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Meet the team
The maternity and perinatal mental health research theme at NIHR ARC South London is based at King’s College London. Our team brings together researchers, midwives, clinicians and public involvement leads committed to improving outcomes and reducing inequalities for women and babies in south London and beyond.
Theme leads
Professor Jane Sandall CBE
Maternity & Perinatal Mental Health Theme Lead
Professor of Social Science and Women’s Health, King’s College London; NIHR Senior Investigator; Head of Midwifery Research, NHS England & Improvement
Professor Louise Howard
Co-lead, Perinatal Mental Health
NIHR Research Professor in Women’s Mental Health, King’s College London; Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist
Dr Abigail Easter
Deputy Theme Lead
Senior Lecturer in Maternal and Newborn Health, King’s College London
Researchers
Kaat De Backer
NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow
Maternal and Perinatal Mental Health, King’s College London
Zoe Vowles
NIHR Doctoral Clinical Academic Fellow
Project lead, MILLENIA study; King’s College London
Lucy November
Midwife Research Fellow
Department of Women & Children’s Health, KCL; Co-founder, Lifeline Nehemiah Projects (2YoungLives)
Mary Adams
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
King’s College London; Co-lead, DISCERN study
Public involvement & peer researchers
Rachael Buabeng
Peer Researcher & Advisory Group Member
ARC South London advisory group member; founder, Mummy’s Day Out
Vita Moltedo
Peer Researcher
Peer researcher; ARC South London Public Research Panel member
Abigail Mensah
Public Involvement Adviser
PPIE adviser, RELAX study
Sarah Fisher
Public Involvement Researcher
Mother, Public Involvement Network member and researcher
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