Acupressure for Labour Support in Humanised Birth

Dr Kate Levett is a researcher, educator and practitioner of Chinese Medicine specialising in maternal health research and epidemiology. She is a Senior Research Fellow, at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney School of Medicine, and an Honorary Fellow at the Collaboration for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, at the University of Technology Sydney, and the Cluster for the Science of Physiological Birth at the University of British Columbia. She has received a Ministerial appointment to the Board of the Chinese Medicine Council of NSW, and has over 20 years’ experience in clinical trials, public health research, education and a clinical acupuncture practice.

She is involved with international collaborative research networks in maternal health, complementary therapies, and obstetrical acupuncture with a focus on promoting physiological birth practices. As an executive board member of the Obstetrical Acupuncture Association (OBAA) Canada, and Maternal Infant Health Canada (MIHCan), she collaborates in the delivery of international programs for humanised birth care using Traditional Chinese Medicine skills.