Lisa Hui

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Professor Lisa Hui is a maternal–fetal medicine specialist and researcher working to improve the health of women and babies before, during and after pregnancy. She is based at the University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Mercy Hospital for Women and Northern Health.

Her research focuses on prenatal screening and diagnosis, pregnancy infections such as cytomegalovirus, genetic testing, congenital conditions and making maternity care more equitable. She works with families, clinicians, researchers and policy makers to translate new evidence into better information, services and health policy.

Lisa also advises state and national bodies on perinatal health and congenital conditions, and is a Board Director of the International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor, University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2013 
    University of Sydney, PhD
  • 2010 
    Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Certification in Maternal Fetal Medicine
  • 1996 
    University of Sydney, MBBS(Hons 1)

Grants and Contracts

  • 2026
    Mapping the fetal extracellular vesicle and immune cell landscapes of congenital cytomegalovirus infection for biomarker and therapeutic target discovery
    Role:
    Chief investigator (CIA)
    Funding Source:
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • 2025
    Improving Acces and Community Trust in Perinatal Genomics for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities: The ImpACT-PG project
    Role:
    Chief investigator (CIA)
    Funding Source:
    Medical Research Future Fund
  • 2025
    Synergy Grant: Defining and overcoming disease drivers in pregnancy to ensure pregnancies are safe and protected
    Role:
    Chief investigator
    Funding Source:
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • 2022
    Education, Serology and Evaluation to prevent congenital cytomegalovirus infection
    Role:
    Chief investigator (CIA)
    Funding Source:
    Norman Beischer Medical Research Foundation
  • 2021
    Emerging Leader 2 Clinical Investigator Fellowship
    Role:
    Chief investigator (CIA)
    Funding Source:
    Medical Research Future Fund
  • 2020
    Childhood Outcomes of fetal genomic variants: The PrenatAL Microarray (PALM) cohort study
    Role:
    Chief investigator (CIA)
    Funding Source:
    National Health and Medical Research Council

Professional Memberships

  • International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand
  • International Society for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Research Areas

  • Obstetrics And Gynaecology (111402)

Contact Lisa for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision