Rate My Professor Jane Pillow

Internationally acknowledged as an expert in neonatal respiratory physiology and mechanical ventilation, Professor Pillow's research focuses on improving cardiorespiratory outcomes for preterm infants through lung protective strategies, non-invasive surfactant delivery, immunomodulation, circadian rhythm development, and interventions targeting inflammation and infection. She has secured over $35 million AUD in competitive research funding, including multiple NHMRC project and ideas grants (seven as Chief Investigator A), an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence as CIA and Co-Director, NHMRC Development Grant, NIH grants, and Wellcome Trust funding. Key publications include 'Lung function trajectories throughout childhood in survivors of very preterm birth: a longitudinal cohort study' (The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2018), 'Nebulised surfactant to reduce severity of respiratory distress: A blinded, parallel, randomised controlled trial' (Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 2019), and 'Physiology and predictors of impaired gas exchange in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia' (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019). She has received numerous awards, including the Sylvia and Charles Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowship (2007), NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (2015), UWA Vice Chancellor’s mid-career research prize (2015), School of Human Sciences Award for Research Impact and Innovation (2023), and the Richard D. Rowe Clinical Research Award (2013). Professor Pillow contributes as an NHMRC grant reviewer since 1999, chaired the ANZNN Working Group on Chronic Lung Disease and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, and delivers public lectures such as 'Mandatory Minute Ventilation in Neonates' (2021).