New research led by A/Prof Aya Mousa and Prof Helena Teede, and published in NEJM Evidence, found that while metformin did not prevent gestational diabetes overall, it showed promising benefits in lowering the risk of early and preterm birth

Professor Helena Teede and Associate Professor Aya Mousa have been awarded $3 million and $1.6 million NHMRC Investigator Grants respectively, for women’s health and implementation research. 

Monash University’s Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI) has been awarded $5M from the Medical Research Future Funds (MRFF) to transform pregnancy care for women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), who are currently missing out on the care they need.

Our upcoming free community webinar for women with PMOS will answer your questions on what, why and what’s next in the new name, PMOS.

This is the first time that researchers have looked at carer-recorded sleep behaviours at ages 5, 8, 10 and 14 and linked them with the diagnosis of PCOS at the age of 14.

A global effort led by the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation has changed the name of a significant women’s health condition that was misunderstood to be ‘all about ovarian cysts’.

Professor Helena Teede AM has been named a 2025 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate. Her academic papers are most often cited by other researchers around the world.