She is the proud mother of five children (including Emma who was stillborn at term in 1993). She is the loving Nan to two grandchildren. She worked as a midwife from 1988-2007, gaining her PhD from the University of Adelaide in 2007 and has been an academic staff member in the School of Nursing and Midwifery since early 2008. She teaches undergraduate midwifery students a range of topics, including perinatal mental health, grief and loss, research methods, and complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Jane has particular expertise in teaching stillbirth awareness, prevention, and management. Jane’s own program of research is STELLAR (stillbirth, teaching, epidemiology, loss, learning, awareness, and risks).