Associate Professor Max Berry

2025

Journal - Research Article

Freeman, A. K., Dyson, R. M., Berry, M. J., & Ellery, S. J. (2025). Safety of maternal creatine supplementation: Evidence from a guinea pig model of full-term pregnancy. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 22(Suppl. 1), 2533674. doi: 10.1080/15502783.2025.2533674

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Tran, N. T., Berry, M. J., Schlegel, M., Sheppard, A., Callahan, D. L., Davies-Tuck, M. L., … Ellery, S. J. (2025). Understanding creatine for neurological health in babies (UNICORN): An observational cohort study. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 22(Suppl. 1), 2533665. doi: 10.1080/15502783.2025.2533665

Choi, Y. J., Liu, G., Powell, H., Berry, M., Blache, D., Chia, X. W., … Pillow, J. J. (2025). The effect of diurnal timing of antenatal steroids on fetal lung maturation in sheep. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 61 (Suppl. 1), (pp. 9-10). doi: 10.1111/jpc.70008

2024

Journal - Research Article

Manley, B. J., Kamlin, O. F., Donath, S. M., Francis, K. L., Cheong, J. L. Y., Dargaville, P. A., … Berry, M. J., … for the PLUSS Trial Investigators. (2024). Intratracheal budesonide mixed with surfactant for extremely preterm infants: The PLUSS randomized clinical trial. JAMA, 322(22), 1889-1899. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.17380

Sixtus, R. P., Gray, C., Barnes, H., Paterson, E. S. J., Berry, M. J., & Dyson, R. M. (2024). Cardiovascular responses to heat and cold exposure are altered by preterm birth in guinea pigs. Physiological Reports, 12, e70098. doi: 10.14814/phy2.70098

Pavy, C. L., Shaw, J. C., Dyson, R. M., Palliser, H. K., Moloney, R. A., Sixtus, R. P., Berry, M. J., & Hirst, J. J. (2024). Ganaxolone therapy after preterm birth restores cerebellar oligodendrocyte maturation and myelination in guinea pigs. Developmental Psychobiology, 66, e22554. doi: 10.1002/dev.22554

White, P., Ranasinghe, S., Chen, J., van de Looij, Y., Sizonenko, S., Prasad, J., Berry, M., … Dean, J. (2024). Comparative utility of MRI and EEG for early detection of cortical dysmaturation after postnatal systemic inflammation in the neonatal rat. Brain, Behavior & Immunity, 121, 104-118. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.07.028

Moloney, R. A., Palliser, H. K., Dyson, R. M., Pavy, C. L., Berry, M., Hirst, J. J., & Shaw, J. C. (2024). Ongoing effects of preterm birth on the dopaminergic and noradrenergic pathways in the frontal cortex and hippocampus of guinea pigs. Developmental Neurobiology, 84, 93-110. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22937

Coker, S. J., Berry, M. J., Vissers, M. C. M., & Dyson, R. M. (2024). Maternal vitamin C intake during pregnancy influences long-term offspring growth with timing- and sex-specific effects in guinea pigs. Nutrients, 16(3), 369. doi: 10.3390/nu16030369

Journal - Research Other

Royal, H., Mannetje, A., Hales, S., Douwes, J., Berry, M., & Chambers, T. (2024). Nitrate in drinking water and pregnancy outcomes: A narrative review of epidemiological evidence and proposed biological mechanisms. PLoS Water, 3(1), e0000214. doi: 10.1371/journal.pwat.0000214

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Raghu, K., & Berry, M. J. (2024). Acute liver failure secondary to therapeutic paracetamol dosing in an extremely preterm neonate. Drug & Therapeutics Bulletin, 62(3), e245406. doi: 10.1136/dtb.2023.245406rep

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Freeman, A. K., Ellery, S. J., Berry, M. J., Grattan, D. R., & Dyson, R. M. (2024, August). Prenatal creatine supplementation: Closing the gap to improve brain development following preterm birth. Verbal presentation at the BMS Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2023

Journal - Research Article

Coker, S. J., Dyson, R. M., Smith-Díaz, C. C., Vissers, M. C. M., & Berry, M. J. (2023). Effects of low vitamin C intake on fertility parameters and pregnancy outcomes in guinea pigs. Nutrients, 15, 4107. doi: 10.3390/nu15194107

Sixtus, R. P., Gray, C., Berry, M. J., & Dyson, R. M. (2023). Preterm-born individuals: A vulnerable population at risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality during thermal extremes? Experimental Physiology, 108, 1011-1025. doi: 10.1113/ep091152

