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DR SONIA GROVER



Contact Details

Organization: Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Clinical aspects of womens health - including health concerns specific to girls and young women; Vit D in pregnancy and at risk populations Women's health, gynaecology, pregnancy Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 01-Jan-1990
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Hons) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1981
Doctor of Medicine Institution not known

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Murdoch Children's Research Institute Sex Study Group 01-Jan-2000
Member Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne Centre for Early Sexual Development 01-Jan-2000
Member Victorian Cytology Service Board Member 01-Jan-1994 31-Dec-1999
Member Centre for Adolescent Health Advisory Committee 01-Jan-1995 31-Dec-2000
Member Minister of Health, Victorian State Government Womens Health and Well Being Advisory Committee 01-Jan-2001 31-Dec-2002
Member Surgical Consultative Committee, Victoria 1 jan 2001 31-Dec-2004

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRANZCOG)

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship The University of Melbourne Felix Meyer scholarship 01-Jan-1989
Other (Award) Australian Menopause Society annual meeting Jean Hailes Memorial award for significant contribution to the field of menopause 01-Jan-1991
Scholarship Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne Travelling scholarship 01-Jan-2001

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
The incidence of bleeding disorders in women with endometriosis. Chief Investigator AUSTRALIAN GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOSCOPY SOCIETY AGES Research Grant

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Non-chromosomal, non iatrogenic, premature ovarian failure in an adolescent population: a case series


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 3-8
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  • Current concepts in bone and reproductive health in adolescents with anorexia nervosa
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BJOG
    Volume: 115
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 304-15
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  • Obstructed gynaecological systems in the patient with cloacal spectrum anomalies
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 78
    Issue: Supp 1
    Page numbers: A86
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  • Results from a referral centre justify early intervention in disorders of sex development (DSD)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Pediatric Surgery
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-1
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  • Surgical planning in patients with cloacal anomalies and obstructed gynecological systems: the scrambled renal-genital system association and radiological clues
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 89-90
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Paediatric and adolescent gynaecology
    Year: 2007
    Book: Practical Paediatrics
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Philadelphia)
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Journal Articles

  • Bleeding disorders and heavy menses in adolescents
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 415-419
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  • Torsion causing interuption of the ampullary portion of the fallopian tube
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Fertility and Sterility
    Volume: 88
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 13-14
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Pelvic pain in the female adolescent patient
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 850-853
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  • Regulation of the stimulant actions of neurokinin A and human hemokinin-1 on the human uterus: a comparison with histamine
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Biology of Reproduction
    Volume: 75
    Page numbers: 334-341
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • A long-term outcome study of intersex conditions.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 555-567
    Publisher: Freund Publishing House
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  • A randomised trial of surgical, medical and expectant management of first trimester spontaneous miscarriage.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 122-127
    Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology(East Melbourne)
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  • Bleeding disorders in teenagers presenting with menorrhagia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 439-443
    Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology(East Melbourne)
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  • Cosmetic and anatomic outcomes after feminizing surgery for ambiguous genitalia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Pediatric Surgery
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 1856-1860
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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  • Hormonal therapies for individuals with intersex conditions
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Treatments in Endocrinology
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 19-29
    Publisher: Adis International(Bayauckland)
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  • The presentation and early diagnosis of the rudimentary uterine horn.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Volume: 105
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1456-1467
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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  • Uptake of HIV Screening on an Antenatal Clinic
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 365-367
    Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology(East Melbourne)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Gynaecologic conditions
    Year: 2003
    Book: Paediatric Handbook
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Carlton South)
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Journal Articles

  • Risk-taking behaviour of young women in Australia: screening for health-risk behaviours.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 178
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 601-604
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Vaginal calculus as a late complication of bladder exstrophy
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 285-287
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(New York)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Retrospective ethical approval
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 175
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 286
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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