Our research

Ngaire Anderson

• Stillbirth
• Fetal growth
• Fetal growth restriction
• Obesity and pregnancy
• Ethnicity differences in obstetric outcomes

Kathleen Antony  

• Obesity during pregnancy
  
• Sleep apnea during pregnancy
  
• Quality improvement  

Larry Chamley

• The role of placental extracellular vesicles (EVs) in causing preeclampsia and increasing the risk of early comortality after preeclampsia
• The role of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia and other pregnancy complications
• The role of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) and EVs in regenerative medicine
• The role of placental EVs in generating maternal immune tolerance during pregnancy

Qi Chen

• Placental development in both physiological and pathological pregnancies
• The function of placental extracellular vesicles throughout the gestational age in physiological pregnancy
• Understanding the role of placental extracellular vesicles causing pathological pregnancy, such as preeclampsia and pregnancy loss
• Exploring the potential therapeutic function of placental extracellular vesicles in gynecological cancers

Lynsey Cree

• Developing non-invasive markers for embryo and oocyte quality during IVF
• The role of mitochondria in ovarian ageing
• Endometriosis
• Reproductive technologies in cattle

Cindy Farquhar

• Gynaecology including heavy menstrual bleeding
• Fertility  

Meghan Hill

• Amniotomy during induced labour
• Obesity and labour
• Placental histology and RNA expression
• Episiotomy

Jo James

• How placental stem and progenitor cells ‘build’ the placenta
• How the uterine circulation adapts in pregnancy to deliver blood to the placenta and ensure healthy fetal growth
• Why placental vascular development and function is impaired in fetal growth restriction, and the biomechanical impacts of this on fetal heart development
• Development of data driven ‘virtual pregnancy’ models to better predict and detect fetal growth restriction
• Development of information resources for patients with at risk pregnancies

Karaponi Okesene-Gafa

• Obesity
• Excessive weight gain
• Diabetes
• Nutritional interventions (probiotics/dietary)

Charlotte Oyston

• Diabetes in pregnancy
• Perinatal mortality
• Preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction

Andrew Shelling

• Gynaecological Cancer
• Cancer and genetics
• Human genetics
• Human reproduction
   

Jason Waugh

• Pre-term birth (specifically cervical cerclage)
• Oxytocin in labour (specifically high vs low dose)
• Oxytocin for induction of labour (specifically high vs low dose)
• All funded trials in the UK

Michelle Wise

• Induction of labour
• Developing and implementing clinical guidelines
• Abortion
• Endometrial hyperplasia

Our research also involves collaborating with Cochrane Gynaecology and Fertility (CGF), which is a part of the wider Cochrane institute.