HOW BIRTH EXPERIENCES SHAPE MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH AND CHILD WELLBEING

Professor Hannah Dahlen AM is one of Australia's most distinguished midwives and researchers, with over 35 years of clinical and academic experience. A Professor of Midwifery and Research Director at Western Sydney University, Hannah is widely recognised as a leading force in promoting midwife-led care, women's rights in childbirth, and evidence-based maternity practice.

With over 300 published research papers and a global reputation for translating science into practice, Hannah brings exactly the kind of rigorous, clinically grounded expertise that Beyond Fertility Frontiers was built to champion. She is the co-founder of the Australian Birth Experience Study (BESt), a past National President of the Australian College of Midwives, and was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 2019 for her services to midwifery and health education.

Hannah keeps women and families at the centre of everything she does.