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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Learning from a crisis: a qualitative study of the impact on mothers' emotional wellbeing of changes to maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, using the National Maternity Survey 2020.
Journal article
McLeish J. et al, (2022), BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 22
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Ethnic differences and inequities in paediatric healthcare utilisation in the UK: a scoping review.
Journal article
Zhang CX. et al, (2022), Arch Dis Child
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Planned mode of birth after previous cesarean section and risk of undergoing pelvic floor surgery: A Scottish population-based record linkage cohort study.
Journal article
Fitzpatrick KE. et al, (2022), PLoS Med, 19
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A report on parent involvement in planning a randomised controlled trial in neonatology and lactation - insights for current and future research.
Journal article
Levene I. et al, (2022), Int Breastfeed J, 17
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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