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
Childbirth Acquired Perineal Trauma ( CHAPTER ) study: A cohort study investigating health outcomes after childbirth‐related perineal trauma
Journal article
Wang Z. et al, (2026), Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Immunology of pregnancy and sepsis: shared and specific pathways guiding future precision care.
Journal article
Amarasinghe HE. et al, (2026), EBioMedicine, 130
Socioeconomic deprivation and risk of early-onset pre-eclampsia in England: a national population-based cohort study
Preprint
Phillips E. et al, (2026)
Care Received by Migrant Women Who Died During or After Pregnancy: A National Confidential Case Note Review.
Journal article
Stevenson K. et al, (2026), BJOG
Safer maternity care requires learning from the full breadth of staff and family experiences.
Journal article
Bevan C. et al, (2026), BMJ, 393
