Billie Bradford is a Senior Research Fellow in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University in Melbourne Australia. Dr Bradford is a Midwife who has focussed her career to date on research and education and is passionate about perinatal care improvement and an optimal start to life. Billie’s ongoing research interests are in fetal movements, stillbirth prevention and midwifery care. Billie has recently led updates of the evidence-based guidelines and position statements underpinning the Australian Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence Safer Baby Bundle. Billie collaborates on multiple research projects to advance progress in maternity care and supervises PhD students in Midwifery and in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and is on the board of the International Stillbirth Alliance. Her achievements to date demonstrate multiple strengths across academic and professional midwifery education and practice, with a strong focus on improving perinatal and maternal outcomes and advancing equity.
