren M, Zhang J, Lavender T, Liljestrand J, Ten Hoope-Bender P, Mathai M, Bahl R, Gülmezoglu AM PLoS Med. 2018 Jan; 15(1):e1002492
Antenatal corticosteroids for women at risk of imminent preterm birth in low-resource countries: the case for equipoise and the need for efficacy trials. Joshua P Vogel, Olufemi T Oladapo, Cynthia Pileggi-Castro, Ebunoluwa A Adejuyigbe, Fernando Althabe, Shabina Ariff, Adejumoke Idowu Ayede, Abdullah H Baqui, Anthony Costello, Davy M Chikamata, Caroline Crowther, Bukola Fawole, Luz Gibbons, Alan H Jobe, Monica Lulu Kapasa, John Kinuthia, Alka Kriplani, Oluwafemi Kuti, James Neilson, Janna Patterson, Gilda Piaggio, Rahat Qureshi, Zahida Qureshi, Mari Jeeva Sankar, Jeffrey S A Stringer, Marleen Temmerman, Khalid Yunis, Rajiv Bahl, A Metin Gulmezoglu BMJ Glob Health. 2017 Aug; 2(3):e000398
Beyond too little, too late and too much, too soon: a pathway towards evidence-based, respectful maternity care worldwide. Suellen Miller, Edgardo Abalos, Monica Chamillard, Agustin Ciapponi, Daniela Colaci, Daniel Comande, Virginia Diaz, Stacie Geller, Claudia Hanson, Ana Langer, Victoria Manuelli, Kathryn Millar, Imran Morhason-Bello, Cynthia Pileggi Castro, Vicky Nogueira Pileggi, Nuriya Robinson, Michelle Skaer, Joao Paulo Souza, Joshua P Vogel, Fernando Althabe Lancet. 2016 Oct; 388(10056):2176-2192
A global reference for caesarean section rates (C-Model): a multicountry cross-sectional study. J P Souza, A P Betran, A Dumont, B de Mucio, C M Gibbs Pickens, C Deneux-Tharaux, E Ortiz-Panozo, E Sullivan, E Ota, G Togoobaatar, G Carroli, H Knight, J Zhang, J G Cecatti, J P Vogel, K Jayaratne, M C Leal, M Gissler, N Morisaki, N Lack, O T Oladapo, O Tuncalp, P Lumbiganon, R Mori, S Quintana, A D Costa Passos, A C Marcolin, A Zongo, B Blondel, B Hernandez, C J Hogue, C Prunet, C Landman, C Ochir, C Cuesta, C Pileggi-Castro, D Walker, D Alves, E Abalos, Ecd Moises, E M Vieira, G Duarte, G Perdona, I Gurol-Urganci, K Takahiko, L Moscovici, L Campodonico, L Oliveira-Ciabati, M Laopaiboon, M Danansuriya, M Nakamura-Pereira, M L Costa, M R Torloni, M R Kramer, P Borges, P B Olkhanud, R Perez-Cuevas, S B Agampodi, S Mittal, S Serruya, V Bataglia, Z Li, M Temmerman, A M Gulmezoglu BJOG. 2016 Feb; 123(3):427-436
Count every newborn; a measurement improvement roadmap for coverage data. Sarah G Moxon, Harriet Ruysen, Kate J Kerber, Agbessi Amouzou, Suzanne Fournier, John Grove, Allisyn C Moran, Lara M E Vaz, Hannah Blencowe, Niall Conroy, A Gulmezoglu, Joshua P Vogel, Barbara Rawlins, Rubayet Sayed, Kathleen Hill, Donna Vivio, Shamim A Qazi, Deborah Sitrin, Anna C Seale, Steve Wall, Troy Jacobs, Juan Ruiz Pelaez, Tanya Guenther, Patricia S Coffey, Penny Dawson, Tanya Marchant, Peter Waiswa, Ashok Deorari, Christabel Enweronu-Laryea, Shams Arifeen, Anne C C Lee, Matthews Mathai, Joy E Lawn BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015 Sep; 15 Suppl 2:S8
Maternal and perinatal health research priorities beyond 2015: an international survey and prioritization exercise. Joao Paulo Souza, Mariana Widmer, Ahmet Metin Gulmezoglu, Theresa Anne Lawrie, Ebunoluwa Aderonke Adejuyigbe, Guillermo Carroli, Caroline Crowther, Sheena M Currie, Therese Dowswell, Justus Hofmeyr, Tina Lavender, Joy Lawn, Silke Mader, Francisco Eulogio Martinez, Kidza Mugerwa, Zahida Qureshi, Maria Asuncion Silvestre, Hora Soltani, Maria Regina Torloni, Eleni Z Tsigas, Zoe Vowles, Leopold Ouedraogo, Suzanne Serruya, Jamela Al-Raiby, Narimah Awin, Hiromi Obara, Matthews Mathai, Rajiv Bahl, Jose Martines, Bela Ganatra, Sharon Jelena Phillips, Brooke Ronald Johnson, Joshua P Vogel, Olufemi T Oladapo, Marleen Temmerman Reprod Health. 2014 Aug; 11:61
Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and children's health: a new Global Investment Framework. Karin Stenberg, Henrik Axelson, Peter Sheehan, Ian Anderson, A Metin Gulmezoglu, Marleen Temmerman, Elizabeth Mason, Howard S Friedman, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Joy E Lawn, Kim Sweeny, Jim Tulloch, Peter Hansen, Mickey Chopra, Anuradha Gupta, Joshua P Vogel, Mikael Ostergren, Bruce Rasmussen, Carol Levin, Colin Boyle, Shyama Kuruvilla, Marjorie Koblinsky, Neff Walker, Andres de Francisco, Nebojsa Novcic, Carole Presern, Dean Jamison, Flavia Bustreo Lancet. 2014 Apr; 383(9925):1333-1354
National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010. Anne C C Lee, Joanne Katz, Hannah Blencowe, Simon Cousens, Naoko Kozuki, Joshua P Vogel, Linda Adair, Abdullah H Baqui, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Laura E Caulfield, Parul Christian, Sian E Clarke, Majid Ezzati, Wafaie Fawzi, Rogelio Gonzalez, Lieven Huybregts, Simon Kariuki, Patrick Kolsteren, John Lusingu, Tanya Marchant, Mario Merialdi, Aroonsri Mongkolchati, Luke C Mullany, James Ndirangu, Marie-Louise Newell, Jyh Kae Nien, David Osrin, Dominique Roberfroid, Heather E Rosen, Ayesha Sania, Mariangela F Silveira, James Tielsch, Anjana Vaidya, Barbara A Willey, Joy E Lawn, Robert E Black Lancet Glob Health. 2013 Jul; 1(1):e26-e36
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