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  • Sky News Australia

    26 Jan 2020

    2020 Senior Australian of the Year, Professor John Newnham appears on Sky News Australia.

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  • Aged Care Guide

    26 Jan 2020

    A 67 year old obstetrics specialist from Perth, Western Australia (WA), Professor John Newnham AM, was named the Senior Australian of the Year for 2020 on Saturday in Canberra for his work in preterm birth prevention.

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  • ST George & Sutherland Shire Leader

    25 Jan 2020

    Dr James Muecke named Australian of the Year; Professor John Newnham, Ash Barty and Bernie Shakeshaft honoured

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  • The Canberra Times

    25 Jan 2020

    Obstetrician Professor John Newnham named Senior Australian of the Year

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  • Perth Now

    25 Jan 2020

    Australia Day Honours: WA obstetrics specialist Professor John Newnham named Senior Australian of Year

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  • Rare Air Podcast: The Artificial Womb

    24 Sep 2019

    Leading WA media identity, Meri Fatin sits down with WIRF’s Assoc Prof Matt Kemp on his journey to WA and WIRF, what inspired his transformative work with the Artificial Womb project, and what continues to drive him.

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  • O&G Magazine Spring 2019: Leaders in Focus

    18 Sep 2019

    This feature sees Dr Kirsten Connan in conversation with RANZCOG members in a broad range of leadership positions including WIRF's own Prof John Newnham.

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  • The West Australian Spring Gala social spread

    02 Sep 2019

    Ambassadors Mike and Amy Hussey led the charge at WIRF's annual Spring Gala.

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  • Medical Forum August 2019: The Whole Nine Months

    27 Aug 2019

    It takes nine months for a baby to develop and be born. It takes a lifetime to understand how and why. This has been Professor John Newnham’s life.

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  • The West: Artificial womb in gestation

    15 Jul 2019

    The beginnings of what has the potential to be a medical miracle developed by WIRF lies in the paddocks surrounding the tiny town of Darkan in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region.

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  • The West: Leading the charge in preterm birth

    08 Jul 2019

    Through WIRF, WA has lowered its preterm birthrate and is now pushing the rest of the nation to do the same.

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  • Prof Newnham wins AMA top gong

    01 Jul 2019

    WIRF's Prof John Newnham has been awarded the AMA's Hippocrates Award for his long term and long-lasting contributions to health and medicine in WA.

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