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Welcome to the third episode of season four of Conversations in Fetal Medicine, where we speak to Professor Jenny Myers.

Professor Myers' bio:

Jenny is Professor of Obstetrics & Maternal Medicine within the Maternal & Fetal Health Research Centre, University of Manchester and Consultant Obstetrician, St Mary’s Hospital. As an obstetrician, Jenny is part of the Maternal Medicine team and leads two translational research clinics for women with hypertension and diabetes. She is also the Hospital Chief Clinical Informatics Officer for St Mary’s Managed Clinical Service (18000 births).

She currently runs a portfolio of clinical and laboratory science studies which span vascular and placental biology research, preclinical models, observational cohort studies and intervention trials before, during and after pregnancy.

Jenny is the chief/principal investigator for several multicenter studies related to
hypertension and diabetes in pregnancy. Jenny is a Consulting Editor for Plos Medicine,
President of the RCOG Blair Bell Research Society, obstetric advisor for the National
Diabetes in Pregnancy Audit and has served on several NICE committees.

World Pre-eclampsia Day 2024:

This is on May 22nd 2024. Find out more about it from APEC (Action on Pre-eclampsia) here:

https://action-on-pre-eclampsia.org.uk/world-pre-eclampsia-day/

Phoenix study:

Find out more about the Phoenix study here:
Chappell LC, Brocklehurst P, Green ME, Hunter R, Hardy P, Juszczak E, Linsell L, Chiocchia V, Greenland M, Placzek A, Townend J, Marlow N, Sandall J, Shennan A; PHOENIX Study Group. Planned early delivery or expectant management for late preterm pre-eclampsia (PHOENIX): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2019 Sep

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2819%2931963-4/fulltext

Podcast information:

We have not included any patient identifiable information, and this podcast is intended for professional education rather than patient information (although welcome anyone interested in the field to listen). Please get in touch with feedback or suggestions for future guests or topics: conversationsinfetalmed@gmail.com, or via Twitter (X) or Instagram via @fetalmedcast.

Music by Crowander ('Acoustic romance') used under creative commons licence. Podcast created, hosted and edited by Dr Jane Currie.