Professor Jane Norman
Principal Investigator (PI) and WP3 Leader
Jane is Professor of Maternal and Foetal Health, Director of the Edinburgh Tommy's Centre and Vice-Principal, People and Culture. She leads a translational research programme which aims to understand and address pregnancy problems including preterm birth, stillbirth and gestational diabetes. She has led several multicentre clinical trials of therapies to improve pregnancy outcomes for women and their babies in both the UK (e.g. OPPTIMUM and AFFIRM). She remains in active clinical practice as a Consultant Obstetrician in the NHS and is also Dean for the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Bristol. Her role in the Bump2Baby and Me project is to lead work package 3 and is responsible for the design of the clinical trial and identifying barriers to delivery.