Dr Nicola Vousden MBBS, MSc, PhD, MPH
Clinical Research Fellow in Maternal and Child Population Health nicola.vousden@npeu.ox.ac.uk
Biography
Nicky Vousden is a Clinical Research Fellow in Maternal and Child Population Health. She graduated from King's College London in 2011 before completing foundation training and an Academic Clinical Fellowship in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in London. She obtained her PhD in Women's Health from King's College London in 2019, investigating whether early detection of pregnancy complications, using an innovative vital signs device, could improve maternal morbidity and mortality in low- and middle- resourced settings.
Since completing her MSc in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Nicky is now a registrar in Public Health in London. Her recent research used national cohort studies of women with COVID-19 in pregnancy to understand inequalities in outcomes and efficacy of vaccination. Nicky also worked to map perinatal mental health services across a large London borough and engaged a wide range of community stakeholders to inform improvements.
Nicky will use her NPEU fellowship to research ways to reduce maternal and infant inequalities resulting from social and cultural factors in the UK.
Publications
Facilitating participation in clinical trials during pregnancy. Vousden N, Haynes R, Findlay S et al. BMJ. 2023; 380:e071278
Management and implications of severe COVID-19 in pregnancy in the UK: Data from the UK Obstetric Surveillance System national cohort. Vousden N, Ramakrisnan R, Bunch K, et al. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2022; 101:461-470
Severity of maternal infection and perinatal outcomes during periods of SARS-CoV-2 wildtype, alpha and delta variant dominance in the UK: prospective cohort study. Vousden N, Ramakrisnan R, Bunch K, et al. BMJ Medicine. 2022; 1:e000053
The incidence, characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women hospitalized with symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK from March to September 2020: a national cohort study using the UK Obstetric Surveillance System. Vousden N, Bunch K, Morris E et al. PLOS One. 2021; 16(5): e0251123
Incidence, risk factors and impact of seasonal influenza in pregnancy: A national cohort study. Vousden N, Bunch, K, Knight M, et al. PLOS One, 2021, 16(1):e0244986
Incidence and characteristics of pregnancy-related death across ten low- and middle-income geographical regions: secondary analysis of a cluster randomised controlled trial. Vousden N, Homes E, Seed PT et al. BJOG. 2020. 127: 1082-89
Lessons learned from the A(H1N1) influenza pandemic. Vousden N, Knight M. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2020, S1521-6934(20)30157-7
Exploring the effect of implementation and context on a stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial of a vial sign triage device in routine maternity care in low-resource settings. Vousden N, Lawley, E, Seed, PT et al. Implement Sci. 2019, 14(1):38
Incidence of eclampsia and related complications across 10 low- and middle-resource geographical regions: Secondary analysis of a cluster randomised controlled trial. Vousden N, Lawley, E, Seed, PT et al. PLoS Med, 2019, 16(3):1002775
Effect of a novel vital sign device on maternal mortality and morbidity in low-resource settings: a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial. Vousden N, Lawley E, Nathan HL et al. The Lancet, Global health, 2019, 7(3): e347-e356
Evaluation of a novel vital sign device to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in low-resource settings: a mixed method feasibility study for the CRADLE-3 trial. Vousden N, Lawley E, Nathan HL, et al. BMCpregnancy and childbirth, 2018,18(1):115
What is the impact of preconception abdominal cerclage on fertility: Evidence from a randomized-controlled trial. Vousden N, Carter J, Seed P, Shennan A. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2017; 96(5):543-546
Assessment of a vaginal device for delivery of the impacted foetal head at caesarean section. Vousden N,Tydeman G, Briley A, Seed P, Shennan A. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2017. 37(2): 157-161
