
Professor Michael Stark
Professor
Robinson Research Institute
Division of Research and Innovation
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Professor Michael Stark - Women's and Children's Hospital.
As Deputy Director of the RRI and Research Group Leader of the Neonatal Medicine Group Professor Stark's research is centred on improving neonatal survival free of neurodevelopmental impairment. He leads a multi-disciplinary team of clinician and basic scientists, with projects encompassing pre-clinical research, large-scale perinatal randomised controlled trials and research implementation and evaluation. The current focus of this research is 1) better understanding fundamental oxygen physiology in the very preterm newborn with a specific focus on early acquired neonatal brain injury 2) development of novel approaches to transfusion in the high risk preterm newborn, in conjunction with the Australian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, to minimise the risk of transfusion related immunomodulation, morbidity and mortality during the neonatal period and 3) patient specific approaches to nutrition in the critically ill newborn designed to promote a self-healing phenotype, reducing inflammation, and improving both short and longer term health outcomes.
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Neonatal Medicine, Developmental Physiology, Early Origins of Health
Professor Stark leads the Clinical Trials and Translation Foundation Research Stream within the Robinson Research Institute which aims to deliver world-class advances in human reproduction, and maternal and child health, to inform clinical care, policy, and practice. As Head of the Neonatal Medicine Research Group, Professor Stark leads a multi-disciplinary team conducting pre-clinical and clinical studies focusing on improving health outcomes of preterm newborns. These studies include NHMRC and MRFF funded discovery science and multi-centre randomised trials and prospective cohort trials. Particular areas of interest include oxygen physiology with a focus on perinatal brain injury, transfusion medicine, and new approaches to prevent lung disease in newborns born preterm. The projects will involve students becoming active members of the research team within the neonatal intensive care unit in addition to laboratory based studies with a strong pre-clinical, clinical and translational focus.
Projects available:
Research Project 1
Title: Defining a safe operating reference range for brain oxygen in very preterm babies at risk of brain injury: An exploratory study
Project description: Preterm babies are particularly vulnerable to brain injury which is a recognised lifelong complication for babies born prematurely. Although this injury is likely to be multifactorial in origin, abnormalities of oxygen handling are known to be important with injury related to variance in either direction. Both low and high brain oxygen content can cause oxidative stress and injury. Hypoxia, or low blood oxygen, results in brain damage from cellular injury and death whereas, hyperoxia, or high brain oxygen content, results in oxygen free radical production with damage to DNA.
Unfortunately, death and impairment from brain damage remain common outcomes for the very preterm babies despite significant resources. Managing oxygen is critically important with current systems failing to adequately measure overall oxygen status. This study will develop a simple, non-invasive method for measuring oxygen levels that is consistent with physiology but also works within the context of current clinical care.
Projects available for: Honours; HDR
Location: The Robinson Research Institute, Norwich Building; Women’s & Children’s Hospital
Research project start: Semester 1 and 2
Special requirements: Police Clearance, Working With Children
Research Project 2
Title: Does late amino acid administration improve outcomes in babies needing surgery? The DELA3Y Trial
Project description: Congenital anomalies requiring major abdominal or thoracic (excluding cardiac) surgery in the neonatal period have an incidence ranging from 1 in 2500 to 1 in 10,000 yet comprise approximately 17% of all late preterm and term newborns admitted to Australian NICUs per annum. In this group, normal feeding is difficult in the peri-and post-operative period, requiring the use of early intravenous parenteral nutrition (PN) consisting of carbohydrate, lipid, and amino acid constituent parts. Evidence in critically ill children challenges this suggesting potential benefit from delayed provision of amino acids in the acute phase of a critical illness with reductions in the length of intensive care admission by 30% and duration of ventilation by 40%. These effects may be greatest in the youngest patients. Confirmation of this response in a well-designed, prospective randomised controlled trial of ill surgical newborns is a critical step towards practice change and improvements in both short- and longer-term clinical outcomes. This study is multicentre, parallel-group, superiority, blinded, randomised controlled trial to investigate whether delayed compared to early provision of the amino acid component of PN in late-preterm and term newborns requiring major surgery in the immediate neonatal period will shorten the duration of neonatal intensive care admission.
