Professor Jonathan Morris

Professor
Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, Northern Clinical School
Kolling Institute of Medical Research

E25 - Royal North Shore Hospital
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

T:+61 2 9926 7013
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Publications

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

2009

  
  • Hadfield, R., Lain, S., Raynes-Greenow, C., Morris, J., Roberts, C. Is there an association between endometriosis and the risk of pre-eclampsia? A population based study. Human reproduction (Oxford, England). 2009; 24:2348-52. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Ford, J., Thompson, J., Morris, J. Population rates of haemorrhage and transfusions among obstetric patients in NSW: a short communication. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2009; 49:296-298. [Abstract]
  • Barrett, H., Morris, J., McElduff, A. Watchful waiting: a management protocol for maternal glycaemia in the peripartum period. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2009; 49:162-167. [Abstract]
  • Hadfield, R., Lain, S., Simpson, J., Ford, J., Raynes-Greenow, C., Morris, J., Roberts, C. Are babies getting bigger? An analysis of birthweight trends in New South Wales, 1990-2005. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2009; 190:312-315. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Bell, J., Ford, J., Morris, J. Monitoring the quality of maternity care: how well are labour and delivery events reported in population health data?. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2009; 23:144-152. [Abstract]
  • Hirst, J., Jeffery, H., Morris, J., Foster, K., Elliott, E. Application of evidence-based teaching in maternal and child health in remote Vietnam. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2009; 104:152-5. [Abstract]
  • Lain, S., Algert, C., Tasevski, V., Morris, J., Roberts, C. Record linkage to obtain birth outcomes for the evaluation of screening biomarkers in pregnancy: a feasibility study. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2009; 9:48. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Ford, J., Algert, C., Bell, J., Simpson, J., Morris, J. Trends in adverse maternal outcomes during childbirth: a population-based study of severe maternal morbidity. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2009; 9:7. [Abstract]

2008

  
  • Roberts, C., Lain, S., Morris, J. Variation in adherence to recommendations for management of the third stage of labor. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2008; 103:172-3. [Abstract]
  • Algert, C., Morris, J., Simpson, J., Ford, J., Roberts, C. Labor before a primary cesarean delivery: reduced risk of uterine rupture in a subsequent trial of labor for vaginal birth after cesarean. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2008; 112:1061-1066. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Algert, C., Ford, J., Morris, J. Reporting of routinely collected data by public and private hospitals. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2008; 48:521-522. [Abstract]
  • McElduff, A., Morris, J. Thyroid function tests and thyroid autoantibodies in an unselected population of women undergoing first trimester screening for aneuploidy. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2008; 48:478-480. [Abstract]
  • Lain, S., Roberts, C., Hadfield, R., Bell, J., Morris, J. How accurate is the reporting of obstetric haemorrhage in hospital discharge data? A validation study. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2008; 48:481-484. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Cameron, C., Bell, J., Algert, C., Morris, J. Measuring Maternal Morbidity in Routinely Collected Health Data: Development and Validation of a Maternal Morbidity Outcome Indicator. Medical Care. 2008; 46:786-794. [Abstract]
  • Algert, C., Bowen, J., Hadfield, R., Olive, E., Morris, J., Roberts, C. Birth at hospitals with co-located paediatric units for infants with correctable birth defects. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2008; 48:273-279. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Ford, J., Kelman, C., Morris, J. Monitoring severe maternal morbidity in Australia. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2008. p. 355-355. [Abstract]
  • Seeho, S., Park, J., Rowe, J., Morris, J., Gallery, E. Villous explant culture using early gestation tissue from ongoing pregnancies with known normal outcomes: the effect of oxygen on trophoblast outgrowth and migration. Human Reproduction. 2008; 23:1170-1179. [Abstract]
  • Hadfield, R., Lain, S., Cameron, C., Bell, J., Morris, J., Roberts, C. The prevalence of maternal medical conditions during pregnancy and a validation of their reporting in hospital discharge data. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2008; 48:78-82. [Abstract]
  • Rawlinson, W., Hall, B., Jones, C., Jeffery, H., Arbuckle, S., Graf, N., Howard, J., Morris, J. Viruses and other infections in stillbirth: what is the evidence and what should we be doing?. Pathology. 2008; 40:149-160. [Abstract]
  • Xie, L., Galettis, A., Morris, J., Jackson, C., Twigg, S., Gallery, E. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) expression is necessary for monocyte adhesion to the placental bed endothelium and is increased in type 1 diabetic human pregnancy. Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews. 2008; 24:294-300. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Bell, J., Ford, J., Hadfield, R., Algert, C., Morris, J. The accuracy of reporting of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in population health data. Hypertension in pregnancy : official journal of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. 2008; 27:285-297. [Abstract]

