Dr Hiten Mistry is the Honorary Senior Research Fellow in School of Life Course & Population Sciences. He trained as a Biochemist (BSc Biochemistry with Industrial Experience) at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). He then gained his PhD at the University of Nottingham focusing on selenium, antioxidants and pre-eclampsia. This was followed by a PostDoc with Professor Lucilla Poston at KCL; a European Fellowships at the University of Bern and a British Heart Foundation Intermediate Basic Science Fellowship at the University of Nottingham investigating dietary salt in pregnancy and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. He has also been a Research Development Manager, Faculty of Financial & Business Services, University of Nottingham coping with the institutional complications of the pandemic. Most recently, he worked as a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Research Programme Manager working on a range of global women’s health studies alongside Professors Peter von Dadelszen and Laura Magee, including PRECISE/PRECISE-DYAD and RESILIENT.

As a scientist, his practical competencies cover a range of molecular, biochemical, and biophysical techniques that complement his considerable experience in clinical studies, which include completion of ethics applications, consent, statistical analysis, and biobank development.

Dr Mistry’s research spans maternal nutrition, pathophysiology of the hypertensive diseases of pregnancy with a focus on the short as well as longer term consequences for the health of mother and the child, both nationally and globally. He also has experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methodology. Dr Mistry collaborates with colleagues in the UK, USA, Australia, Sweden, Kenya, The Gambia, Mozambique and India.

Dr Mistry has also taught biomedical and medical undergraduate students, including the interdisciplinary MSc in Women and Children’s Health. Committed to supporting early career researchers, Dr Mistry has successfully supervised and mentored many BSc, MSc, MD and PhD students in Women’s Health.