Alison S Care The Joint Annual Scientific Meetings of the Endocrine Society of Australia and the Society for Reproductive Biology 2017

Alison S Care

Dr Alison Care (PhD) is a reproductive immunologist and vascular biologist at the University of Adelaide, where she is a Future Making Fellow (2023–2026) and leads the Vascular Immunology of Pregnancy Laboratory at the Robinson Research Institute. Alison also plays a leadership role within the Robinson Research Institute, where she has served on the Executive Committee and currently co-leads the Foundation Science Stream: Physiology of Pregnancy. Her research investigates interactions between the maternal immune and vascular systems in pregnancy, aiming to uncover causal mechanisms that drive complications such as preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction, and to identify strategies to improve maternal health and long-term offspring outcomes. She has published in leading journals including JCI Insight, Hypertension, PNAS, American Journal of Pathology, and AJP – Heart and Circulatory Physiology, with her work cited over 3,400 times. Supported by funding from the NHMRC, ARC, and Heart Foundation, Alison leads cross-disciplinary collaborations that integrate animal models, human tissues, and advanced imaging technologies to drive discovery and translation.