2007

  
  • Wang, Y., Tasevski, V., Wallace, E., Gallery, E., Morris, J. Reduced maternal serum concentrations of angiopoietin-2 in the first trimester precede intrauterine growth restriction associated with placental insufficiency. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. 2007; 114:1427-1431. [Abstract]
  • Ford, J., Roberts, C., Bell, J., Algert, C., Morris, J. Postpartum haemorrhage occurrence and recurrence: a population-based study. The Medical journal of Australia. 2007; 187:391-393. [Abstract]
  • Kwik, M., Seeho, S., Smith, C., McElduff, A., Morris, J. Outcomes of pregnancies affected by impaired glucose tolerance. Diabetes research and clinical practice. 2007; 77:263-268. [Abstract]
  • McCracken, S., Hadfield, K., Rahimi, Z., Gallery, E., Morris, J. NF-kappaB-regulated suppression of T-bet in T cells represses Th1 immune responses in pregnancy. European journal of immunology. 2007; 37:1386-1396. [Abstract]
  • Campbell, S., Park, J., Rowe, J., Seeho, S., Morris, J., Gallery, E. Chorionic Villus Sampling as a Source of Trophoblasts. Placenta. 2007; 28:1118-22. [Abstract]

2006

  
  • Kwik, M., Seeho, S., Smit, C., McElduff, A., Morris, J. Outcomes of pregnancies affected by impaired glucose tolerance. Hypertension in Pregnancy. 2006; 25:19-19. [Abstract]
  • Morris, J., Roberts, C., Crowther, C., Buchanan, S., Henderson-Smart, D., Salkeld, G. Protocol for the immediate delivery versus expectant care of women with preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes close to term (PPROMT) Trial [ISRCTN44485060]. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2006; 6:9. [Abstract]

2005

  
  • Olive, E., Roberts, C., Algert, C., Morris, J. Placenta praevia: maternal morbidity and place of birth. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2005; 45:499-504. [Abstract]
  • Shorten, A., Shorten, B., Keogh, J., West, S., Morris, J. Making choices for childbirth: a randomized controlled trial of a decision-aid for informed birth after cesarean. Birth (Berkeley, Calif.). 2005; 32:252-61. [Abstract]
  • Spasojevic, M., Smith, S., Morris, J., Gallery, E. Peripheral arterial pulse wave analysis in women with pre-eclampsia and gestational hypertension. BJOG: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. 2005; 112:1475-8. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Algert, C., Morris, J., Ford, J., Henderson-Smart, D. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: a population-based study. Medical Journal of Australia. 2005; 182:332-5. [Abstract]
  • Seeho, S., Burton, G., Leigh, D., Marshall, J., Persson, J., Morris, J. The role of preimplantation genetic diagnosis in the management of severe rhesus alloimmunization: first unaffected pregnancy: case report. Human reproduction (Oxford, England). 2005; 20:697-701. [Abstract]
  • Seeho, S., Le, N., Morris, J., Gallery, E. The influence of oxygen tension on gene regulation and cell behaviour in human late first trimester cytotrophoblasts in pregnancies whose outcome is known. Placenta. 2005; 26:A32-A32. [Abstract]