Projects available for: Honours; HDR
Location: The Robinson Research Institute, Norwich Building; Women’s & Children’s Hospital
Research project start: Semester 1 and 2
Special requirements: Police Clearance, Working With Children
Research project 3
Title: MOM NOSE BEST: Mothers Own Breast Milk Intranasally or Standard Care in Preterm Babies with Intraventricular Haemorrhage
Project Description: High-grade germinal matrix haemorrhage-intraventricular haemorrhage (GMH-IVH) has an incidence of 1 per 2000 live births and despite continuing improvements in neonatal intensive care, the burden of GMH-IVH remains at best unchanged with recent data even reporting increases in incidence. GMH-IVH is the leading cause of preterm death while in survivors it is associated with significant morbidity such as posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD) and haemorrhagic parenchymal infarction (HPI). There are currently no readily available treatment options to treat GMH-IVH and prevent progression to PHVD. Emerging evidence suggests that intranasal maternal breastmilk represent a promising novel therapy for prevention of PHVD in infants with GMH-IVH. Fresh human breast milk is a rich source of live stem cells, including pluripotent stem cells, mesenchymal (MSCs) and neural/progenitor stem cells (Hoban 2014, Zhang 2025). Their beneficial actions in brain injury include migration to site of injury, secretion of neurotrophic factors, induction of cell proliferation, immunomodulation, and reduction of cell death. This study is a multicentre randomised controlled trial, the first using MOM, in preterm infants with GMH-IVH. Preterm infants with any grade GMH-IVH will be randomly assigned, at time of GMH-IVH detection, to receive standard care or standard care and intranasal fresh MOM. We hypothesise that intranasal MOM will reduce incidence of PHVD, measured with routine serial cranial ultrasound by clinicians blind to treatment allocation. Secondary outcomes will include additional measures of brain injury on cranial ultrasound, intervention for PHVD, preterm morbidities, and neurodevelopmental assessment at 3 and 12 months.
Projects available for: Honours; HDR
Location: The Robinson Research Institute, Norwich Building; Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre
Research project start: Semester 1 and 2
Special requirements: Police Clearance, Working With Children
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2025 - ongoing Professor University of Adelaide 2023 - ongoing Deputy Director The Robinson Research Institute 2009 - ongoing Medical Unit Head Women's and Children's Hospital -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2024 Royal College of Physicians United Kingdom FRCP (London) 2004 - 2008 The University of Newcastle Australia PhD 2002 - 2003 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom BSc (Honours) Physiology 2002 - 2002 University of Exeter United Kingdom Postgraduate Certificate (Medical Education) 2000 - 1996 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom MBChB -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2011 FRACP Royal Australasian College of Physicians Australia 2008 CCST Postgraduate Medical Education Board UK United Kingdom 2001 MRCP (UK) Royal College of Physcians (Edinburgh) United Kingdom -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2019 Stark, M., Kirpalani, H., & Andersen, C. (2019). Anemia. In R. Polin, & M. Yoder (Eds.), Workbook in Practical Neonatology (Sixth ed., pp. 110-128). Philadelphia: Elsevier. 2018 Stark, M., Keir, A., Hodyl, N., & Andersen, C. (2018). Hematologic Abnormalities. In M. Kline, S. Blaney, A. Giardino, J. Orange, D. Penny, G. Schutze, . . . C. Rudolph (Eds.), Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23rd Edition (23 ed.). McGraw Hill Professional. 2018 Wright, I. M. R., Stark, M. J., & Dyson, R. M. (2018). Assessment of the microcirculation in the neonate. In I. Seri, M. Klukow, & R. A. Polin (Eds.), Hemodynamics and Cardiology: Neonatology Questions and Controversies (3rd ed., pp. 327-340). Elsevier.
DOI Scopus12017 Stark, M., & Belci, D. (2017). Vaginal total hysterectomy in benign indications: Hysterectomy techniques in the normal-sized uterus. In I. Alkatout, & L. Mettler (Eds.), Hysterectomy: A Comprehensive Surgical Approach (pp. 1411-1420). Springer International Publishing.
DOI2012 Wright, I. M. R., Stark, M. J., & Clifton, V. L. (2012). Assessment of the Microcirculation in the Neonate. In Hemodynamics and Cardiology: Neonatology Questions and Controversies Expert Consult - Online and Print (pp. 215-234).
