Liz Newnham
Associate Professor (Teaching and Research)
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Elizabeth (Liz) Newnham is Associate Professor of Midwifery at Flinders University and a Fellow of the Australian College of Midwives. Over a 25-year career spanning clinical midwifery, academic leadership, research collaboration and theory development, she is internationally recognised for her work on humanising birth and advancing social justice in maternity care.
Academic leadership includes curriculum development, postgraduate supervision, and contributions to national and international committees shaping midwifery education, ethics and policy. Dr. Newnham’s work is grounded in a commitment to equity, relational care and transformational reimagining of maternity systems.
Links to interviews and media
- Interview with Irish times https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/the-paradox-of-safer-childbirth-1.3535891
- Interview with Care Ethics Research Consortium https://care-ethics.com/2019/06/27/liz-newnham/
Podcast Interviews
- The Great Birth Rebellion https://www.melaniethemidwife.com/podcasts/the-great-birth-rebellion/episodes/2148112368
- Through the Pinard https://thruthepinardpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
- The Gender Card https://soundcloud.com/user-236146801/gender-card-international-midwifery-day
- Making a Midwife https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/making-a-midwife/id1525329826
- Contractions https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/contraction-i-power-knowledge/id1540560832?i=1000499061932
- Career sessions http://careersessions.com/doctorates/the-dr-elizabeth-newnham-session/
PhD, University of South Australia
BA (Politics) (Hons)
B.Mid
B.Nsg
2023 Australian College of Midwives Fellow
2022 Early Career Researcher Award, Newcastle University
Midwifery lead
Australian College of Midwives, member
Humanising Birth Research Network, convenor
Australian Midwifery Maternity Alliance, member
South Australian Abortion Action Coalition, member
Care Ethics Research Consortium, member
Global Birth Environment Design network, member
- Midwifery
- Childbirth
- Health management, policy and ethics
- Midwifery
PhD Supervision
I am an experienced HDR supervisor and happy to chat about possible projects within my areas of expertise.
current
Respectful maternity care in India. University of Newcastle, co-supervisor
The lived experiences of fathers’ traumatic labour and birth. University of Newcastle, co-supervisor.
Reducing interventions during birth – not just a numbers game. How can childbirth education improve birth outcomes and experiences? University of Notre Dame, co-supervisor.
Completed
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and pregnancy and childbirth: An Interpretive phenomenological approach. University of Newcastle, primary supervisor. Submitted 2024.
Women's knowledge and awareness of the risk of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the postpartum period in Al-Jouf City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. University of Newcastle, co-supervisor. Awarded 2024.
Understanding the pedagogy of Continuity of Care Experiences within pre-registration midwifery education: A critical feminist approach. University of Newcastle, co-supervisor. Awarded 2023.
Women’s experiences of maternity care from an ethical perspective: a participatory social justice project: exploring the care ethics paradigm for ethical midwifery care. Edith Cowan University, adjunct supervisor. Awarded 2023.
Determining respectful maternity care in Nepal: a mixed-methods study. Griffith University, co-supervisor. Awarded 2022.
Women’s lived experiences of access to alternative birth options in contemporary Ireland. Trinity College Dublin, adjunct supervisor. Awarded 2022.
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