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Dr Hannah Woolhouse

Research Officer
Population Health
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia

Academician Pediatrics
Biography

Dr Hannah Woolhouse is Co-Leader of the Health and Resilience Stream in the Healthy Mothers Healthy Families research group, and Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Women's Hospital (RWH). Hannah is a registered Psychologist with over 15 years research experience in longitudinal and intervention research focusing on maternal mental health. She completed a Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology in 2011, including undertaking one of the first international evaluations of a mindfulness-based intervention for eating disorders. Hannah is a Chief Investigator on the Maternal Health Study, and has published extensively on women's mental health, intimate partner abuse and sexual health after childbirth. She is currently leading the team undertaking 10-year follow-up interviews with mothers and children in the cohort. As an Honorary Research Fellow at the RWH, she has extended her interest in mindfulness to undertake a pilot study of an antenatal mindfulness intervention to reduce depression and anxiety.

Research Intrest

child health

List of Publications
Woolhouse H, Gartland D, Perlen S, Donath S, Brown SJ. Physical health after childbirth and maternal depression in the first 12 months post partum: results of an Australian nulliparous pregnancy cohort study. Midwifery. 2014 Mar 31;30(3):378-84.
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.
Small R, Watson L, Gunn J, Mitchell C, Brown S. Improving population-level maternal health: a hard nut to crack? Long term findings and reflections on a 16-community randomised trial in Australia to improve maternal emotional and physical health after birth [ISRCTN03464021]. PloS one. 2014 Feb 28;9(2):e88457.
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