DOI2012 Wright, I., Stark, M., & Clifton, V. (2012). Assessment of the microcirculation in the neonate. In C. Kleinman, & I. Seri (Eds.), Hemodynamics and Cardiology: Neonatology Questions and Controversies (2 ed., pp. 215-234). United States: Elsevier.
DOI Scopus12012 Clifton, V., Smith, B., Roy, A., Osei-Kumah, A., Hodyl, N., Stark, M., . . . Saif, Z. (2012). Asthma during pregnancy. In R. Polosa, G. Papale, & S. Holgate (Eds.), Advances in Asthma Management (1 ed., pp. 105-113). United Kingdom: Future Medicine.
DOI2000 Myles, G. D., & Hammond, P. J. (2000). Introduction. In G. D. Myles, & P. J. Hammond (Eds.), Incentives, Organization and Public Economics: papers in honor of James Mirrlees (pp. 3-14). Routledge.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2024 Halder, S., Bewong, M., Mahboubi, A., Jiang, Y., Islam, M. R., Islam, M. Z., . . . Ali Babar, M. (2024). Malicious Package Detection using Metadata Information. In WWW 2024 - Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference (pp. 1779-1789). Online: ACM.
DOI Scopus42024 Kalra, A., Stoppi, G., Marin, D., Taamazyan, V., Shandilya, A., Agarwal, R., . . . Stark, M. (2024). Towards Co-Evaluation of Cameras, HDR, and Algorithms for Industrial-Grade 6DoF Pose Estimation. In 2024 IEEE/CVF CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER VISION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION (CVPR) (pp. 22691-22701). WA, Seattle: IEEE COMPUTER SOC.
DOI2023 Roff, A. J., Robinson, J. L., Hammond, S. J., Davies, A., Clifton, V. L., Wallace, M. J., . . . Donnelley, M. (2023). X-ray Velocimetry Detects Changes in Local Airflow in a Sheep Model of Asthma During Pregnancy. In REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES Vol. 30 (pp. 61A-62A). Brisbane, AUSTRALIA: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG. 2018 Aboustate, N., clifton, V., stark, M., & hodyl, N. (2018). Maternal cigarette smoking in pregnancy alters expression of microRNAs (miRs) that regulate inflammatory processes in cord blood. In Inflammation in Reproduction, Pregnancy and Development. cairns, australia. 2016 Stark, M. J., Martinello, K., Crawford, T., Andersen, C. C., & Hodyl, N. A. (2016). Interleukin-6 <i>Trans</i>-Signaling and the Pathogenesis of Broncho-Pulmonary Dysplasia. In REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES Vol. 23 (pp. 274A). Montreal, CANADA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. 2016 Hodyl, N. A., Stark, M. J., Nenke, M. A., Lewis, J. G., & Torpy, D. J. (2016). Displacement of Cortisol from Corticosteroid-Binding Globulin by High Fetal Progesterone May Drive Free Fetal Cortisol.. In REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES Vol. 23 (pp. 310A). Montreal, CANADA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. 2015 Aboustate, N., Clifton, V. L., Stark, M. J., & Hodyl, N. A. (2015). Differential expression of microRNAs that regulate TLR pathways in cord blood and placentae from preterm deliveries. In Placenta Vol. 36. Brisbane: Elsevier. 2013 Altobelli, E., Gidaro, S., Bove, A. M., Falavolti, C., Ruiz, E., Stark, M., & Buscarini, M. (2013). TELELAP ALF-X: A NOVEL TELESURGICAL SYSTEM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. In JOURNAL OF UROLOGY Vol. 189 (pp. E575-E576). CA, San Diego: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
DOI2013 Altobelli, E., Stefano, G., Falavolti, C., Bove, A. M., Ruiz, E. M., Stark, M., . . . Buscarini, M. (2013). VESICO-URETHRAL ANASTOMOSIS USING A NOVEL TELESURGICAL SYSTEM WITH HAPTIC SENSATION: THE TELELAP ALF-X. A PILOT STUDY. In JOURNAL OF UROLOGY Vol. 189 (pp. E578). CA, San Diego: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
DOI2011 Stark, M., Clifton, V., & Hodyl, N. (2011). PLACENTAL INTERFERON-γ PRODUCTION CONTRIBUTES TO THE ANTIOXIDANT ACTIONS OF N3-LCPUFAS. In PLACENTA Vol. 32 (pp. A50). Geilo, NORWAY: W B SAUNDERS CO LTD. 2011 Hodyl, N., Clifton, V., & Stark, M. (2011). SEX-SPECIFIC REGULATION OF GLUCOCORTICOID EXPOSURE IN HUMAN PRETERM PREGNANCIES BY P-GLYCOPROTEIN. In PLACENTA Vol. 32 (pp. A68). Geilo, NORWAY: W B SAUNDERS CO LTD. 2010 Hody, N. A., Stark, M. J., Osei-Kumah, A., Nath, P., & Clifton, V. L. (2010). INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST IN CORD BLOOD FROM PRETERM NEONATES. In PLACENTA Vol. 31 (pp. A108). Santiago, CHILE: W B SAUNDERS CO LTD. 2010 Osei-Kumah, A., Krumbiegel, D., Nicholson, I., Grose, R., Hodyl, N. A., Stark, M. J., . . . Clifton, V. (2010). Monocyte and T cell characterisation in pregnancies complicated by asthma. In JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY Vol. 86 (pp. 44-45). Palm Grove, AUSTRALIA: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD.
