Professor Marian Knight
Contact information
+44 (0)1865 289727
Fax +44 (0)1865 289701
Websites
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Public Health England
Honorary Consultant in Public Health
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National Institute for Health and Care Research
Chair, Research for Patient Benefit Programme South Central Regional Funding Committee
Marian Knight
MA, MBChB, MPH, DPhil, FFPH, FRCPE
Director NPEU, Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
- MSC in Global Health Science module 6 lead: Maternal and Child Health
Marian Knight is Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU).
Her work focuses on using national observational studies to address clinical questions concerning rare and severe complications of pregnancy and early life. She also leads the MBRRACE-UK national confidential enquiries into maternal morbidity and mortality.
Professor Knight is also the Medical Sciences Divisional Academic Champion for Policy and Public Engagement and as part of her role she sits on the Oxford Policy Engagement Network Steering Group. In February 2012, Marian was awarded one of the first NIHR Research Professorships to develop further her work relating to maternal morbidity and care of infants requiring early surgery.
She trained initially in obstetrics and neonatology, completing a DPhil investigating the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia, before becoming interested in epidemiology and population health. She therefore undertook specialty training in public health, becoming a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health in 2006. She is an Honorary Consultant in Public Health with Public Health England.
Recent publications
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Correction: Improving UK data on avoidable perinatal brain injury: review of data dictionaries and consultation.
Journal article
van der Scheer JW. et al, (2025), Pediatr Res
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Severe Maternal Morbidity in the High Income Setting: a Systematic Review of Composite Definitions
Journal article
HENDERSON I. et al, (2025), EClinicalMedicine
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A core outcome set for maternal and neonatal health research and surveillance of emerging and ongoing epidemic threats (MNH-EPI-COS): a modified Delphi-based international consensus.
Journal article
Pingray V. et al, (2025), EClinicalMedicine, 80
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Improving UK data on avoidable perinatal brain injury: review of data dictionaries and consultation.
Journal article
van der Scheer JW. et al, (2025), Pediatr Res
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Sotrovimab versus usual care in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19: a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial (RECOVERY)
Preprint
Horby PW. et al, (2025)