La Trobe University, Victoria

Dr Charlie Benzie is a Senior Lecturer and Discipline Lead in Midwifery at La Trobe University, with over ten years of clinical and research experience in maternity care. Her expertise centres on improving maternity care for women with disabilities through program evaluation and inclusive, co-designed research. She completed her PhD in 2024, examining disability identification, outcomes and experiences in maternity services. Dr Benzie coordinates an NHMRC-funded RCT evaluating telehealth in antenatal care and leads a co-designed mixed-methods project exploring maternity care for women with disabilities. She is also investigating clinicians’ views of providing medication abortion care to women with disabilities.