IMPACT Committee

The Committee is elected by secret ballot from within the IMPACT Network membership. The Committee is made up of a representative from each of the following disciplines - Consumers, Midwifery, Neonatology, Neonatal Nursing, Obstetrics, Scientists and other. The Committee is elected for a term of two years at the IMPACT Network meeting associated with the PSANZ Congress. Committee members are able to be re-elected. The Chairperson is elected from within the Committee itself.

The Committee is responsible for:

• coordinating activities that promote the aims and objectives of the IMPACT Network
• establishing and maintaining international links with the Pregnancy and Childbirth and Neonatal Collaborative Review Groups of the Cochrane Collaboration, other clinical trials networks and organisations or bodies
• assisting to bring research evidence into clinical practice by promoting evidence-based care within the clinical colleges and other professional societies
• providing educational opportunities in critical appraisal and trial design
• proposing changes to the aims and objectives, and the framework of the Network when appropriate, and seeking their ratification from the Network membership before implementation.

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney at the Royal North Shore Hospital
Email : jmorris@med.usyd.edu.au

Karen New - Neonatal Nursing

Mater Research Support Centre and Centre for Clinical Studies, Mater Health Services, Brisbane
Email : Karen.New@mater.org.au

Dell Horey - Consumer

La Trobe University
Email : sandsqld@powerup.com.au

Helen McLachlan - Midwifery

La Trobe University
Email : h.mclachlan@latrobe.edu.au

Jane Alsweiler - Neonatologist

Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, National Women's Health, Auckland City Hospital
Email : J.Alsweiler@adhb.govt.nz

Kate Levett - Other Perinatal, Communications Officer

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney at the Royal North Shore Hospital
Email : klevett@med.usyd.edu.au

Bill Rawlinson - Basic Science

University of New South Wales
Email : mdrsm@mail.newcastle.edu.au

Funding

Funding provided by PSANZ allows the IMPACT Network to keep in contact with members by newsletters, to maintain the Perinatal Trials Register, to promote activities of the Network, and to run educational workshops. A small registration fee is charged for some IMPACT workshops to assist in covering costs.