Dr Ellie Mcdonald
Research Officer
pediatrics
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia
Biography
Ellie McDonald was one of the original project coordinators for the Maternal Health Cohort Study, and was responsible for designing the participant recruitment, tracking and outcome databases for the cohort working with the six participating study hospitals. Dr McDonald currently leads a program of research focusing on women's sexual health after childbirth drawing on data from the first six waves of the Maternal Health Study. Her PhD entitled 'Women's sexual health after childbirth' was awarded in May 2014, and she is presently writing up a series of papers from the study. She is also involved in the 10-year follow-up of women and children in the Maternal Health Study cohort and continues to play a major role in database design for the study.
Research Interest
Maternal Health after child birth
Publications
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Woolhouse H, McDonald E, Brown S. Women’s experiences of sex and intimacy after childbirth: making the adjustment to motherhood. Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics & gynecology. 2012 Dec 1;33(4):185-90.
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Woolhouse H, McDonald E, Brown SJ. Changes to sexual and intimate relationships in the postnatal period: women’s experiences with health professionals. Australian journal of primary health. 2014 Aug 28;20(3):298-304.
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Brown SJ, Donath S, MacArthur C, McDonald EA, Krastev AH. Urinary incontinence in nulliparous women before and during pregnancy: prevalence, incidence, and associated risk factors. International urogynecology journal. 2010 Feb 1;21(2):193-202.
