Professor Fiona Alderdice, Senior Research Fellow, awarded new funding for NIHR Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care
Harris Manchester is delighted to share that Professor Fiona Alderdice, Senior Research Fellow, has been awarded new funding for research at The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at Oxford Population Health.
The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at Oxford Population Health has received renewed funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)’s Policy Research Programme to continue running the Policy Research Unit (PRU) in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care for the next five years from January 2024.
The PRU will produce high-quality research to improve the care provided by the NHS to women, babies and families during pregnancy, birth and early childhood. It aims to reduce deaths and severe illness, and improve women’s and families’ health and experiences, through working in partnership with parents, policymakers, doctors and midwives.
The PRU comprises a multidisciplinary team of researchers from seven universities led by Professors Fiona Alderdice and Marian Knight. For each project, the researchers and parent partners will work out the best way to answer research questions posed by policy-makers and share their findings in research summaries and infographics, in addition to academic journals and on social media.
Professor Fiona Alderdice, Senior Social Scientist, said ‘For the past 13 years, we have conducted research and reviewed existing evidence to improve the care given to women, their babies, and their families. I am delighted that we will be able to continue to contribute to the evidence base for clinical practice and health policy at both national and local levels.’
Press release from Oxford Population Health.
