the different risk factors associated withpregnancy.“Good health starts with the first 1000 daysfrom conception,” said Claire.“We also want to partner with schools and useartificial intelligence to tell students they need tothink about their health in terms of reproductivehealth and for the rest of their lives.”“It’s important to empower women to actuallytake control of their health while they’re stillyoung so we can really make a difference, notonly to perinatal health, but to lifelong health.”she said.Claire is passionate about making people’s livesbetter, it’s what motivates her, as does her lovefor her family.Looking through photos of her grandchildren,Claire is clearly besotted. “This is what it’s allabout, that’s what drives me.”“We’re best friends, we’re very close,” she saidof her two daughters.Claire’s younger daughter Kelly is extremelyproud of her mother’s achievements.“Mum found something that spoke to her, herlife and the things that happened to her. She’sbeen able to turn that into an amazing careerthat she could really excel at because of herpassion.“Every woman has had something happen tothem at some point in their journey throughfertility, whether it’s trouble getting pregnant,or something that’s happened during thepregnancy or birth.“I really believe that addressing pregnancycomplications and researching the things thatgo wrong, in order to make motherhood aneasier experience, is an incredibly usefulcontribution to the lives of women everywhere,”said Kelly.Find out more aboutThe Robinson Research Institute atadelaide.edu.au/robinson-research-instituteALUMNI MAGAZINE - SPRING 201835
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