Professor Leonie Callaway is a General and Obstetric Physician, who holds roles as Director of Research within Women’s and Newborn Services at RBWH and Co-Chair of the Queensland Maternal and Perinatal Quality Council. Her area of clinical and research expertise relates to pregnancy medicine and life course medicine – which includes preconception care, and an understanding of the developmental origins of adult health and disease. She has interests in obesity, metabolism, diabetes, hypertension, adverse childhood experiences and weight-based stigma and discrimination. She has been awarded Metro North Researcher of the Year in 2024, and the Women’s Health Australasia Medal of Distinction in 2022.