Healthy Pregnancy, Fetal Medicine, and Hypertensive Disorders

There is a pathway of discovery, evaluation, and implementation in several areas related to ensuring a health pregnancy:

Prediction of pre-eclampsia and other adverse pregnancy outcomes through personalised, multivariable modelling, including ground-breaking work incorporating angiogenic markers;
Prevention of pre-eclampsia through clinical trials;
Pioneering work on use of angiogenic markers for time-of-disease assessment of women suspected of having pre-eclampsia and implementation of those markers in the NHS;
Prediction of complications in pre-eclampsia and postpartum haemorrhage;
Management of complications, including antihypertensive management and timing of birth.

Group members are active in dissemination of research findings through national (e.g., NICE, RCOG) and international (e.g., ISSHP, FIGO) guidelines.

Our Research Groups

Our lab is dedicated to exploring and advancing prenatal therapy and pregnancy immunology.

Our combined clinical and scientific research strategy focuses on understanding the physiological…

Mechanistic Studies into Pregnancy Complications and their Impact on Maternal and Child Health

Dr Kate Bramham

Consultant Nephrologist at King’s College Hospital and Reader at King's College London.
Professor Lucy Chappell

NIHR Research Professor in Obstetrics
Professor Laura Magee

Professor of Women's Health
Professor Kypros Nicolaides

Professor of Fetal Medicine
Dr Caroline Ovadia

Clinical Senior Lecturer
Professor Lucilla Poston

Professor of Maternal & Fetal Health
Dr Alexandra Ridout

Clinical Lecturer in Women and Children's Health
Professor Jane Sandall

Professor of Social Science and Women's Health
Dr Panicos Shangaris

Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Professor Andrew Shennan

Tommy's Chair in Maternal and Fetal Health
Professor Rachel Tribe

Vice Dean (Research & Impact)
Professor Peter von Dadelszen

Professor of Global Women's Health
Dr Sara White

Clinical Senior Lecturer