Kathryn Bunch
Health Services Researcher /Epidemiologist
Kathryn Bunch is a researcher for the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care based within the NPEU. Her work also includes epidemiological support to the MBRRACE-UK programme, most particularly the surveillance chapter of the annual report on maternal deaths and morbidity. In addition, Kathryn provides epidemiological and statistical support to UKOSS studies looking at rare maternal and perinatal conditions and outcomes associated with pregnancy and childbirth.
Before joining NPEU, Kathryn worked for many years at the Childhood Cancer Research Group. There, she was involved in a variety of epidemiological studies including assessments of childhood cancer risk arising from both ionising and non-ionising radiation exposure and the role of paternal occupational exposure for different diagnostic subgroups. Other studies investigated cancer risk in children born following assisted conception, the relationship between birthweight and childhood cancer risk and adverse effects among childhood cancer survivors.
Recent publications
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Management and implications of severe COVID-19 in pregnancy in the UK: data from the UK Obstetric Surveillance System national cohort.
Journal article
Vousden N. et al, (2022), Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
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Severity of maternal infection and perinatal outcomes during periods in which Wildtype, Alpha and Delta SARS-CoV-2 variants were dominant: Data from the UK Obstetric Surveillance System national cohort
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Vousden N. and RAMAKRISHNAN R., (2022), BMJ medicine
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A national cohort study and confidential enquiry to investigate ethnic disparities in maternal mortality
Journal article
Knight M. et al, (2022), EClinicalMedicine, 43
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Incidence, risk factors and impact of seasonal influenza in pregnancy: A national cohort study.
Journal article
Vousden N. et al, (2021), PLoS One, 16
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The incidence, characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women hospitalized with symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK from March to September 2020: A national cohort study using the UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS).
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Vousden N. et al, (2021), PLoS One, 16