Sixtus, R. P., Berry, M. J., Gray, C. L., & Dyson, R. M. (2023). A novel whole-body thermal stress test for monitoring cardiovascular responses in Guinea pigs. Journal of Thermal Biology, 113, 103500. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103500

Kremer, L. J., Medlicott, N., Sime, M. J., Broadbent, R., Edmonds, L., Berry, M. J., Austin, N. C., … Reith, D. M. (2023). Low dose or very low dose phenylephrine and cyclopentolate microdrops for retinopathy of prematurity eye examinations (The Little Eye Drop Study): A randomised controlled non-inferiority trial. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal Edition, 108, F380-F386. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324929

Thomas, D. G., Tzeng, Y.-C., Galvosas, P., Harrison, F. G., Berry, M. J., Teal, P. D., Galvin, S. D., & Obruchkov, S. I. (2023). Single-sided magnet system for quantitative MR relaxometry and preclinical in-vivo monitoring. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 70(2), 671-680. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2022.3200626

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kremer, L. J., Edmonds, L. K., Sime, M. J., Broadbent, R. S., Medlicott, N. J., Berry, M. J., Austin, N. C., … Reith, D. M. (2023). The Little Eye Drop Study: Are very low dose mydriatics in a microdrop effective and safe for ROP eye examinations? Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 59(Suppl. 1), (pp. 89). doi: 10.1111/jpc.16357

2022

Journal - Research Article

Shaw, J. C., Dyson, R. M., Palliser, H. K., Sixtus, R. P., Barnes, H., Pavy, C. L., … Berry, M. J., & Hirst, J. J. (2022). Examining neurosteroid-analogue therapy in the preterm neonate for promoting hippocampal neurodevelopment. Frontiers in Physiology, 13, 871265. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.871265

Shaw, J. C., Dyson, R. M., Palliser, H. K., Crombie, G. K., Berry, M. J., & Hirst, J. J. (2022). Adaptations in the hippocampus during the fetal to neonatal transition in guinea pigs. Reproductive Medicine, 3, 85-100. doi: 10.3390/reprodmed3020008

Saito-Benz, M., Bennington, K., Gray, C. L., Murphy, W. G., Flanagan, P., Steiner, F., … Berry, M. J. (2022). Effects of freshly irradiated vs irradiated and stored red blood cell transfusion on cerebral oxygenation in preterm infants: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatrics, 176(5), e220152. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0152

Thomas, D. G., Galvosas, P., Tzeng, Y.-C., Harrison, F. G., Berry, M. J., Teal, P. D., … Obruchkov, S. (2022). Oxygen saturation-dependent effects on blood transverse relaxation at low fields. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology & Medicine, 35, 805-815. doi: 10.1007/s10334-021-00993-2

Sandle, M. E., Saito Benz, M., & Berry, M. (2022). Neurodevelopmental follow-up of preterm infants: Current practice for infants at a tertiary neonatal centre. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1549), 50-62. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Smith, E. V. L. R., Dyson, R. M., Vanderboor, C. M. G., Sarr, O., Anderson, J., Berry, M. J., … Gray, C. (2022). Maternal fructose intake causes developmental reprogramming of hepatic mitochondrial catalytic activity and lipid metabolism in weanling and young adult offspring. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 999. doi: 10.3390/ijms23020999

Journal - Research Other

Smith, E. V. L. R., Dyson, R. M., Weth, F. R., Berry, M. J., & Gray, C. (2022). Maternal fructose intake, programmed mitochondrial function and predisposition to adult disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 12215. doi: 10.3390/ijms232012215

Raghu, K., & Berry, M. J. (2022). Acute liver failure secondary to therapeutic paracetamol dosing in an extremely preterm neonate. BMJ Case Reports, 15, e245406. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-245406

Coker, S. J., Smith-Díaz, C. C., Dyson, R. M., Vissers, M. C. M., & Berry, M. J. (2022). The epigenetic role of vitamin C in neurodevelopment. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 1208. doi: 10.3390/ijms23031208

Ng, S. K. F., Keenan, N., Swart, S. E., & Berry, M. J. (2022). Palliative care in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit: A 10-year review [Short report]. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 12(e5), e641-e645. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001538

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Vissers, M., Smith-Diaz, C., Coker, S., Dyson, R., Hore, T., & Berry, M. (2022, August-September). Low maternal vitamin C during pregnancy in guinea pigs results in persistent epigenetic dysregulation in the hippocampus of offspring together with an ADHD-related phenotype. Poster session presented at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Berry, M. (2022, August-September). Effects of preterm and perinatal drug exposure. Verbal presentation at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Commissioned Report for External Body

Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Edmonds, L., Berry, M., Cormack, D., and also Te Rōpū Kohi Pitopito Mōhiotanga mō te Take Mate | New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group, including Dawson, P., Burgess, W., Roy, M., Paterson, H., Crengle, S., McDonald, G., Hii, J., Szymanska, K., Wolfe, N., Lawrence Lodge, R., Rayner, C., & Chalmers, S. (2022). Fifteenth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te pūrongo ā-tau tekau mā rima o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea hoki: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2020 | Te tuku pūrongo mō te mate me te whakamate 2020. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 209p. Retrieved from https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/pmmrc/

2021

Journal - Research Article

Sixtus, R. P., Pacharinsak, C., Gray, C. L., Berry, M. J., & Dyson, R. M. (2021). Differential effects of four intramuscular sedatives on cardiorespiratory stability in juvenile guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). PLoS ONE, 16(11), e0259559. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259559

McBride, G. M., Meakin, A. S., Soo, J. Y., Darby, J. R. T., Varcoe, T. J., Bradshaw, E. L., … Berry, M. J., … Morrison, J. L. (2021). Intrauterine growth restriction alters the activity of drug metabolising enzymes in the maternal-placental-fetal unit. Life Sciences, 285, 120016. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.120016

Schrauben, E. M., Darby, J. R. T., Berry, M. J., Saini, B. S., Quinn, M., Holman, S. L., … Morrison, J. L. (2021). Open or closed: Changes in ductus arteriosus flow patterns at birth using 4D flow MRI in newborn piglets. Physiological Reports, 9, e14999. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14999

Darby, J. R. T., Berry, M. J., Quinn, M., Holman, S. L., Bradshaw, E. L., Jesse, S. M., … Morrison, J. M. (2021). Haemodynamics and cerebral oxygenation of neonatal piglets in the immediate ex utero period supported by either mechanical ventilation or an ex utero oxygenator. Journal of Physiology, 599(10), 2751-2761. doi: 10.1113/jp280803

Sixtus, R. P., Gray, C., Berry, M. J., & Dyson, R. M. (2021). Nitrous oxide improves cardiovascular, respiratory, and thermal stability during prolonged isoflurane anesthesia in juvenile guinea pigs. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 9, e00713. doi: 10.1002/prp2.713

Prasad, J. D., van de Looij, Y., Gunn, K. C., Ranchhod, S. M., White, P. B., Berry, M. J., … Dean, J. M. (2021). Coordinated microstructural disruptions of the developing neocortex and subcortical white matter after prolonged mild-to-moderate early postnatal systemic inflammation. Brain, Behavior & Immunity, 94, 338-356. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.12.006

Journal - Research Other

Prasad, J. D., Gunn, K. C., Davidson, J. O., Galinsky, R., Graham, S. E., Berry, M. J., … Dean, J. M. (2021). Anti‐inflammatory therapies for treatment of inflammation‐related preterm brain injury. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22, 4008. doi: 10.3390/ijms22084008

Muccini, A. M., Tran, N. T., de Guingand, D. L., Philips, M., Della Gatta, P. A., Galinsky, R., … Berry, M. J., … Ellery, S. J. (2021). Creatine metabolism in female reproduction, pregnancy and newborn health. Nutrients, 13, 490. doi: 10.3390/nu13020490

Wiese, M. D., Berry, M. J., Hissaria, P., Darby, J. R. T., & Morrison, J. L. (2021). COVID-19: Can we treat the mother without harming her baby? Journal of Developmental Origins of Health & Disease, 13, 9-19. doi: 10.1017/s2040174420001403

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sandle, M., Saito-Benz, M., Bennington, K., De Vries, N., & Berry, M. J. (2021). Early cerebral hypoxia is associated with abnormal motor patterns in extremely low birth weight infants. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 57(Suppl. 1), (pp. 9-10). doi: 10.1111/jpc.15465

Commissioned Report for External Body

Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Berry, M., Cormack, D., and also Te Rōpū Kohi Pitopito Mōhiotanga mō te Take Mate | New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group, including Hii, J., Szymanska, K., Wolfe, N., Lawrence Lodge, R., Chalmers, S., McDonald, G., Oben, G., Crengle, S., & Paterson, H. (2021). Fourteenth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te pūrongo ā-tau tekau mā whā o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea hoki: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2018 | Te tuku pūrongo mō te mate me te whakamate 2018. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 141p. Retrieved from https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/pmmrc/

