The NPEU is a multi-disciplinary research unit which was established at the University of Oxford in 1978.
Our mission is to conduct methodologically rigorous research to provide evidence to improve the care provided to women, babies and families during pregnancy, childbirth, the newborn period and early childhood as well as promoting the effective use of resources by perinatal health services
Mary Kroll and Neora Alterman will be presenting their research at this year's Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine in Glasgow this week.
Mary will talk about survival of preterm babies in England and Wales and present findings from her study which explored whether the chances of survival after preterm birth differ between ethnic and socio-economic groups.
Neora's talk will explore evidence for the association between mode of delivery and childhood wheezing.
If you'll be attending the conference please come and say hello.
The Policy Research Unit in Maternal Health and Care (PRU-MHC) was established in 2010 with funding from the Department of Health and encompasses such projects as:
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, such as:
The NPEU also conducts Social Sciences, Health Economics and Epidemiological Research (SHEER) which includes on-going influential studies such as: