About

I returned to the University of Sheffield to study Midwifery, becoming registered as a midwife in 2009. I have continued to work as a clinical midwife since 2009. In 2012 I was awarded with a Masters in Clinical Research from the University of Sheffield. I contribute to Midwifery education, particularly the Midwifery Research and Evidence module, by teaching and the supervision of students.

Teaching

School of Health and Social Care

College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences

Midwifery Research and Evidence

Research

My areas of research include obesity, breastfeeding, migrant women and midwife led care. I have been working alongside numerous NHS Trusts including Sheffield, Doncaster and Barnsley and presented at several international conferences.

Ongoing and recently completed projects:

Migrant Maternity Care: "ORAMMA: Operational Refugee And Migrant Maternal Approach", [Collaborative research in partnership with Greece, UK, Netherlands]

Exploring maternal healthy weight provision in England

Determining the scale of malnutrition and obesity in pregnancy in Indonesia, and assessing the impact of both BMI and maternal weight gain in pregnancy on maternal and neonatal health outcomes during the antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum periods.

Evaluating the impact of a maternal obesity service on antenatal, intrapartum and long term outcomes.

Pelvic girdle in pregnancy - evaluating the acceptability of pelvic support garments to women.

Promoting Midwifery Led Care (MLC) for low risk women, including providing online evidence based information for maternity service users, alongside case studies of women who have had either a home birth or a birth in the Midwife Led Unit at the Jessop Wing. The project also featured online surveys exploring women's experiences of accessing information when choosing where to have their baby, and health professionals' experiences of providing such information.

Caesarean Section and wound infection - a pilot study to determine the feasibility of thermal imaging of a Caesarean Section wound to determine infection risk.

Working alongside the Technical Officer for Midwifery in the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop a technical report of a preliminary meeting of experts to develop WHO Guidance on how to implement quality of care in midwifery services. This Guidance aims to provide measurable quality of care standards in midwifery services and guidance on how to implement them.

The above projects have received funding from a range of sources including the European Commission 3rd Health Programme, Public Health England, CLAHRC-SY, the British Council and the Burdett Trust for Nursing

Promoting Midwifery Led Care (MLC) for low risk women, including providing online evidence based information for maternity service users, alongside case studies of women who have had either a home birth or a birth in the Midwife Led Unit at the Jessop Wing. The project also featured online surveys exploring women's experiences of accessing information when choosing where to have their baby, and health professionals' experiences of providing such information.

Caesarean Section and wound infection - a pilot study to determine the feasibility of thermal imaging of a Caesarean Section wound to determine infection risk.

Working alongside the Technical Officer for Midwifery in the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop a technical report of a preliminary meeting of experts to develop WHO Guidance on how to implement quality of care in midwifery services. This Guidance aims to provide measurable quality of care standards in midwifery services and guidance on how to implement them.

The above projects have received funding from a range of sources including CLAHRC-SY, the British Council and the Burdett Trust for Nursing

Publications