2020

Journal - Research Article

Smith, E. V. L. R., Dyson, R. M., Berry, M. J., & Gray, C. (2020). Fructose consumption during pregnancy influences milk lipid composition and offspring lipid profiles in guinea pigs. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 11, 550. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00550

McBride, G. M., Wiese, M. D., Soo, J. Y., Darby, J. R. T., Berry, M. J., Varcoe, T. J., & Morrison, J. L. (2020). The impact of intrauterine growth restriction on cytochrome P450 enzyme expression and activity. Placenta, 99, 50-62. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2020.07.012

Soo, J. Y., Wiese, M. D., Dyson, R. M., Gray, C. L., Clarkson, A. N., Morrison, J. L., & Berry, M. J. (2020). Methamphetamine administration increases hepatic CYP1A2 but not CYP3A activity in female guinea pigs. PLoS ONE, 15(5), e0233010. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233010

Sandle, M., Sheppard, A., Allermo Fletcher, A., Berry, M., & De Vries, N. (2020). Early identification of infants at risk of cerebral palsy: Developing the use of general movement assessment in routine clinical practice in a tertiary neonatal unit in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1514), 63-70. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

Saito-Benz, M., Flanagan, P., & Berry, M. J. (2020). Management of anaemia in pre-term infants. British Journal of Haematology, 188, 354-366. doi: 10.1111/bjh.16233

2019

Journal - Research Article

Varcoe, T. J., Darby, J. R. T., Gatford, K. L., Holman, S. L., Cheung, P., Berry, M. J., … Morrison, J. L. (2019). Considerations in selecting postoperative analgesia for pregnant sheep following fetal instrumentation surgery [Invited]. Animal Frontiers, 9(3), 60-67. doi: 10.1093/af/vfz019

Berry, M. J., Darby, J. R. T., O'Byrne, D. M., Dyson, R. M., Sixtus, R., Holman, S. L., … Morrison, J. L. (2019). Arginine vasopressin improves cerebral perfusion following controlled haemorrhage in adult ewes. Journal of Physiology, 597(16), 4165-4173. doi: 10.1113/jp277629

Berry, M. J., Port, L. J., Gately, C., & Stringer, M. D. (2019). Outcomes of infants born at 23 and 24 weeks' gestation with gut perforation. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 54, 2092-2098. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.03.017

Saito-Benz, M., Cody, S., Dineen, F., Mladenovic, J., & Berry, M. J. (2019). Impact of education on hypothermia delivery during neonatal transport. Neonatology, 116(1), 20-26. doi: 10.1159/000495688

Dyson, R. M., Palliser, H. K., Wilding, N., Kelly, M. A., Chwatko, G., Glowacki, R., Berry, M. J., … Wright, I. M. R. (2019). Microvascular circulatory dysregulation driven in part by cystathionine-gamma-lyase: A new paradigm for cardiovascular compromise in the preterm newborn. Microcirculation, 26, e12507. doi: 10.1111/micc.12507

Saito-Benz, M., Sandle, M. E., Jackson, P. B., & Berry, M. J. (2019). Blood transfusion for anaemia of prematurity: Current practice in Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 55, 433-440. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14222

Foley, D., Best, E., Reid, N., & Berry, M. J. (2019). Respiratory health inequality starts early: The impact of social determinants on the aetiology and severity of bronchiolitis in infancy. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 55, 528-532. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14234

Shaw, J. C., Dyson, R. M., Palliser, H. K., Gray, C., Berry, M. J., & Hirst, J. J. (2019). Neurosteroid replacement therapy using the allopregnanolone-analogue ganaxolone following preterm birth in male guinea pigs. Pediatric Research, 85, 86-96. doi: 10.1038/s41390-018-0185-7

Journal - Research Other

Shaw, J. C., Berry, M. J., Dyson, R. M., Crombie, G., Hirst, J. J., & Palliser, H. K. (2019). Reduced neurosteroid exposure following preterm birth and its' contribution to neurological impairment: A novel avenue for preventative therapies. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, 599. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00599

Berry, M. J., Schlegel, M., Kowalski, G. M., Bruce, C. R., Callahan, D. L., Davies-Tuck, M. L., … Ellery, S. J. (2019). UNICORN Babies: Understanding circulating and cerebral creatine levels of the preterm infant: An observational study protocol. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, 142. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00142

