Professor Jenny Kurinczuk
Jenny Kurinczuk
BSc (Hons), MBChB, MSc (Epid), MD, FFPH
Emeritus Professor of Perinatal Epidemiology
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
- Co-Director, Policy Research Unit in Maternal Health and Care National Lead - MBRRACE-UK
Our mission at theNational Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (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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Primary postpartum haemorrhage and longer-term physical, psychological, and psychosocial health outcomes for women and their partners in high income countries: a mixed-methods systematic review
Journal article
Latt SM. et al, (2023), PLoS One
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Vulnerable newborn types: Analysis of population‐based registries for 165 million births in 23 countries, 2000–2021
Journal article
Suárez‐Idueta L. et al, (2023), BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
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Estimated neonatal survival of very preterm births across the care pathway: a UK cohort 2016-2020
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Seaton SE. et al, (2023), Archives of Disease in Childhood
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Neonatal outcomes of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK: a prospective cohort study using active surveillance.
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Ali S. et al, (2023), Pediatr Res
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Gestational age and hospital admission costs from birth to childhood: a population-based record linkage study in England.
Journal article
Hua X. et al, (2023), Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed