Professor Shakila Thangaratinam

Professor Shakila Thangaratinam is Dame Hilda Lloyd Chair of Maternal and Perinatal Health at the University of Birmingham, where she leads the Maternal and Reproductive Health Theme. She is the co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women’s Health and academic lead for Women’s Health in Birmingham Health Partners. As a Consultant Obstetrician, she is involved in the care of high-risk mothers at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Professor Thangaratinam’s research focuses on prediction, prevention and treatment of complications in mothers with pre-eclampsia, epilepsy, diabetes, and obesity. As the theme lead for Women’s Metabolic Health within the BRC, she is utilising this expertise to elucidate conditions that predominantly or only affect the health of women and girls. To ensure that the views of women in the West Midlands are captured within Professor Thangaratinam’s research at Birmingham, she has established a Patient and Public Involvement Group named The Hildas. The women in this group are consulted on current research ideas which enables the groups’ research to be collaborative.

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