Professor Kirsty Pringle is a teaching and research academic at the University of Newcastle.

Professor Pringle leads the Placental Biology and Pregnancy Research Group at the Hunter Medical Research Institute and is the Director of the Gomeroi Gaaynggal study.

Professor Pringle is passionate about improving outcomes for mothers and their babies, especially in Australian Aboriginal communities. Her research focusses on improving our understanding pregnancy complications so that we may better identify and treat these conditions.