DOI2010 Stark, M. J., Hodyl, N. A., Osei-Kumah, A., & Clifton, V. (2010). Differential cytokine profiles in arterial and venous cord blood in preterm infants. In JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY Vol. 86 (pp. 58). Palm Grove, AUSTRALIA: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD.
DOI2010 Hodyl, N. A., Stark, M. J., Osei-Kumah, A., & Clifton, V. L. (2010). Interleukin-1 signalling in cord blood from preterm neonates. In JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY Vol. 86 (pp. 57-58). Palm Grove, AUSTRALIA: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD.
DOI2007 Clifton, V., Mayhew, T., Wright, I., Stark, M., & Giles, W. (2007). The effects of pre-eclampsia, asthma and fetal sex on maternal, fetal and neonatal characteristics. In Placenta Vol. 28 (pp. A64). Kingston, Ontario, Canada: Elsevier. 2007 Stark, M. J., Hodyl, N. A., Wright, I. M. R., & Ctifton, V. L. (2007). Determinants of fetal growth following assisted conception: effects of early onset pre-eclampsia. In EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 83 (pp. S76). ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD.
DOI2006 Wright, I. M. R., Clifton, V. L., & Stark, M. J. (2006). Characterisation of microvascular function in very preterm infants in the first week of life. In JOURNAL OF VASCULAR RESEARCH Vol. 43 (pp. 89). Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS: KARGER. 2006 Stark, M. J., Wright, I. M. R., & Clifton, V. L. (2006). Maternal microvascular response to corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH) is altered by gestation, fetal gender and pre-eclampsia. In JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR GYNECOLOGIC INVESTIGATION Vol. 13 (pp. 131A-132A). Toronto, CANADA: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. 2003 Stark, M. J., Ferguson, S., & Madar, J. (2003). The impact of a paediatric early warning system (PEW) on the care of the critically ill child. In INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE Vol. 29 (pp. S157). NETHERLANDS, AMSTERDAM: SPRINGER. 2001 Singer, A. J., & Stark, M. J. (2001). LET versus EMLA for pretreating lacerations: A randomized trial. In ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE Vol. 8 (pp. 223-230). CA, SAN FRANCISCO: WILEY.
DOI2000 Singer, A. J., & Stark, M. J. (2000). Pretreatment of lacerations with lidocaine, epinephrine, and tetracaine at triage: A randomized double-blind trial. In ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE Vol. 7 (pp. 751-756). MA, BOSTON: WILEY.
DOI2000 Stark, M. J., & Rio, M. (2000). Baby steps can lead to giant leaps in the way your organization approaches usability. In RENAISSANCE COMMUNICATORS: A VISION OF OUR FUTURE, PROCEEDINGS (pp. 305-310). FL, ORLANDO: SOC TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION. 1999 Jahoda, K., Stark, M. J., Strohmayer, T. E., Zhang, W., Morgan, E. H., & Fox, D. (1999). Peak luminosities of bursts from GRO J1744-28 measured with the RXTE PCA; Italia: wij post 17 two 4s - a one man marching band - got darn bright.. In NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS Vol. 69 (pp. 210-215). ITALY, ROME: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV.
