This $295,212 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will support research to develop safe, non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for early detection and prediction of fetal growth restriction during pregnancy.
The primary objectives are to: 1) use MRI to measure placental function and fetal oxygenation in early gestation and determine if these metrics can predict fetal growth several weeks later, and 2) correlate the MRI data with molecular markers of placental growth and function. The research will be conducted by the University of South Australia over the award period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026. This work aims to enable earlier diagnosis of placental dysfunction leading to poor fetal growth, which could improve outcomes for these high-risk pregnancies.
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