Professor Jenny Kurinczuk
Jenny Kurinczuk
BSc (Hons), MBChB, MSc (Epid), MD, FFPH
Professor of Perinatal Epidemiology & Director, NPEU
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
- Co-Director, Policy Research Unit in Maternal Health and Care National Lead - MBRRACE-UK
I am Director of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU). Our mission at the NPEU is to conduct methodologically rigorous research to provide evidence to improve the care provided to women and their families during pregnancy, childbirth, the newborn period and early childhood as well as promoting the effective use of resources by perinatal health services.
My particular research focuses on the causes and consequences of conditions from conception through pregnancy which affect newborn babies some of which have subsequent effects on the health of the babies as they grow and develop during childhood and beyond. These include newborn brain dysfunction (neonatal encephalopathy), cerebral palsy and congenital anomalies (sometimes also called birth defects), and the health and development of children born following assisted conception, for example IVF.
I am also involved in: leading the MBRRACE-UK collaboration responsible for the national maternal, newborn and infant clinical outcome review programme; studies of near miss maternal morbidity; and the evaluation of paediatric surgical interventions for congenital anomalies.
Key publications
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Assisted reproductive technology and birth defects: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal article
Hansen M. et al, (2013), Hum Reprod Update, 19, 330 - 353
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Epidemiology of neonatal encephalopathy and hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy.
Journal article
Kurinczuk JJ. et al, (2010), Early Hum Dev, 86, 329 - 338
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Extreme obesity in pregnancy in the United Kingdom.
Journal article
Knight M. et al, (2010), Obstet Gynecol, 115, 989 - 997
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Recreational drug use: A major risk factor for gastroschisis?
Journal article
Draper ES. et al, (2008), Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 63, 356 - 357
Recent publications
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Planned mode of birth after previous caesarean section: a structured review of the evidence on the associated outcomes for women and their children in high-income settings
Journal article
FITZPATRICK K. et al, (2022), Frontiers in Medicine, section Obstetrics & Gynaecology
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Correction: Refinement of the Well-being in Pregnancy (WiP) questionnaire: cognitive interviews with women and healthcare professionals and a validation survey.
Other
Kelly L. et al, (2022), BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 22
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The association between conception history and subsequent postpartum depression and/or anxiety: Evidence from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink 1991-2013.
Journal article
Tianyi FT. et al, (2022), J Affect Disord
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Transfer of thawed frozen embryo versus fresh embryo to improve the healthy baby rate in women undergoing IVF: the E-Freeze RCT.
Journal article
Maheshwari A. et al, (2022), Health Technol Assess, 26, 1 - 142
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Refinement of the Well-being in Pregnancy (WiP) questionnaire: cognitive interviews with women and healthcare professionals and a validation survey.
Journal article
Kelly L. et al, (2022), BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 22