Dr Caroline Gargett BAppSci, MAppSci, PhD

Senior Scientist and Research Fellow

Dr Caroline Gargett obtained her PhD in 1997 and joined the Centre for Women’s Health Research as a postdoctoral scientist to study angiogenesis. As well as being a Senior Scientist she is also a National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) RD Wright Research Fellow.

In 2001 Dr Gargett pioneered the Endometrial Stem Cell Group which published the first papers describing its discovery of 2 types of adult stem cells in the endometrium, the highly regenerative lining of the uterus. Her goal is to examine the role of endometrial stem/progenitor cells in endometriosis and endometrial cancer, as well as use endometrial mesenchymal stem-like cells for a tissue engineering application in pelvic floor prolapse repair surgery.

Dr Gargett obtained the highest scoring NHMRC New Investigator grant in 2004 and currently holds a Cancer Council Victoria grant. She has also received 3 National New Investigator Awards and 3 International Awards, including the Established Investigator Award of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in 2005 and a British Council Early Career Researcher Exchange Award in 2007 to undertake a 10 week sabbatical at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. As the world authority on endometrial stem/progenitor cells, Dr Gargett receives frequent invitations to speak at International meetings and to write reviews and book chapters on endometrial stem/progenitor cells. Her research has also received widespread publicity both in Australia and Internationally.

Dr Gargett convenes the Human Reproduction Module in the Bachelor of Biomedical Science course at Monash University, is an Associate Editor for Human Reproduction and has served as Secretary for the Society for Reproductive Biology.