Hazel Keedle

Dr. Hazel Keedle is a senior lecturer of midwifery and director of academic midwifery programs at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University. She has over three decades of experience as a clinician in nursing and midwifery, educator, and researcher. Her research interests are vaginal birth after caesarean, birth trauma, and maternity experiences, which she explores primarily using feminist mixed methodologies.

Dr. Keedle's work is recognized nationally and internationally. She has made many invited conference and seminar presentations, and her research has been widely published in academic journals and books.

She is the author of the books "Birth after Caesarean: Your Journey to a Better Birth" and “A Clinician’s Guide to Better Birth after Caesarea” which is based on her PhD findings. Dr. Keedle is also the lead researcher on the largest maternity experiences survey, "The Birth Experience Study" – International Collaboration. 

Dr Keedle is passionate about improving the experiences of women during childbirth. She is committed to using her research to advocate for women's rights and to ensure that all women have access to respectful, supportive maternity care.

Hazel is passionate about ensuring that research reaches consumers and clinicians, and that resources available to consumers are grounded in evidence.