Projects (4)

Compassionate Companions: a service to support parents and families who experience perinatal loss. Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2024
This exciting proposal will provide a registered midwife who is interested in care of women who have experienced perinatal bereavement, the opportunity to undertake a full-time funded PhD over a three-year period. This research project will involve e... Read More about Compassionate Companions: a service to support parents and families who experience perinatal loss..

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) post perinatal loss: investigating final details for pilot trial and feasibility study Mar 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2019
Approximately 3,500 women in the UK experience the trauma of perinatal loss each year. Up to 39% go on to develop perinatal PTSD. There is no effective treatment for these women, but EMDR is effective in reducing PTSD symptoms in other populations. D... Read More about Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) post perinatal loss: investigating final details for pilot trial and feasibility study.

The Bassett Scholarship for improving midwifery perinatal bereavement care in Lothian Oct 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2024
This proposal will provide a midwife interested in the area of bereavement the opportunity to undertake a PhD over a 3 year period. This undertaking will develop skills and understanding of midwives within the clinical area and universities relative... Read More about The Bassett Scholarship for improving midwifery perinatal bereavement care in Lothian.

NIHR global group: reducing childhood mortality through prevention of preterm birth mortality and morbidity and stillbirth. Apr 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2021
Our NIHR global health research group will develop and implement clinical strategies to reduce preterm birth and stillbirth related morbidity and mortality, and provide a platform for future clinical trials on preterm birth. Our multidisciplinary tea... Read More about NIHR global group: reducing childhood mortality through prevention of preterm birth mortality and morbidity and stillbirth..