Maureen Collins

Maureen Collins Hypnobirthing Teacher/Trainer Maureen qualified as a Registered General Nurse before she went on to qualify as a Registered Midwife. She has a BA(Hons) in Health Studies/Health Promotion and a Master’s Degree in Biomedical Ethics. Maureen has worked as a midwife in both hospital and community settings. She managed a Midwife Led Unit at…

Professor Adrienne Gordon

Professor Adrienne Gordon Neonatologist, Royal Prince Alfred Newborn Care Sydney Researcher, University of Sydney Chief Investigator, Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence, Australia Adrienne Gordon is a Senior Neonatal Staff Specialist in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) centre for newborn care and has just completed her NHMRC Early Career Fellow (ECF) at The University of…

Beth Johnson

Beth Johnson Clinical Director Heartline Ministries, Haiti Beth Johnson was raised in Illinois and Texas, Beth knew at an early age that she wanted to care for mothers and babies. At the age of eighteen Beth left home to begin her midwifery training in The Philippines. Beth has helped women deliver their little ones on three continents,…

Tara Livesay

Tara Livesay Midwife and Director Heartline Maternity Center Tara Livesay is originally from Minnesota, Tara is a Certified Professional Midwife and the Director of Heartline Maternity Center. Tara and her husband, Troy, along with their seven children moved to Haiti in January of 2006 where they have lived and worked for well over a decade.…

Yvonne McGrath

Yvonne McGrath Consultant Midwife Lincolnshire East Clinical Commissioning Group Yvonne is employed by the CCG within the Better Births transformation team and works closely with the local trust, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust to ensure strong links are maintained to facilitate delivering the maternity transformation programme. With a strong background in caseload and midwifery-led models of…

Kizzy Lynch

Kizzy Lynch Lead Midwife for Education, Senior Lecturer, Programme Leader University of Lincoln Kizzy’s responsibilities include ensuring the quality of the midwifery programme is maintained in line with the University of Lincoln and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards, ensuring good relationships are maintained with practice partners. Curriculum development is a large part of the…

Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam

Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam Consultant Epidemiologist National Infection Service, Public Health England Gayatri studied medicine at Imperial College School of Medicine, London (1994-2000). After completing her medical training, she spent 4 years training in clinical paediatrics, developing an interest in paediatric infectious diseases. Gayatri completed the MRCPCH (Membership of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health)…

Nicos Middleton

Associate Professor Nicos Middleton Associate Professor in Health Sciences Research Methodology and Biostatistics Head of Department of Nursing and Dean of School of Health Sciences Cyprus University of Technology Nicos Middleton: BSc Statistics and Operational Research (UCL, 1997), MSc Health Care Decision Analysis (LSE and LSHTM, 1998), PhD Epidemiology (Social & Community Medicine, University of…

Anna af Ugglas

Anna af Ugglas Global Programme and Implementation Manager Laerdal Global Health, Norway In 1991, Anna became a registered midwife to thereafter complete a bachelor’s degree and receive a certificate as a teacher in Caring Education in 1999. Her master’s degree was obtained in Social Science with a Major in education with specialization in Caring Education…

Andrew Weeks

Andrew Weeks Consultant Obstetrician, Liverpool Women’s Hospital Professor of International Maternal Health Care, University of Liverpool. Andrew Weeks is Consultant Obstetrician at Liverpool Women’s Hospital and Professor of International Maternal Health Care at the University of Liverpool. Although brought up in Kenya, he undertook undergraduate and postgraduate medical training around Yorkshire. In 2001 he returned…