Sarah is Associate Professor and Reader in Midwifery at London
South Bank University, London. Sarah has contributed journal
articles and book chapters on issues within the sociology of
reproduction and childbirth. Her PhD focused on gender identity and
explored the reproductive identities and experiences of midwives
and mothers. Current research areas: lesbian motherhood, perinatal
mental health and migration and midwifery, especially migrant
midwives.
Lucy is a Reader in Bioethics and Social Science at the University
of Liverpool. She has taught healthcare ethics to medical students
and healthcare professionals for a number of years. Her research
focuses on the social and ethical aspects of healthcare
decision-making, policy and regulation, with a particular interest
in empirical ethics and socio-legal approaches. She has carried out
research on pregnancy and childbirth, reproductive technologies
(gamete and embryo donation); research ethics (clinical trials and
public involvement and cross-cultural issues in consent); the
organisation and funding of healthcare provision; and the use of
evidence in practice and policy. She has held visiting fellowships
at the Centre for Research in Arts, Social Science and Humanities
(CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge and the Centre for Medical
Ethics and Law at the University of Hong Kong.
Marie-Clare is a research assistant in the Research in Childbirth
and Health Unit (ReaCH) at the University of Central Lancashire.
Her background is in history and women's studies. Her research
interests are migrant women's experiences of maternity care and
childbirth in the UK and Europe, social support in maternity care
and historical and socio-cultural perspectives on women's health,
particularly menopause. Her current research is focused on the
experiences of asylum seeking and refugee women and social support
for marginalised women.
Marie is a Professor in Health Care Science specialising in
reproductive and perinatal health at the University of Gothenburg
(UGOT), Sweden, including working as a clinical midwife at
Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Marie is the leader of the
childbirth research group at UGOT Institute of Health Care Science.
She has led and is leading several research projects with a variety
of research designs. Marie has published around 75 scientific
papers, several book chapters and a few books. Major research
areas: midwifery model of care; labour management; diabetes and
pregnancy/childbirth.
Soo is a Professor of Midwifery Studies at the University of
Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
(https://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/professor_soo_downe.php).
Her specific focus is the normal physiology of childbirth,
including the processes which can maximise normal birth. She
is the Chair of the International Birth Research and Action
Association (IBRAA) which builds on the EU funded BIRTH
network, involving over 120 scientists and activists in 33
countries. She has worked on WHO guidelines, and has
published more than 140 peer-reviewed papers and books. She
was awarded an OBE in 2011.
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