Dr Tu’uhevaha Kaitu’u-Lino

NHMRC Australian Biomedical Training Research Fellow, The Ritchie Centre

Dr Tu’uhevaha Kaitu’u-Lino is in The Ritchie Centre's Regenerative Medicine group.

Dr Kaituu-Lino is researching why some women suffer heavy and prolonged menstrual periods. She believes that the problems so many Australian women experience may result from the lining of the womb failing to heal correctly at the end of each monthly period. She is examining whether a colony of stem cells found in the womb are involved in the normal healing process following menstruation.

Dr  Kaitu’u-Lino completed her Bachelor of Biomedical Science (hons) in 2002 before working for a year as a research assistant at Prince Henry’s Institute in the field of reproductive biology.

In 2008 Dr Kaitu’u-Lino obtained her PhD from Monash University through Prince Henry’s Institute, and joined the Centre for Women’s Health Research at MIMR as a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian Biomedical Training Fellow (2008-2011). 

She currently holds an Arthur Wilson Memorial Fellowship (2009-2010) from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and a Strategic Grant (2010) from Monash University.