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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The impact of a universal late third-trimester scan for fetal growth restriction on perinatal outcomes in term singleton births: a prospective cohort study.
Journal article
Aderoba AK. et al, (2023), BJOG
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Amniotic band syndrome and limb body wall complex in Europe 1980-2019.
Journal article
Bergman JEH. et al, (2022), Am J Med Genet A
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Confirmed SARS-CoV2 infection in Scottish neonates 2020-2022: a national, population-based cohort study.
Journal article
KURINCZUK J. et al, (2022), Archives of Disease in Childhood
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What is the relationship between deprivation, modifiable factors and childhood deaths: a cohort study using the English National Child MortalityDatabase.
Journal article
Odd D. et al, (2022), BMJ Open, 12
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Abortion decision-making process trajectories and determinants in low- and middle-income countries: A mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal article
Lokubal P. et al, (2022), EClinicalMedicine, 54