Monash Pregnancy Study

Having a baby in 2025? Want to be part of a world-first neuroscience study? We'd love to hear from you if you are:
♀️aged 18-40, low risk pregnancy, in third trimester by end April 2025
👋 right handed, no major chronic health conditions
🧠 suitable for MRI
⌛can spare 3-4 hours of your time on Mondays, Tuesdays or Fridays for an in-person data collection session at our Melbourne facility
👇 Sign up via our google form https://forms.gle/ReVEx4pT54eFvpWr9

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The Monash Pregnancy Study is enthusiastically recruiting controls! We'd love to hear from you if you are:
♀️aged 32-40, never been pregnant and not trying for a baby
👋 right handed with no chronic health conditions
🧠 suitable for MRI
⌛can spare 3-4 hours of your time on Mondays, Tuesdays or Fridays for an in-person data collection session at our Melbourne facility
💸 Up to $100 reimbursement for your contribution
👇 Sign up via our google form
https://forms.gle/5YRhnvYjdxBWb3PQ6

The Monash Pregnancy Study is enthusiastically recruiting controls! We'd love to hear from you if you are:
♀️aged 30-40, not pregnant and not trying for a baby
👋 right handed with no chronic health conditions
🧠 suitable for MRI
⌛can spare 3-4 hours of your time during the week for an in-person data collection session at our Melbourne facility

💸 Up to $100 reimbursement for your contribution
👇 Sign up via our google form
https://forms.gle/5YRhnvYjdxBWb3PQ6

The Monash Pregnancy Study is enthusiastically recruiting controls! We'd love to hear from you if you are:
♀️aged 30-40, not pregnant and not trying for a baby
👋 right handed with no chronic health conditions
🧠 suitable for MRI
⌛can spare 3-4 hours of your time during the week for an in-person data collection session at our Melbourne facility
See our seek volunteer listing for full criteria.

volunteer.com.au

Research simply isn’t possible without the involvement of control participants. By joining the Monash Pregnancy Study, you will help scientists uncover how the brain might change in pregnancy, and help close the neuroscience gender gap!

Having a baby in 2025? Want to be part of a world-first neuroscience study? We'd love to hear from you if you are:
♀️aged 18-40, low risk pregnancy, in third trimester by end April 2025
👋 right handed, no major chronic health conditions
🧠 suitable for MRI
⌛can spare 3-4 hours of your time on Mondays, Tuesdays or Fridays for an in-person data collection session at our Melbourne facility
👇 Sign up via our google form https://forms.gle/ReVEx4pT54eFvpWr9

Aussie scientists are trying to figure out brain changes during pregnancy | 7NEWS Australian scientists are attempting to map how a woman's brain changes during pregnancy.Subscribe and set 🔔 » https://7news.link/YTSubscribe | For the late...

Great article in Nature hot off the press featuring brilliant lab alumni Winnie Orchard. The key takeaway? We are only just scratching the surface!

How pregnancy transforms the brain to prepare it for parenthood It’s a transformational time long neglected by neuroscience. That is starting to change.

You read correctly. An article published in Nature last year revealed that in 30 odd years of neuroimaging, less than 0.5% of published articles on human brain imaging consider women's health specifically. That means we have very limited evidence for how things like pregnancy, menopause or hormonal contraceptives might impact women's brains. It is especially problematic when you consider that conditions such as depression or Alzheimers disproportionally affect women.

The Monash Pregnancy Study is helping to change this - but we need your help! Share our page and website with family and friends who may be interested in participating - we are enthusiastically recruiting both pregnant women and women over 27 who have never been pregnant and are not trying for a baby to be part of our control group. Every participant makes a big impact, and any help is greatly appreciated!

We are so proud of lab alumnus Winnie Orchard, featured in a recent Time Magazine article on the maternal brain! Check it out 🤩

Is 'Mommy Brain' Real? What Happens to Your Mind and Body When You Become a Mom Major changes are at play during the transition into motherhood.

📣Exciting news!
📻Tune into 3RRR FM Radiotherapy this Sunday the 26th of May at 10:00am to hear PhD candidate Rebecca talk about the neuroscience of pregnancy and the Monash Pregnancy Study!

Programs: Radiotherapy — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio The longest running community radio show in the universe dedicated to all things health and medicine and well-being - curing Saturday night hangovers every Sunday morning since March 1996!