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PRU-MNHC

The Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care (PRU-MNHC) began a programme of work in January 2019 with funding from the Policy Research Programme at the Department of Health and Social Care (England) via the National Institute for Health Research.

Clinical Trials Unit

The NPEU Clinical Trials Unit (NPEU CTU) is a fully registered UKCRC Clinical Trials Unit and typically runs a number of large multi-centre Randomised Controlled Trials.

SHEER

The NPEU also conducts Social Sciences, Health Economics and Epidemiological Research (SHEER) which includes on-going influential studies.

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Dr. Joris Hemelaar at RCOG Annual Academic Meeting 2021

Dr. Joris Hemelaar has recently joined the NPEU as a Senior Clinical Research Fellow and his research area is HIV in pregnancy.

Dr. Hemelaar has been invited to give a lecture at the RCOG Annual Academic Meeting on Friday 26th February 2021. If you are attending the online event and interested in his research, he will be discussing 'Adverse perinatal outcomes associated with maternal HIV-infection and antiretrovirial therapy.'

Welcome to the NPEU

Areas of Research

PRU-MNHC

Clinical Trials Unit

SHEER

Latest News

Dr. Joris Hemelaar at RCOG Annual Academic Meeting 2021

MBRRACE-UK report identifies epilepsy and inequalities in maternal deaths

You & Your Baby 2020: UK National Maternity Survey launches

Gestational age at birth is a strong predictor of ill health throughout childhood, a new study finds.

Caesarean-born children show increased risk of severe childhood infections