Conference Organisers

Jenny is a midwife and has worked in the Department of Women and Children’s Health, King’s College London, since 2003.  A founder member of the UK Preterm Clinical Network (UKPCN), she developed and continues to manage the Preterm Clinical Network (PCN) Database (www.medscinet.net/ukpcn). Her PhD focused on threatened preterm labour and development of the QUiPP app. She currently works with Tommy’s National Centre for Preterm Birth Research and others on a variety of projects focused on preterm birth prediction and prevention.

Manju is a consultant obstetrician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. She has expertise in providing holistic care to women in low and high-risk pregnancies, with special interests in the areas of preterm birth prediction and prevention, diabetes in pregnancy and HIV in pregnancy.  She is the clinical lead for the Maternity Assessment Unit, co-lead for Research and Development for Women’s, and the Obstetric Lead for the Health Innovation Network South London.  Her work includes driving implementation programmes such as Prevention of Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Labour (PReCePT), Pan-London In Utero Transfer System, BAPM/MatNeoSIP Perinatal Optimisation, Culture and Leadership programmes.

Angela is a Research Midwife, part of the Preterm Birth Team & Women and Children’s Health Department at St Thomas’ Hospital. She is currently working as a midwife in the Preterm Birth Clinic and as a research midwife on preterm birth and fetal medicine studies.

Debbie is a Senior Research Midwife working in the Prem Clinic and specialising in Preterm Birth Studies.

Aggie completed her MBChB at Manchester University, and academic foundation training in Lancashire & the Institute for Women’s Health, UCL prior to commencing specialty training in Surrey, Kent and now South London. She has worked in the Department of Women and Children’s Health, King’s College London, as a clinical research fellow between 2018-2024. Her main research interest is investigating preterm birth using advanced MR of the cervix and is coordinating the CRAFT study.

Megan is a Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics and Preterm Birth, and a Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Her research interests include the prediction, prevention and management of preterm birth, and the use of imaging techniques to better understand the implications of obstetric conditions on the fetus and placenta.

Laura is a Clinical Research Fellow in Preterm Birth at King’s College. She did her medical training at Barts and the London, School of Medicine and Dentistry as well as an Intercalated Bachelor of Science in Women’s Health at King’s College. She is currently doing research into the prediction and prevention of preterm birth. She is working on a randomised control trial comparing transabdominal cerclage versus transvaginal cerclage in women with a previous caesarean section in labour and subsequent mid-trimester loss or spontaneous preterm birth (ABOVE).

Nicole is an Irish Obstetrics and Gynaecology trainee. She completed her Basic Speciality Training in Dublin, following which she became a clinical preterm fellow at St. Thomas’ Hospital. She is now working as part of the Insight2/Pregnolia team, investigating cervical stiffness in pregnancy, for prediction of preterm birth

Kruti is an International Medical Graduate who completed her Postgraduation training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in India. In addition, she’s also cleared the MRCOG (UK) post-graduation exams and is currently working as a clinical preterm fellow at St. Thomas’ Hospital. Her special interests are Fetal Medicine and prediction, prevention, and management of preterm birth.

Vicky qualified as a midwife in 2002 and has worked at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust since 2016.  Her role includes research, specialising in preterm birth, early pregnancy, sickle cell and fetal medicine studies, as well as co-facilitating the large prematurity surveillance clinic’ held weekly at St Thomas’ Hospital. Vicky is currently undertaking an in-house research internship (ACORN), focusing on mid trimester care provision and experiences.

Jenna qualified as a midwife in 2018, before moving into the world of academia. Her MSc project at Imperial College London led to a research post at King’s College London investigating the role of ursodeoxycholic acid in preventing poor outcomes in pregnancies affected by intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. She is currently in the writing-up period of her MRC-funded PhD project, also at King’s College, characterising K_V7 channels in the myometrium for use as a potential target for preterm birth prevention.

Andy is Professor of Obstetrics at King’s College London, based at St. Thomas’ Hospital and is Clinical Director of South London Clinical Research Network. He leads an NIHR Global Health Research Group (2021-2024) and was Chair of the FIGO Preterm Birth Committee 2021-23. He sits on the UK HTA commissioning board. He has an active clinical role in managing high risk obstetric patients, including a regular hands-on labour ward commitment, and a specialist award winning preterm birth surveillance clinic that accepts national and international referrals. He was awarded an OBE in 2018 for services to maternity care.

Lisa is a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London and Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine at St Thomas’ Hospital.  She currently holds an NIHR Advanced Fellowship, and her research interests include utilising advanced MRI techniques to investigate pregnancies at high risk of preterm birth and optimal care for patients with PPROM.

Delphine is a midwife working in Department of Women and Child Health at St Thomas’ Hospital. She was a nurse for 20 years before becoming a midwife in 2015. She is now working in preterm birth, fetal medicine and intra-partum studies as well as being part of prematurity surveillance clinic team. She is the link learner midwife for student midwives for research.

Natalie is a clinical lecturer and Wellcome Clinical Career Development fellow with a research interest in Preterm birth. She completed her PhD at UCL in December 2017. She is currently a Maternal and Fetal medicine subspecialty trainee at St Thomas’ Hospital, London.