Dr Jessica Sexton (PhD, MAS, MPH) is a clinical epidemiologist and researcher with over eleven years of field experience and training in healthcare systems, public health, epidemiology, and biostatistics with a special focus on maternal, child, and population health. Dr Sexton is a Senior Research Fellow at the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth (CRE), program lead for Data to Drive Change, and the Principal Investigator for a national perinatal data project. Dr Sexton’s expertise in epidemiology is internationally recognized through thirteen peer-reviewed publications, six conference posters, and gave fifteen oral presentations. Dr Sexton is actively engaged in professional networks including the Australasian Epidemiological Association, Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, Australian Society for Medical Research, and Statistical Society of Australia. As a senior researcher at the CRE, Dr Sexton leads data capture and research and risk prediction and prevention while contributing to improving parent experiences and Safer Baby Bundle expansion.
Book Chapter: Epidemiology of fetal and neonatal death
Flenady, Vicki and Sexton, Jessica (2022). Epidemiology of fetal and neonatal death. Keeling's Fetal and Neonatal Pathology. (pp. 131-157) edited by T. Yee Khong and Roger D. G. Malcomson. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-84168-3_6
Journal Article: Protocol for the development and validation of a risk prediction model for stillbirths from 35 weeks gestation in Australia
Sexton, Jessica K., Coory, Michael, Kumar, Sailesh, Smith, Gordon, Gordon, Adrienne, Chambers, Georgina, Pereira, Gavin, Raynes-Greenow, Camille, Hilder, Lisa, Middleton, Philippa, Bowman, Anneka, Lieske, Scott N., Warrilow, Kara, Morris, Jonathan, Ellwood, David and Flenady, Vicki (2020). Protocol for the development and validation of a risk prediction model for stillbirths from 35 weeks gestation in Australia. Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 4 (1), 21. doi: 10.1186/s41512-020-00089-w
Improving the standards of Autopsy and placental pathology in stillbirth investigations in Australia
Doctor Philosophy
Epidemiology of fetal and neonatal death
Flenady, Vicki and Sexton, Jessica (2022). Epidemiology of fetal and neonatal death. Keeling's Fetal and Neonatal Pathology. (pp. 131-157) edited by T. Yee Khong and Roger D. G. Malcomson. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-84168-3_6
Sexton, Jessica K., Coory, Michael, Kumar, Sailesh, Smith, Gordon, Gordon, Adrienne, Chambers, Georgina, Pereira, Gavin, Raynes-Greenow, Camille, Hilder, Lisa, Middleton, Philippa, Bowman, Anneka, Lieske, Scott N., Warrilow, Kara, Morris, Jonathan, Ellwood, David and Flenady, Vicki (2020). Protocol for the development and validation of a risk prediction model for stillbirths from 35 weeks gestation in Australia. Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 4 (1), 21. doi: 10.1186/s41512-020-00089-w
Improving the standards of Autopsy and placental pathology in stillbirth investigations in Australia
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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