Not all scientists begin their careers imagining themselves in the research field. At the Royal Women’s Hospital, many of our most impactful researchers started somewhere else entirely… on the ward, in clinics, listening to patients describe symptoms that didn’t yet have answers.

A million-dollar global research project co-led by Australia and the UK is taking a key step towards closing the gender gap in heart disease.

The Royal Women’s Hospital has seen its first virtual hospital patient. This is a key step in Victoria’s new Virtual Hospital pilot. It aims to change how specialist healthcare is provided across the state.

Women in regional Victoria will soon have better access to medical abortion and contraception services, thanks to a generous gift.

Australia’s leading neonatal conference returned to Melbourne last week, proudly hosted by the Royal Women’s Hospital. This year, Cool Topics shifted the spotlight from technology to humanity.

We are proud to announce that the Women’s Public Fertility Care service has been awarded the Partnering in Healthcare Award at the 2025 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards.

New programs show how healthcare can lead the fight against family violence across Australia starting now.

A fertility trial at the Women’s is giving some IVF patients another chance at pregnancy if their eggs fail to fertilise. This outcome usually ends a cycle before it has begun.

Over 30 Staff scholarships were awarded at the annual scholarship program celebration at the Women’s in October.

The Royal Women’s Hospital welcomes the release of the report from the Victorian Inquiry into Women’s Pain and supports its 27 recommendations to improve how pain in women and girls is recognised, diagnosed and treated.