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Associate ProfessorBrad de Vries

Associate Professor

Faculty of Medicine and Health

Orcid identifier0000-0002-5620-0170 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

Research projects & supervision summary

For available PhD projects, see 'Teaching Interests' above.

(1) The POPOUT Trial: a randomised controlled trial of manual rotation from occiput posterior position in the second stage of labour for preventing operative delivery (www.popout.me).

(2) The TURN-OUT Trial: a randomised controlled trial of manual rotation from occiput transverse position in the second stage of labour for preventing operative delivery.

(3) The prediction and prevention of caesarean section in labour. A series of projects focused on predictive modelling and a planned randomised trial of induction of labour for women at high risk of caesarean section in labour, for preventing caesarean section.

(4) The development of national birthweight standards for gestational based on clinical factors such as onset of labour.

(5) The development of a program to implement stopping oxytocin in the active phase of induced labours throughout New South Wales, which has been shown to reduce the risk of caesarean section and other adverse outcomes.

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • PROJECT
    The association between gestational gain in body mass index on caesarean section and other pregnancy outcomes
    1 Jul 2024
    Project leaders:
    Collaborators:
    DOIDOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2025.103699 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • PROJECT
    EASE-OUT: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Easing Oxytocin in Early Labour: Outcomes for Mothers and Babies - a feasibility study
    Sydney Local Health District10 Apr 2023
    Project leaders:
    • de Vries B
    Collaborators:
    • Phipps H,
    • Krisanaleela A
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  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Advancing Antenatal Prediction of Small for Gestational Age Neonates
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    An examination of the administration of intravenous fluids to women during labour
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Causes and Prevention of Maternal Mortality in Low and Middle Income Countries: The Role of Ultrasound and The Role of Novel Postpartum Haemorrhage Treatments