Associate ProfessorBrad de Vries

Brad's current work focuses on methods of safely reducing the caesarean section rate and improving other maternal and perinatal outcomes. He and his research team are conducting large multicentre clinical trials to assess if manual rotation from occiput posterior or occiput transverse position in labour prevents operative delivery, and developing methods to predict caesarean section for slow progress in labour with the aim of assessing induction of labour for preventing caesarean section. He is supervising several observational studies relating to caesarean section and caring for women in labour.

His past work has included investigations into the mechanisms of vertical transmission of viruses, using laboratory techniques including PCR and flow cytometry.