DOI1998 Jahoda, K., Stark, M. J., Strohmayer, T. E., Zhang, W., Morgan, E. H., & Fox, D. (1998). Peak luminosities of bursts from GROJ1744-28 measured with the RXTE PCA; Italia: wij post 17 two 4s - a one man marching band - got darn bright. In L. Scarsi, H. Bradt, P. Giommi, & F. Fiore (Eds.), ACTIVE X-RAY SKY (pp. 210-215). ITALY, ROME: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 1998 Stark, M. J., Ahearn, A. M., Duva, L. J., & Jahoda, K. (1998). The pulsar in GRO J1744-28 at low flux. In S. S. Holt, & T. R. Kallman (Eds.), ACCRETION PROCESSES IN ASTROPHYSICAL SYSTEMS: SOME LIKE IT HOT! (pp. 401-404). MD, COLLEGE PK: AMER INST PHYSICS. 1997 Singer, A. J., Homan, C. S., Stark, M. J., Werblud, M. C., Thode, H. C., & Hollander, J. E. (1997). Comparison of types of research articles published in emergency medicine and non-emergency medicine journals. In ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE Vol. 4 (pp. 1153-1158). DC, WASHINGTON: HANLEY & BELFUS INC.
DOI1997 Strohmayer, T. E., Jahoda, K., Swank, J. H., & Stark, M. J. (1997). Determination of peak fluxes and α for bursts from GRO J1744-28. In C. D. Dermer, M. S. Strickman, & J. D. Kurfess (Eds.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH COMPTON SYMPOSIUM, PTS 1 AND 2 (pp. 692-696). VA, WILLIAMSBURG: AMER INST PHYSICS. 1997 Stark, M. J. (1997). Weathering transition: New kid on the block. In SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION 44TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 1997 PROCEEDINGS (pp. 174). CANADA, TORONTO: SOC TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION. 1996 Jahoda, K., Swank, J. H., Giles, A. B., Stark, M. J., Strohmayer, T., Zhang, W., & Morgan, E. K. (1996). In orbit performance and calibration of the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) Proportional Counter Array (PCA). In O. H. W. Siegmund, & M. A. Gummin (Eds.), EUV, X-RAY, AND GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY VII Vol. 2808 (pp. 59-70). CO, DENVER: SPIE - INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
DOI1995 Allen, G. E., Berley, D., Biller, S., Burman, R. L., CavalliSforza, M., Chang, C. Y., . . . Yodh, G. B. (1995). A study of large-zenith-angle air showers with the CYGNUS experiment. In 24TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 1 (pp. 321-324). ITALY, ROME: ARGALIA EDITORE DELLE ARTI GRAFICHE EDITORIALI SRL. 1995 Allen, G. E., Berley, D., Biller, S., Burman, R. L., CavalliSforza, M., Chang, C. Y., . . . Yodh, G. B. (1995). Search for UHE emission from supernova remnants. In 24TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 2 (pp. 443-446). ITALY, ROME: ARGALIA EDITORE DELLE ARTI GRAFICHE EDITORIALI SRL. 1995 Allen, G. E., Berley, D., Biller, S., Burman, R. L., CavalliSforza, M., Chang, C. Y., . . . Yodh, G. B. (1995). Source searches using the CYGNUS water-Cerenkov array. In 24TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 2 (pp. 401-404). ITALY, ROME: ARGALIA EDITORE DELLE ARTI GRAFICHE EDITORIALI SRL. 1994 SCHNEE, R., ALEXANDREAS, D. E., ALLEN, G. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., . . . ZHANG, W. (1994). SEARCH FOR ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY RADIATION FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS. In G. J. Fishman, J. J. Brainerd, & K. Hurley (Eds.), GAMMA-RAY BURSTS - SECOND WORKSHOP (pp. 481-485). AL, HUNTSVILLE: AIP PRESS. 1993 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., ALLEN, G. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., CAVALLISFORZA, M., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1993). SEARCH FOR EMISSION OF ULTRA HIGH ENERGY RADIATION FROM ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI. In 23RD INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 1 (pp. 416-419). CANADA, CALGARY: UNIV CALGARY PR. 1993 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., ALLEN, G. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., CAVALLISFORZA, M., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1993). SEARCH FOR UHE EMISSION FROM CYGNUS X-3. In 23RD INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 1 (pp. 373-375). CANADA, CALGARY: UNIV CALGARY PR. 1993 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., ALLEN, G. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., CAVALLISFORZA, M., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1993). A NEW LIMIT ON THE RATE - DENSITY OF EVAPORATING BLACK HOLES. In 23RD INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 1 (pp. 428-431). CANADA, CALGARY: UNIV CALGARY PR. 1993 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., ALLEN, G. