Professor Marian Knight
Contact information
+44 (0)1865 289727
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Websites
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Public Health England
Honorary Consultant in Public Health
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National Institue for Health Research
Chair, Research for Patient Benefit Programme South Central Regional Funding Committee
Marian Knight
MA, MBChB, MPH, DPhil, FFPH, FRCPE
Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
- MSC in Global Health Science module 6 lead: Maternal and Child Health
Marian Knight is Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit. She trained initially in obstetrics and neonatology, completing a DPhil investigating the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia, before becoming interested in epidemiology and population health. She therefore undertook specialty training in public health, becoming a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health in 2006. She is an Honorary Consultant in Public Health with Public Health England. Her work focuses on using national observational studies to address clinical questions concerning rare and severe complications of pregnancy and early life. She also leads the MBRRACE-UK national confidential enquiries into maternal morbidity and mortality. In February 2012, Marian was awarded one of the first NIHR Research Professorships to develop further her work relating to maternal morbidity and care of infants requiring early surgery.
Recent publications
Application of geospatial analysis for mapping the distribution of severe maternal morbidities in eastern Ethiopia: The case of the Ethiopian obstetric surveillance system.
Journal article
Alemu SM. et al, (2026), Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Access to and engagement with healthcare services among women with Children’s Social Care involvement during the perinatal period who subsequently died: a confidential enquiry
Journal article
De Backer K. et al, (2026), BMJ Public Health, 4, e003171 - e003171
The association between individual and neighbourhood-level measures of socioeconomic disadvantage and severe maternal morbidity, in the Netherlands, a retrospective cohort study.
Journal article
Geddes-Barton D. et al, (2026), Eur J Public Health, 36
Change in early respiratory management of infants born at less than 30 weeks' gestation in England and Wales: an observational cohort study.
Journal article
Farley H. et al, (2026), Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
Using Criteria-Based Audit to Improve the Management of Postpartum Haemorrhage in a University Hospital in Eastern Ethiopia: A Before and After Study.
Journal article
Girma S. et al, (2026), Trop Med Int Health, 31, 307 - 314
