Mary-Ann came to health research from senior clinical roles in nursing, midwifery, and maternal and child health. She worked as a senior research officer at the Royal Children's Hospital Research Institute (now Murdoch) from 1993-99, primarily as an investigator on community-based infant vaccine trials. She has worked at MCHR since 1999 on a number of projects including COSMOS, the 2000 Survey of Recent Mothers, Early Births and PinC. She was awarded an Australian Postgraduate Award to undertake a Doctor of Public Health program in 2002, investigating the events that follow induction of labour in otherwise uncomplicated first births. She changed to part-time enrolment in 2004 when she was appointed as an epidemiologist at the Victorian Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity. She is keen to develop her skills in epidemiology and biostatistics and has completed several subjects in the Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia program. Mary-Ann graduated with her Doctor of Public Health in October 2008.

Articles in refereed journals

Rayner JA, Forster DA, McLachlan HL, Yelland J, Davey MA. What are the views and experiences of midwives working in hospital based postnatal care? Findings from a statewide review of hospital postnatal care in Victoria, Australia. Midwifery, 2007; Jan 31 [Epub ahead of print]

Watson L, Brown S, Davey M-A. Use of periconceptional folic acid supplements in Victoria and New South Wales , Australia . Aust N Z J Public Health, 2006; 30(1):42-9.

Davey M-A, Brown S, Bruinsma F. What is it about antenatal continuity of caregiver that matters to women? Birth, 2005;32:4:262-71

Brown SJ . Davey MA. Bruinsma FJ. Women's views and experiences of postnatal hospital care in the Victorian Survey of Recent Mothers 2000. Midwifery, 2005; 21(2):109-26.

Darcy M-A , Watson LF, Rayner J, Rowlands S. Risk scoring systems for preventing preterm birth. The Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews 2004, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD004902. DOI: 10.1002/14651858. CD004902

Nolan T, Hogg G, Darcy M-A , Skeljo M, Carlin J, Boslego J A combined liquid Hib (PRP-OMP), hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus and whole-cell pertussis vaccine: controlled studies of immunogenicity and reactogenicity. Vaccine , 2001;19: 2127-2137.

Nolan T, Hogg G, Darcy M-A , Varigos J, McEwen J. Primary course immunogenicity and reactogenicity of a new DTPw (diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis) vaccine (DTPw). J Paediatr Child Health , 1997; 33(5):413-7.

Reports to Department of Human Services

Darcy M-A , Brown S, Bruinsma F, Lumley J. Victorian Survey of Recent Mothers: Having a baby in metropolitan and rural Victoria . Report to Division of Acute Health, Victorian Department of Human Services, June 2001.

Darcy M-A , Brown S, Bruinsma F. Victorian Survey of Recent Mothers: Continuity of care: does it make a difference to women's views and experiences of care? (Summary report distributed to Victorian maternity hospitals.) September 2001.

Recent Conference Abstracts

Davey MA, King JF, Lumley J, Veitch V. Making sense of the 'standard primipara'. The Joint Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association and the International Epidemiological Association Western Pacific Region, Hobart, August 2007, p98

Davey MA, Lumley J, King JF. Induction and augmentation of labour and short-term maternal morbidity. Australian College of Midwives 15th National Conference, Canberra, September 2007, p29

Davey MA, Sloan ML, King JF, Lumley J. Accuracy of routinely collected maternal & perinatal data in Victoria. Australian College of Midwives 15th National Conference, Canberra, September 2007, p106

Dr Mary-Ann Davey

Qualifications

Brief Profile

Research interests

Perinatal and Child Health

Recent Publications