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., CAVALLISFORZA, M., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1993). SEARCH FOR ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY EMISSION FROM GEMINGA AND 5 UNIDENTIFIED EGRET SOURCES. In 23RD INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 1 (pp. 312-315). CANADA, CALGARY: UNIV CALGARY PR. 1993 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., ALLEN, G. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., CAVALLISFORZA, M., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1993). SEARCH FOR UHE POINT-SOURCE EMISSION OVER VARIOUS TIME SCALES. In 23RD INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 1 (pp. 326-329). CANADA, CALGARY: UNIV CALGARY PR. 1993 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., ALLEN, G. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., CAVALLISFORZA, M., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1993). SEARCH FOR CONTINUOUS AND SINGLE DAY EMISSION FROM ULTRA-HIGH-ENERGY SOURCES. In 23RD INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 1 (pp. 353-356). CANADA, CALGARY: UNIV CALGARY PR. 1993 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., ALLEN, G. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., CAVALLISFORZA, M., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1993). RESULTS FROM A WATER-CERENKOV ARRAY. In 23RD INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 1 (pp. 243-246). CANADA, CALGARY: UNIV CALGARY PR. 1993 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., ALLEN, G. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., CAVALLISFORZA, M., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1993). SEARCH FOR ULTRA-HIGH-ENERGY RADIATION FROM gamma-RAY BURSTS. In 23RD INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 1 (pp. 65-68). CANADA, CALGARY: UNIV CALGARY PR. 1993 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., ALLEN, G. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., CAVALLISFORZA, M., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1993). ANGULAR RESOLUTION STUDIES OF THE CYGNUS ARRAY USING THE SHADOWS OF THE SUN AND MOON. In 23RD INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 1 (pp. 223-226). CANADA, CALGARY: UNIV CALGARY PR. 1992 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., CADY, D. R., CHANG, C. Y., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1992). SEARCH FOR EMISSION OF ULTRA HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAYS FROM POINT SOURCES WITH THE CYGNUS EXPERIMENT. In D. AXEN, D. BRYMAN, & M. COMYN (Eds.), VANCOUVER MEETING : PARTICLES & FIELDS 91, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp. 909-912). CANADA, UNIV BRIT COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD. 1991 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., CADY, D. R., CAVALLISFORZA, M., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1991). STUDIES ON IMPROVING THE ANGULAR RESOLUTION OF THE CYGNUS ARRAY. In 22ND INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-5 (pp. B676-B679). IRELAND, DUBLIN: DUBLIN INST ADVANCED STUDIES. 1991 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S., BURMAN, R. L., CADY, D. R., CHANG, C. Y., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1991). SEARCH FOR UHE COSMIC-RAYS FROM THE CRAB-NEBULA PULSAR. In 22ND INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-5 (pp. A216-A219). IRELAND, DUBLIN: DUBLIN INST ADVANCED STUDIES. 1991 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., ALLEN, R. C., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S. D., BURMAN, R. L., CADY, D. R., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1991). SEARCH FOR UHE EMISSION FROM 4U0115+63. In J. MATTHEWS (Ed.), HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY Vol. 220 (pp. 167-171). MI, ANN ARBOR: AIP PRESS. 1991 ALEXANDREAS, D. E., BERLEY, D., BILLER, S. D., BURMAN, R. L., CADY, D. R., CHANG, C. Y., . . . ZHANG, W. P. (1991). THE SHOWERFRONT TIME-STRUCTURE OF ANOMALOUS MUON EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH HERCULES-X-1. In J. MATTHEWS (Ed.), HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY Vol. 220 (pp. 154-156). MI, ANN ARBOR: AIP PRESS. -
Conference Items
2026- 2030 |
NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies | GNT2043361 | AI | BabyCCINO: An adaptive platform trial of caffeine dosing to improve outcomes for very preterm infants | $3,014,066 |
2025-2028 | NHMRC Ideas Grant | GNT2038332 | CIC | A new paradigm to mature the preterm lung without damaging the brain | $2,308,299 |
2025-2026 | Channel 7 Research Foundation | CIC | Turning of the danger signal: reducing ventilator induced lung injury in preterm infants | $99,973 | |
2024-2025 | Channel 7 Research Foundation | CIC | A novel prophylactic for the prevention of ventilator induced lung injury in preterm infants | $99,987 | |
