Professor Maria Quigley
Colleges
Maria Quigley
BA, MSc
Professor of Statistical Epidemiology
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
Maria joined the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) in January 2004. She supervises DPhil students and teaches on the MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology, on the modules in 'Statistics' and 'Maternal and Child Health'.
She is a co-applicant on the NIHR-funded Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care. Her research focuses on infant feeding, preterm birth, perinatal mental health and survey methodology.
Maria has expertise in the analysis of population-based cohorts and surveys, such as the Millennium Cohort Study, in the design and analysis of the NPEU National Maternity Surveys, and in RCTs.
She has also used record linkage of large, routinely collected data to address a range of research questions in the area of maternal and child health.
Maria was Director of Graduate Studies in Oxford Population Health between 2018-2023. Prior to joining the NPEU, she was based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Recent publications
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Pre-pregnancy care in general practice in England: cross-sectional observational study using administrative routine health data.
Journal article
Li Y. et al, (2025), BMC Public Health, 25
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Is maternal Body Mass Index associated with offspring infection-related hospital admissions? Findings from the Born in Bradford cohort study linked to hospital admission data
Journal article
COATHUP V. et al, (2025), BMJ Medicine
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Addressing uncertainty in identifying pregnancies in the English CPRD GOLD Pregnancy Register: a methodological study using a worked example
Journal article
Li Y. et al, (2025), International Journal of Population Data Science, 10
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Early employment after childbirth: a cross-sectional analysis using data from a national maternity survey in England.
Journal article
Wyatt R. et al, (2024), J Public Health (Oxf)
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Differences between neonatal units with high and low rates of breast milk feeding for very preterm babies at discharge: a qualitative study of staff experiences.
Journal article
McLeish J. et al, (2024), BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 24