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International
Dr. Charissa Patricelli is a Family Physician with a Fellowship in Addiction Medicine, and over 30 years of experience in healthcare. She is the Director of Perinatal Addictions at BC Women’s Hospital and Medical Director of the FIR (Families in Recovery) program, the inpatient perinatal stabilization unit at BC Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. FIR is an international leader in providing obstetrical, medical, harm reduction, stabilization and recovery oriented care for pregnant and newly delivered women who are cared for with a mother-baby dyad togetherness model, along with Eat Sleep Console (ESC). Dr. Patricelli has been a leader in the development and integration of an enhanced model of care for mothers and newborns impacted by substance use disorder.
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Dr Deborah Harris is Aotearoa/ New Zealand’s first Nurse Practitioner. Deborah’s research interests include the management of babies at risk of neonatal hypoglycaemia and their later development. The impact of her teams research has changed the treatment for millions of babies and families across the developed world. More recently, Deborah has been investigating the prevention and management of neonatal hypoglycaemia within the Pacific Islands. Current projects: ◾The Glucose in Well Babies (GLOW) Study. ACTRN number: ACTRN12615000986572 ◾The Glucose in Well Babies and their later Neurodevelopment (GLOWiNg) Study ◾The Pepi Splint Project
National
Professor Christopher Barnett has dual fellowships in neonatal/perinatal medicine, clinical genetics and is the head of the
Paediatric and Reproductive Genetics Unit at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide. He is the lead of
the NHMRC funded Genomic Autopsy Project and on the expert advisory committee of the Genomics Health Futures Mission.
Christopher trained at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide and at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He has
research interests in prenatal genetics, fetal pathology and rare childhood diseases.