2025-2028 | Women’s and Children’s Research Foundation BLOOM Grant | AI | Overcoming barriers to clinical practice: meeting the omega-3 fat DHA requirements of infants born very preterm with personalised feeding protocols | $1.226.330 | |
2024-2028 | NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies | GNT2032384 | AI | PROMOAT: An adaptive platform trial of antibiotic therapy to improve outcomes from preterm prelabour rupture of membranes | $4,388,940 |
2024-2026 | NHMRC Ideas Grant | GNT2027979 | CIB | Early transfusion to support blood volume in preterm piglets | $1,032,160 |
2022-2027 | MRFF Clinician Researchers: Applied Research in Health |
MRFAR000054 |
CIJ |
Transforming Clinical Research to Improve Outcomes for Preterm Infants
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$2,700,000 |
2021-2026 | NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies | GNT2001391 | AI | Cognitive improvement through early restoration of circadian rhythms in very preterm infants via environmental modification: The CIRCA DIEM Study | $3,077,039 |
2020-2021– | Channel 7 Research Foundation Project Grant | CIC |
Protecting babies of asthmatic women from lung disease
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$100,000 | |
2020-2026 | NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies | GNT1183561 | CIA | The effect of transfusion with washed versus unwashed red blood cells to modify neonatal morbidity and mortality: A randomised controlled trial | $2,070,000 |
Professor Stark is actively involved in the neonatal undergraduate teaching programmes (Year 5) for the University of Adelaide and provides course content and teaching to the Reproductive Health (Year 3) and Advanced Health Sciences (year 3) undergraduate science courses. He has supervised 11 advanced trainees in neonatal medicine who now hold Staff Specialist positions in Tertiary Neonatal Medicine Centres throughout Australia and internationally. Professor Stark currently leads a multi-disciplinary team focusing on pre-clinical and perinatal clinical trials (basic scientists, allied health practitioners, trials co-ordinators and medical practitioners). He has successful supervised 5 PhD, 1 MPhil and 5 honours students to completion. He currently supervises 3 PhD students (Principal) and 1 MPhil student.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2025 Principal Supervisor Oxygen Physiology in Preterm Infants Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Chad Andersen 2024 Principal Supervisor The effect of allogenic red blood cell transfusion on oxygen physiology in the preterm newborn Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Danielle Nicole Bailey 2023 Principal Supervisor Neonatal Encephalopathy and Early Onset Sepsis Master of Philosophy (Medical Science) Master Part Time Dr Kristina Kaye Sibbin 2022 Principal Supervisor Evaluating overnight oximetry and cerebral oxygenation in term or near-term infants with unexplained oxygen requirements. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Amelia Namrata Noone -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2023 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Evaluating the use and effects of domperidone in the treatment of lactation insufficiency Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Grace McKenzie Holland 2021 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Evaluating the Impact of Maternal Asthma on Neonatal and Childhood Lung Function and Its Underlying Mechanisms Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Joshua Luke Robinson 2018 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Neuroprotection in Neonatal Encephalopathy: Extending our Understanding Beyond Cooling in the NICU Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Kathryn Anne Martinello 2018 - 2021 Co-Supervisor HMGB1- An Immunotherapeutic Target for the Treatment of Neonatal Sepsis and Associated Neuroinflammation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Nerissa Lakhan 2016 - 2019 Co-Supervisor GBS STUDY: Assessing Disease Burden and Risk Factors for Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infection to Inform the Best Strategies to Prevent Life Threatening Infections in Newborns Master of Philosophy (Clinical Science) Master Full Time Dr Marianne Yanni
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Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2022 - ongoing Associate Editor Childhood: a global journal of child research The Robinson Research Institute Australia 2022 - ongoing Associate Editor Frontiers in Pediatrics The Robinson Research Institute Australia 2016 - ongoing Associate Editor Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health - Australia 2013 - ongoing Associate Editor Placenta - -
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