Saito-Benz, M., Gray, C., Tzeng, Y.-C., Atkinson, G., & Berry, M. J. (2019). Cerebral oxygenation and cardiorespiratory stability following liberal transfusion in preterm neonates [Brief report]. Acta Paediatrica, 108, 559-561. doi: 10.1111/apa.14631

Berry, M., & Schultz, H. D. (2019). The heart of the matter: A vascular hypothesis for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Journal of Physiology, 597(4), 991-992. doi: 10.1113/jp276413

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Saito Benz, M., Bennington, K., Murphy, W. G., Flanagan, P., Steiner, F., & Berry, M. (2019). Randomised controlled trial of freshly irradiated versus standard red cell transfusion for treatment of anaemia of prematurity. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 55(Suppl. 1), (pp. 46). doi: 10.1111/jpc.14406

Bennington, K., Dellabarca, P., Dineen, F., Saito Benz, M., & Berry, M. (2019). Effects of nursing care on cerebral regional oxygenation of extremely preterm infants. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 55(Suppl. 1), (pp. 62-63). doi: 10.1111/jpc.14406

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Allan, P. D., Saleem, S., O'Donnell, T., Fan, J.-L., Larsen, P. D., Berry, M. J., & Tzeng, Y.-C. (2019, September). New approaches to assessing and optimising cerebral perfusion. Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Benton, M. C., Eccles, D. A., Smith, M. A., Berry, M., & Macartney-Coxson, D. (2019, August-September). The humble Guinea pig: Cute, furry and deserving of a better genome assembly? Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Commissioned Report for External Body

Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Berry, M., Cormack, D., and also Te Rōpū Kohi Pitopito Mōhiotanga mō te Take Mate | New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group, including Hii, J., Szymanska, K., Wolfe, N., Chalmers, S., McDonald, G., Oben, G., Crengle, S., & Paterson, H. (2019). Te pūrongo ā-tau tekau mā toru o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea hoki | Thirteenth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee: Te tuku pūrongo mō te mate me te whakamate 2017 | Reporting mortality and morbidity 2017. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 116p. Retrieved from https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/pmmrc/

2018

Journal - Research Article

Berry, M. J., Foster, T., Rowe, K., Robertson, O., Robson, B., & Pierse, N. (2018). Gestational age, health, and educational outcomes in adolescents. Pediatrics, 142(5), e20181016. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-1016

Soo, J. Y., Wiese, M. D., Berry, M. J., McMillen, I. C., & Morrison, J. L. (2018). Intrauterine growth restriction may reduce hepatic drug metabolism in the early neonatal period. Pharmacological Research, 134, 68-78. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2018.06.003

Morrison, J. L., Botting, K. J., Darby, J. R. T., David, A. L., Dyson, R. M., Gatford, K. L., Gray, C., … Berry, M. J. (2018). Guinea pig models for translation of the developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis into the clinic. Journal of Physiology, 596(23), 5535-5569. doi: 10.1113/JP274948

Shaw, J. C., Palliser, H. K., Dyson, R. M., Berry, M. J., & Hirst, J. J. (2018). Disruptions to the cerebellar GABAergic system in juvenile guinea pigs following preterm birth. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 65, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2017.10.002

Journal - Research Other

Morrison, J. L., Berry, M. J., Botting, K. J., Darby, J. R. T., Frasch, M. G., Gatford, K. L., … Gray, C. L., … Tellam, R. L. (2018). Improving pregnancy outcomes in humans through studies in sheep. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative & Comparative Physiology, 315, R1123-R1153. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00391.2017

Saito-Benz, M., Murphy, W. G., Tzeng, Y.-C., Atkinson, G., & Berry, M. J. (2018). Storage after gamma irradiation affects in vivo oxygen delivery capacity of transfused red blood cells in preterm infants. Transfusion, 58, 2108-2112. doi: 10.1111/trf.14764

Berry, M. J. (2018). EXTENDing fetal life: Postnatal placentae for preterm babies. Journal of Physiology, 596(9), 1547-1548. doi: 10.1113/jp275922

Soo, J. Y., Wiese, M. D., Berry, M. J., & Morrison, J. L. (2018). Does poor fetal growth influence the extent of fetal exposure to maternal medications? Pharmacological Research, 130, 74-84. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2018.02.001

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Shaw, J., Palliser, H., Dyson, R., Berry, M., & Hirst, J. (2018). Neurosteroid therapy following preterm birth in the guinea pig ameliorates neurological impairment. Reproductive Sciences, 25(1, Suppl.), (pp. 101A-102A). doi: 10.1177/1933719118759999

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Berry, M. (2018, November). Periviable infants: Life after NICU. Verbal presentation at the Perinatal Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) Annual Scientific Meeting: Joining the Dots: Journey from Antenatal through to Neonatal Care, Wellington, New Zealand.

