Ellen is a Clinical Academic Midwife. After she finished her Masters in Midwifery (MSc) at the University of Leuven (Belgium) Ellen moved to London to work as a midwife. She works in the St Mary’s hospital Birth Centre, which is part of Imperial College NHS Trust. Furthermore, she is one of the co-directors and workshop facilitators of the Midwifery Unit Network. In October 2019, she was awarded with a PhD Fellowship from the University of Central Lancashire, supervised by Prof. Soo Downe. She submitted her thesis with the title: 'How is quality of care conceptualised by the different constituencies involved in maternity care in the UK? An organisational ethnography'. Ellen will be working with Dr Claire Feeley on the BEACON project as a Research Associate, within Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King’s College London.