Rate My Professor Saije Endacott

Dr Saije Endacott (née Morosin) is a Research Academic in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She also serves as a Research Associate in the Women’s Health Research Program at the Hunter Medical Research Institute. Endacott obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Newcastle in February 2021, as well as a Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Honours Class I) and a Bachelor of Biomedical Science from the same institution. Her professional experience includes serving as a Research Associate in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy since November 2020. She is deeply involved in the Gomeroi Gaaynggal Study, a longitudinal cohort study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies from pregnancy through early childhood. In this role, she has engaged in community outreach, presented Indigenous health research, reported to partner organisations, trained First Nations research staff, managed ethics applications and data sets, and currently co-leads the Breastfeeding Support arm. Endacott contributes to the Indigenous Student Engagement Committee in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, promoting diversity and equity in biomedical science research.

Her research specializations include the (pro)renin receptor, Indigenous health, placenta, pregnancy, and the renin-angiotensin system. Key publications feature "The soluble (pro)renin receptor promotes a preeclampsia-like phenotype both in vitro and in vivo" in Hypertension Research (2024), "Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 regulates the placental response to repeated hypoxia–reoxygenation insult" in the Journal of Physiology (2025), "Characterising the role of placental angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) during the onset of oxidative insult by hypoxia/reoxygenation: Implications for fetal growth restriction" in Placenta (2025), and "Breastfeeding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander infants from a small rural cohort in Australia" in the International Breastfeeding Journal (2025). She co-authored the book chapter "The role of angiotensins in the pathophysiology of human pregnancy" (2023) and "Indigenous student engagement in science: a case study addressing the lack of diversity and equity in biomedical science and pharmacy research for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people" in Immunology and Cell Biology (2025). Endacott has been awarded the 2023 Hunter Medical Research Institute Research Fellowship to further her Gomeroi Gaaynggal Study work and an Emerging Leaders Fellowship in 2025.