Berry, M. (2018, November). Size matters! Verbal presentation at the Perinatal Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) Annual Scientific Meeting: Joining the Dots: Journey from Antenatal through to Neonatal Care, Wellington, New Zealand.

Foster, T., Berry, M., Robson, B., Robertson, O., Rowe, K., & Pierse, N. (2018, August). Gestational age and associated health and educational outcomes: Life outcomes to adolescence for premature infants in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Commissioned Report for External Body

Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Berry, M., Crengle, S., Eddy, A., and also New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group, including McDonald, G., Hii, J., Szymanska, K., Wolfe, N., & Chalmers, S. (2018). Twelfth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2016. Eighth report to the Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 173p. Retrieved from https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/pmmrc/

2017

Journal - Research Article

Berry, M. J., Saito-Benz, M., Gray, C., Dyson, R. M., Dellabarca, P., Ebmeier, S., … Elder, D. E., & Richardson, V. F. (2017). Outcomes of 23- and 24-weeks gestation infants in Wellington, New Zealand: A single centre experience. Scientific Reports, 7, 12769. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12911-5

Witter, T., Tzeng, Y.-C., O'Donnell, T., Kusel, J., Walker, B., Berry, M., & Taylor, C. E. (2017). Inter-individual relationships between sympathetic arterial baroreflex function and cerebral perfusion control in healthy males. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11, 457. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00457

Collins, C. T., Makrides, M., McPhee, A. J., Sullivan, T. R., Davis, P. G., Thio, M., … Berry, M. J., … Gibson, R. A. (2017). Docosahexaenoic acid and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants. New England Journal of Medicine, 376(13), 1245-1255. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1611942

Journal - Research Other

Berry, M. J., Saito-Benz, M., Klein, T., Bowkett, B., & Richardson, V. F. (2017). Ectopia cordis: A novel palliative care technique. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 7(1), 102-104. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000946

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ng, S., Keenan, N., Swart, S. E., & Berry, M. (2017). 10 year retrospective audit of palliative care practices in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 53(Suppl. 2), (pp. 72). doi: 10.1111/jpc.13494_255

Saito Benz, M., Tzeng, Y. C., Gately, C., Elder, D., & Berry, M. (2017). Effect of elective blood transfusion on cerebral and somatic tissue oxygenation and cardio-respiratory stability in infants with anaemia of prematurity. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 53(Suppl. 2), (pp. 87). doi: 10.1111/jpc.13494_255

Saito Benz, M., Dyson, R., Gray, C., Gately, C., Jackson, P., & Berry, M. (2017). Blood transfusion for anaemia of prematurity: Current practice in Australia and New Zealand neonatal units. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 53(Suppl. 2), (pp. 86-87). doi: 10.1111/jpc.13494_255

Shaw, J. C., Palliser, H. K., Dyson, R. M., Berry, M. J., & Hirst, J. J. (2017). Ongoing defects in cerebellar development in a guinea pig model of preterm birth. Reproductive Sciences, 24(Suppl. 1), (pp. 131A). [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Smith, E., Dyson, R., Gray, C., & Berry, M. (2017, September). Potential therapeutic interventions to prevent later life predisposition to non-communicable disease, following preterm birth. Poster session presented at the Otago Spotlight Series: Child Health Research, Wellington, New Zealand.

Sixtus, R., Dyson, R., Gray, C., & Berry, M. (2017, September). Cardiovascular and thermoregulatory consequences of preterm birth. Poster session presented at the Otago Spotlight Series: Child Health Research, Wellington, New Zealand.

Soo, J. Y., Wiese, M., Dyson, R., Gray, C., Clarkson, A., Morrison, J., & Berry, M. (2017, September). The effect of methamphetamine on drug metabolism: A pilot study. Poster session presented at the Otago Spotlight Series: Child Health Research, Wellington, New Zealand.

Barnes, H., Dyson, R., Gray, C., Anderson, J., & Berry, M. (2017, September). Investigating potential NAFLD predisposition in preterm guinea pigs. Poster session presented at the Otago Spotlight Series: Child Health Research, Wellington, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Saito Benz, M., Murphy, W. G., Tzeng, S. Y. C., Atkinson, G., & Berry, M. J. (2017, September). Effects of irradiation and storage on the oxygen carrying capacity of red blood cells given to preterm infants with anaemia of prematurity. Verbal presentation at the Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society 44th Annual Meeting, Osaka, Japan.

