Events

Seminar: Professor Marian Knight, Scientific Director for NIHR Infrastructure

Thursday 23^rd May

4pm until 5pm (Refreshments will be available from 3.30pm)

The David Shaw Lecture Theatre

Newcastle University Medical School

We are delighted to welcome Professor Marian Knight, Scientific Director for NIHR Infrastructure to Newcastle University on Thursday 23^rd May, when she will be giving a talk entitled: ‘The role of the Scientific Director for Research Infrastructure and my vision for the Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs).’

Refreshments will be served in the space outside the David Shaw Lecture Theatre, from 3.30pm.

Please use this link to register your attendance.

More about Professor Marian Knight

Marian Knight is Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, NIHR Scientific Director for Research Infrastructure and Programme Director for the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research Scheme.

She is a public health physician and applied health researcher whose research focuses on the care and prevention of severe complications of pregnancy and early life and addressing disparities in outcomes for women and babies from different population groups.

She established the UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS) in 2005 to conduct national studies of severe morbidities in pregnancy and leads the MBRRACE-UK national programme of maternal and perinatal mortality surveillance and Confidential Enquiries.

She is an NIHR Senior Investigator and was elected to fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2021 in recognition of her exceptional contribution to the advancement of medical science. She was awarded an MBE in the 2023 King’s New Year Honours for services to maternal and public health.