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Thesis: Shear wave elastography in placental dysfunction: exploring the relationship between placental imaging and function in normal and growth restricted pregnancies.
Erika Cavanagh is a senior sonographer at the Mater Centre for Maternal Fetal Medicine in Brisbane, Queensland. She has been a sonographer for 20 years, graduating from the Queensland University of Technology in 2003. For the last 7 years she has specialised in tertiary level obstetric ultrasound. Her areas of expertise in obstetric ultrasound include placental dysfunction and fetal growth restriction, fetal echocardiography, and multiple pregnancy assessment. She is currently undertaking a PhD investigating pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction, and the associated biomechanical changes in the placenta. She maintains a keen interest in sonographer education, presenting on various topics at ASA conferences, and working as a sessional lecturer at Queensland University of Technology.