Shaw, J., Palliser, H. K., Dyson, R. M., Berry, M. J., & Hirst, J. J. (2017, September). Ganaxolone as a therapy to prevent neurological impairment following preterm birth in the guinea pig. Verbal presentation at the 44th Annual Meeting Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society, Osaka, Japan.

Dyson, R., Palliser, H., Shepherd, K., Abbas, A., Kelly, M., Badman, P., … Rahman, R., Berry, M., & Wright, I. (2017, September). Vascular tone (dys)regulation in the preterm neonate: Implications for short- and long-term outcomes. Verbal presentation at the Joint Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Vascular Biology Society (AVBS) and the 19th Australia and New Zealand Microcirculation Society (ANZMS), Sunshine Coast, Australia.

Commissioned Report for External Body

Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Berry, M., & Crengle, S. (2017). Eleventh annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2015: Seventh report to the Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 217p.

2016

Journal - Research Article

Jaquiery, A. L., Park, S. S., Phua, H. H., Berry, M. J., Meijler, D., Harding, J. E., … Bloomfield, F. H. (2016). Brief neonatal nutritional supplementation has sex-specific effects on glucose tolerance and insulin regulating genes in juvenile lambs. Pediatric Research, 80(6), 861-869. doi: 10.1038/pr.2016.168

Corbisier de Meautsart, C., Dyson, R. M., Latter, J. L., Berry, M. J., Clifton, V. L., & Wright, I. M. R. (2016). Influence of sympathetic activity in the control of peripheral microvascular tone in preterm infants. Pediatric Research, 80(6), 793-799. doi: 10.1038/pr.2016.160

Berry, M. J., Jaquiery, A. L., Oliver, M. H., Harding, J. E., & Bloomfield, F. H. (2016). Neonatal milk supplementation in lambs has persistent effects on growth and metabolic function that differ by sex and gestational age. British Journal of Nutrition, 116(11), 1912-1925. doi: 10.1017/S0007114516004013

Shaw, J. C., Palliser, H. K., Dyson, R. M., Hirst, J. J., & Berry, M. J. (2016). Long-term effects of preterm birth on behavior and neurosteroid sensitivity in the guinea pig. Pediatric Research, 80(2), 275-283. doi: 10.1038/pr.2016.63

Journal - Research Other

Collins, C. T., Gibson, R. A., Makrides, M., McPhee, A. J., Sullivan, T. R., Davis, P. G., … and the N3RO Investigative Team, including Berry, M. (2016). The N3RO trial: A randomised controlled trial of docosahexaenoic acid to reduce bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants < 29 weeks' gestation. BMC Pediatrics, 16, 72. doi: 10.1186/s12887-016-0611-0

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Soo, J., Berry, M., Dyson, R., Gray, C., & Morrison, J. L. (2016). Sex specific effect of preterm birth on mRNA expression of drug transporters in guinea pig liver. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological Society (AuPS) and Australian Society for Biophysics (ASB) Conference. Retrieved from http://aups.org.au/

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Soo, J., Berry, M., Dyson, R., Gray, C., & Morrison, J. L. (2016, September). Effect of preterm birth on mRNA expression of drug transporters in guinea pig liver. Poster session presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society (FNPS), Cambridge, UK.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Darby, J. R., Berry, M., Dyson, R., Gray, C., & Morrison, J. L. (2016, September). Preterm birth coupled with antenatal glucocorticoid treatment increases cardiac MR and 11β-HSD1 in adult life. Verbal presentation at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society (FNPS), Cambridge, UK.

Commissioned Report for External Body

Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Berry, M., & Crengle, S. (2016). Tenth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2014: Sixth report to the Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 180p.

