Professor Maria Quigley
Colleges
Maria Quigley
BA, MSc
Professor of Statistical Epidemiology
- NDPH Director of Graduate Studies
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
Maria joined the NPEU in January 2004 and is a co-applicant on the Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care. She has published extensively on infant and childhood outcomes associated with infant feeding and preterm birth. Her current research includes a study exploring ethnic variations in preterm birth and infant mortality, and a national survey of maternal and infant health. Maria has conducted many research studies using population-based cohorts and surveys such as the Millennium Cohort Study, ALSPAC and the UK Infant Feeding Surveys. She is also using record linkage of large, routinely collected data to study maternal and/or child outcomes associated with preterm birth, caesarean section and fertility treatment. Maria supervises several DPhil students and teaches on the MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology, on the modules in 'Statistics' and 'Maternal and Child Health'. Maria is Director of Graduate Studies in NDPH.
Recent publications
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Gestational age at birth and child special educational needs: a UK representative birth cohort study.
Journal article
Alterman N. et al, (2021), Arch Dis Child
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Prevalence and factors associated with postpartum posttraumatic stress in a population-based maternity survey in England.
Journal article
Harrison SE. et al, (2021), J Affect Disord, 279, 749 - 756
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Planned mode of birth after previous caesarean section and women’s use of psychotropic medication in the first year postpartum: a population-based record linkage cohort study
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FITZPATRICK K. et al, (2021), Psychological Medicine
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Gestational age and hospital admissions during childhood: population based, record linkage study in England (TIGAR study).
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Coathup V. et al, (2020), BMJ, 371
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Characteristics and outcomes of neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK: a prospective national cohort study using active surveillance.
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Gale C. et al, (2020), Lancet Child Adolesc Health