Our aim is to provide evidence for policy and practice for the health and wellbeing of mothers, their babies and their families.
Led by the NPEU at the University of Oxford, we are a team of experts in the fields of maternal and newborn health research, with collaboration from the Universities of Birmingham, Leicester, Manchester and Cardiff, as well as Imperial College and University College, London. We also have two Parent, Patient and Public Involvement (PPPI) representatives as part of the core team.
Our programme of work began in January 2019, funded by the Policy Research Programme at the Department of Health and Social Care (England) via the National Institute for Health Research. Known as the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care (PRU-MNHC), our work directly affects government and NHS policy and practice around caring for mothers and babies.
PRU-MNHC Co-investigator team
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Jennifer Kurinczuk
Director, Professor of Perinatal Epidemiology, Director of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU)
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Fiona Alderdice
Deputy Director, Senior Social Scientist (NPEU)
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Charlotte Bevan
Co-lead on Parent, Patient and Public Involvement
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Peter Brocklehurst
Professor of Women's Health Director, Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit (University of Birmingham)
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Claire Carson
Senior Researcher in Epidemiology (NPEU)
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Liz Draper
Professor of Perinatal and Paediatric Epidemiology (University of Leicester)
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Chris Gale
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Neonatal Medicine (Imperial College London)
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Alex Heazell
Professor of Obstetrics (University of Manchester)
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Sara Kenyon
Professor in Evidence Based Maternity Care (University of Birmingham)
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Marian Knight
Professor of Maternal and child Population Health (NPEU)
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Neena Modi
Professor of Neonatal Medicine (Imperial College London)
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Rachel Plachcinski
Co-lead on Parent, Patient and Public Involvement
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Maria Quigley
Professor of Statistical Epidemiology (NPEU)
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Oliver Rivero-Arias
Associate Professor in Health Economics - Senior Health Economist (NPEU)
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Rachel Rowe
University Research Lecturer (NPEU)
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Julia Sanders
Professor of Clinical Nursing & Midwifery (Cardif University)
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Dimitrios Siassakos
Associate Professor (Reader) & Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics (University College London)
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Alan Stein
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (University of Oxford)
Contact Us
- Name
- Prof Jenny Kurinczuk
- Address
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU)
Nuffield Department of Population Health
University of Oxford
Old Road Campus
Oxford
OX3 7LF - jenny.kurinczuk@npeu.ox.ac.uk
- Tel
- 01865 617909
PPPI
Parent, Patient and Public Involvement (PPPI) is at the heart of our vision for the PRU-MNHC. It is essential that our work reflects what mothers, fathers, partners and families want to know, and ensuring this happens is embedded in every aspect of strategy and delivery. Rachel Plachcinski and Charlotte Bevan are our Joint Leads on PPPI. They co-chair our annual PPPI Stakeholder Network meetings, and support wider stakeholder engagement in influencing both our overall strategy and individual projects throughout the programme. Through our PPPI strategy we aim to ensure mothers, fathers, partners and families, and organisations representing them, shape the work of the PRU-MNHC by helping us make decisions about what’s important. Reflecting their ideas, opinions and experiences in our work means we can produce high quality, inclusive research that’s meaningful to families.