Caitlin Wyrwoll is a Professor in the School of Human Sciences at the University of Western Australia. She is currently holds a Stan Perron People Fellowship and is a research theme leader in the NHMRC Healthy Environments and Lives Network. Her research group focuses on the impact of environmental change on maternal and child health, with drinking water quality and heatwave exposure two key environmental factors of interest.
Caitlin studied at the University of Western Australia and was awarded her PhD on a project supervised by Professor Brendan Waddell and Dr Peter Mark. She then moved to Edinburgh, UK to work with Professor Megan Holmes and Professor Jonathan Seckl on the influence of stress hormones on fetal brain development. Upon her return to The University of Western Australia she started her own research group focusing on the early life origins of later health outcomes. Dr Wyrwoll’s group use a range of multidisciplinary and novel imaging approaches to understand how early life environment impacts on placental development and function. They also take a life course approach to track how environmental challenges in pregnancy impact on maternal health, fetal development and offspring adult health outcomes.