Rate My Professor Catherine Chojenta

Chojenta's research examines women's health and wellbeing across the life course, emphasizing the epidemiology of perinatal mental health. She applies mixed methods, quantitative analysis, qualitative approaches, and data linkage to identify risk factors for poor health and protective factors for wellbeing. As Co-director of HMRI’s Women’s Health Research Program and Co-lead of the Worldwide Wellness of Mothers and Babies research program, she contributed to the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health from 2001 to 2013, authoring reports and peer-reviewed articles that informed the National Women’s Health Policy 2010. She has produced over 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and 26 conference outputs, including 'The impact of antenatal care on neonatal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis' (PLoS ONE, 2019), 'Factors affecting utilization of antenatal care in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis' (PLoS ONE, 2019), 'Perinatal relapse or recurrence rates in women reporting preconception anxiety and/or depression: a longitudinal study using linked data' (Archives of Women's Mental Health, 2025), and 'Interventions to Prevent Relapse or Recurrence of Preconception Anxiety and/or Depression in Perinatal Women: A Systematic Review' (Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2025). She has presented at Marcé Society International Conferences in Melbourne (2016), Paris (2012), Pittsburgh (2010), and Sydney (2008), among others, and reviews manuscripts for journals such as the British Medical Journal, Medical Journal of Australia, and PLoS One. She received the HMRI Postnatal Depression Travel Award in 2012.