Other Research Output

Berry, M. (2016, September). Healthier babies; better futures [Interview]. Wellington Medical Research Foundation: Research for Life. Retrieved from http://researchforlife.org.nz/Interview+with+Dr+Max+Berry+-+healthier+babies;+better+futures

2015

Journal - Research Article

Gray, C., Vickers, M. H., Dyson, R. M., Reynolds, C. M., & Berry, M. J. (2015). Magnesium sulfate has sex-specific, dose-dependent vasodilator effects on preterm placental vessels. Biology of Sex Differences, 6, 22. doi: 10.1186/s13293-015-0040-z

Saito-Benz, M., Miller, H. E., & Berry, M. J. (2015). Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) in a preterm neonate. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 51(12), 1228-1230. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12941

Berry, M., Gray, C., Wright, K., Dyson, R., & Wright, I. (2015). Premature guinea pigs: A new paradigm to investigate the late-effects of preterm birth. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health & Disease, 6(2), 143-148. doi: 10.1017/S2040174414000592

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Dyson, R. M., Rahman, R., Wright, K., Wright, I. M. R., & Berry, M. (2015). Persistent alteration in microvascular function following preterm birth in guinea pigs. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 51(Suppl. 1), (pp. 47). doi: 10.1111/jpc.12884_3

Rahman, R., Dyson, R., Wright, K., & Berry, M. (2015). Temporal changes in microvascular function following preterm birth in guinea pigs. Journal of Pediatric & Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 4(2), (pp. 37). doi: 10.7363/040207

Allan, P., Faulkner, J., O'Donnell, T., Lanford, J., Witter, T., Woolley, B., Berry, M., … Tzeng, Y.-C. (2015). Cerebrovascular function is preserved following transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke. FASEB Journal, 29(1, Suppl.), 833.7. Retrieved from http://www.fasebj.org/content/29/1_Supplement/833.7.abstract

Witter, T., Taylor, C., O'Donnell, T., Kusel, J., Allan, P., Berry, M., Walker, B., & Tzeng, Y.-C. (2015). Inter-individual relationships between sympathetic arterial baroreflex function and cerebral perfusion control in healthy males. FASEB Journal, 29(1, Suppl.), 833.6. Retrieved from http://www.fasebj.org/content/29/1_Supplement/833.6.abstract

O'Donnell, T., MacRae, B., Berry, M., & Tzeng, Y.-C. (2015). The effects of preterm brith on cerebral pressure-flow dynamics. FASEB Journal, 29(1, Suppl.), 684.5. Retrieved from http://www.fasebj.org/content/29/1_Supplement/684.5.abstract

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Berry, M., Saito-Benz, M., Dellabarca, P., Gray, C., Elder, D., Richardson, V., & Dyson, R. (2015, July). Neonatal outcomes following birth at the margin of viability: A 10-year experience in Wellington NICU. Verbal presentation at the Perinatal Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Commissioned Report for External Body

Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Berry, M., & Crengle, S. (2015). Ninth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2013: Fifth report to the Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 182p.

2014

Journal - Research Article

Berry, M., Tzeng, Y., & Marsland, C. (2014). Percutaneous transtracheal ventilation in an obstructed airway model in post-apnoeic sheep. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 113(6), 1039-1045. doi: 10.1093/bja/aeu188

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Allan, P., O'Donnell, T., Berry, M., Faulkner, J., Lambrick, D., Stoner, L., … Tzeng, Y.-C. (2014). Fundamental relationships between blood pressure and cerebral blood flow following acute ischaemic stroke. Proceedings of the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci). (pp. 39). Retrieved from http://www.physoc.org.nz/meetings/archive/medsci-2014-abstracts

Witter, T., MacRae, B., O'Donnell, T., Berry, M., & Tzeng, Y. C. (2014). Interindividual relationships between blood pressure and cerebral blood flow variability. FASEB Journal, 28(1, Suppl.), 1184.11. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Allan, P., O'Donnell, T., Berry, M., Faulkner, J., Lambrick, D., Stoner, L., … Tzeng, Y.-C. (2014, September). Fundamental relationships between blood pressure and cerebral blood flow following acute ischaemic stroke. Poster session presented at the Division of Health Sciences Research Forum: Learning Different Research Languages, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2013

Journal - Research Article

Berry, M., Jaquiery, A., Oliver, M., Harding, J., & Bloomfield, F. (2013). Preterm birth has sex-specific effects on autonomic modulation of heart rate variability in adult sheep. PLoS ONE, 8(12), e85468. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085468

Journal - Research Other

Harding, J. E., Derraik, J. G. B., Berry, M. J., Jaquiery, A. L., Alsweiler, J. M., Cormack, B. E., & Bloomfield, F. H. (2013). Optimum feeding and growth in preterm neonates. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health & Disease, 4(3), 215-222. doi: 10.1017/S2040174412000736

Berry, M. J., Jaquiery, A. L., Oliver, M. H., Harding, J. E., & Bloomfield, F. H. (2013). Antenatal corticosteroid exposure at term increases adult adiposity: An experimental study in sheep [Short research report]. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 92(7), 862-865. doi: 10.1111/aogs.12149