Committees: International Collaborators

Jessica Sexton is an epidemiology PhD student. Prior to joining the Stillbirth CRE, Jessica earned a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science – Medical Laboratory Science from the University of New Hampshire in 2012, a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from Georgia Southern University in 2015, and will earn a Master of Science in…

Dr Alexander Heazell is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics and Clinical Director of the Tommy’s Stillbirth Research Centre, University of Manchester, UK. Since completing his PhD in 2008 on the role of placental dysfunction in preeclampsia, his research has focused on stillbirth; his research portfolio includes a profile of basic science, clinical and qualitative…

Dr. Katherine J. Gold is a family physician, obstetrics and mental health researcher, and an associate professor in the University of Michigan Departments of Family Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology. Dr. Gold researches the impact of poor obstetrical outcomes on parents, families, and providers with particular interest in mental and physical health outcomes and health…

Dr. Margaret Murphy is a Lecturer in Midwifery at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Ireland. Her doctoral thesis explored the experiences of couples in pregnancy following stillbirth and miscarriage using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. She was elected to the Executive Board of the International Stillbirth Alliance in September 2016 and elected Treasurer…

Pofessor Bob Silver is a Maternal–Fetal Medicine specialist and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Utah. His clinical and research expertise is in stillbirth and recurrent pregnancy loss.

Hannah is a clinician and perinatal epidemiologist with over twenty years of experience in global health. Her research is focused on maternal, perinatal and child health. Hannah’s specific skills are regarding improving national and global measurement and estimation of perinatal outcomes. She was a leading author on Lancet papers regarding national and global rates of…

Professor Gordon Smith is Head of Department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Cambridge. His research interests include developing novel methods of screening for placentally-related complications of pregnancy, application of omics methods to biological samples from human pregnancy, prospective studies of unselected nulliparous women, and statistical and economic modelling.