2004

  
  • Galettis, A., Campbell, S., Morris, J., Jackson, C., Twigg, S., Gallery, E. Monocyte adhesion to decidual endothelial cells is increased in pregnancies complicated by type 1 diabetes but not by gestational diabetes. Diabetes care. 2004; 27:2514-5. [Abstract]
  • Nutt, J., Willis, C., Morris, J., Gallery, E. Isolating pure populations of monocytes from the blood of pregnant women: comparison of flotation in iodixanol with elutriation. Journal of immunological methods. 2004; 293:215-8. [Abstract]
  • Buchanan, S., Crowther, C., Morris, J. Preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes: a survey of current practice. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2004; 44:400-3. [Abstract]
  • McCracken, S., Gallery, E., Morris, J. Pregnancy-specific down-regulation of NF-kappa B expression in T cells in humans is essential for the maintenance of the cytokine profile required for pregnancy success. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 2004; 172:4583-91. [Abstract]
  • Smith, S., Morris, J., Gallery, E. Methods of assessment of the arterial pulse wave in normal human pregnancy. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2004; 190:472-6. [Abstract]

2003

  
  • Kwik, M., Morris, J. Association between first trimester maternal serum pregnancy associated plasma protein-A and adverse pregnancy outcome. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2003; 43:438-442. [Abstract]
  • Johnson, L., McCracken, S., Morris, J., Woodland, N., Flower, R. Variation in the reliability of RHD antenatal genotyping using the polymerase chain reaction and targeting multiple exons of the RHD gene. Vox sanguinis. 2003. p. 222-223. [Abstract]
  • Willis, C., Morris, J., Danis, V., Gallery, E. Cytokine production by peripheral blood monocytes during the normal human ovulatory menstrual cycle. Human reproduction. 2003; 18:1173-1178. [Abstract]
  • Westerway, S., Keogh, J., Heard, R., Morris, J. Incidence of fetal macrosomia and birth complications in Chinese immigrant women. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2003; 43:46-49. [Abstract]
  • McCracken, S., Drury, C., Lee, H., Morris, J. Pregnancy is associated with suppression of the nuclear factor kappaB/IkappaB activation pathway in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Journal of reproductive immunology. 2003; 58:27-47. [Abstract]
  • Siva, S., Johnson, S., McCracken, S., Morris, J. Evaluation of the clinical usefulness of isolation of fetal DNA from the maternal circulation. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2003; 43:10-15. [Abstract]
  • Morris, J. Common presentations in early pregnancy: Infections in Pregnancy. In: Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women's Health. Australia: Cambridge University Press 2003. p. 312-318.
  • Johnson, L., McCracken, S., Morris, J., Woodland, N., Flower, R. Variation in the reliability of RHD antenatal genotyping using the polymerase chain reaction and targeting multiple exons of the RHD gene. Vox Sanguinis. 2003; 85:222-223.
  • Morris, J., Thompson, K., Smithey, J., Gaffney, G., Cooke, I., Chamberlain, P., Hope, P., Altman, D., MacKenzie, I. The usefulness of ultrasound assessment of amniotic fluid in predicting adverse outcome in prolonged pregnancy: a prospective blinded observational study. Bjog-An International Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology. 2003; 110:989-994.

Current national competitive grants*

2009

Is infection an acute trigger for preeclampsia? A case-crossover study.
Ford J, Roberts C, Herbert R, Morris J, Raynes-Greenow C, Algert C
NHMRC Project Grants ($199,500 over 3 years)

The role of oxygen sensing in regulation of trophoblast invasion
Morris J, Gallery E, Ashton A
NHMRC Project Grants ($388,350 over 3 years)

2008

Understanding immune tolerance in pregnancy to discover a new intervention for the treatment of pre-eclampsia
Morris J, Gallery E
NHMRC Project Grant ($472,350 over 3 years)

2006

Regionalised maternity care - is there room for improvement?
Roberts C, Simpson J, Nassar N, Taylor L, Morris J, Henderson-Smart D
NHMRC Project Grant ($453,250 over 4 years)

* Grants administered through the University of Sydney