Professor Marian Knight
Contact information
+44 (0)1865 289727
Fax +44 (0)1865 289701
Research groups
- Anaemic heart failure: factors associated with progression from severe morbidity to death among pregnant women in India
- Enhanced Modified Obstetric Early Warning Scoring: harnessing the power of electronic patient record data
- Ethics: maternal suicide – why is it not recognised internationally?
- Maternal anaemia and short or long-term maternal and child outcomes
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.
Key publications
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Contemporary management and outcomes for infants born with oesophageal atresia
Journal article
Burge DM. et al, (2013), British Journal of Surgery, 100, 515 - 521
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Uterine rupture by intended mode of delivery in the UK: a national case-control study.
Journal article
Fitzpatrick KE. et al, (2012), PLoS Med, 9
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Gastroschisis: one year outcomes from national cohort study.
Journal article
Bradnock TJ. et al, (2011), BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 343
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Perinatal outcomes after maternal 2009/H1N1 infection: National cohort study
Journal article
Pierce M. et al, (2011), BMJ, 342
Recent publications
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Management and outcomes of women with placenta accreta spectrum grade 3: an INOSS multicountry multiperiod population-based study.
Journal article
Pinton A. et al, (2025), BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 25
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Surgeons and Neonatologists Views About Surgical Decision Making in Necrotising Enterocolitis
Journal article
Bethell GS. et al, (2025), Archives of Disease in Childhood
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Advancing maternal and perinatal health through clinical trials: key insights from a WHO global consultation
Journal article
Dey T. et al, (2025), The Lancet Global Health, 13, e740 - e748
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Interventions to reduce inequalities for pregnant women living with disadvantage in high-income countries: an umbrella review.
Journal article
Vousden N. et al, (2025), BMC Public Health, 25
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Pregnancy Outcomes in Women With Liver Cirrhosis: A National Prospective Cohort Study Using the UK Obstetric Surveillance System.
Journal article
Nana M. et al, (2025), BJOG