Personal profile
Biography
Ediri O’Brien is a Trial Manager at the Global Health Trials Unit, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), working on maternal and infant health trials since 2019. Based in the Department of Clinical Sciences, she collaborates with the Centre for Childbirth, Women’s, and Newborn Health, managing two National Institute for Health and Care Research funded cluster randomised controlled trials in Sub-Saharan Africa – one increasing antenatal care contacts in rural Tanzania and another improving perinatal bereavement support in Kenya and Uganda.
After earning a BSc (Hons) in Applied Psychology, Ediri worked in health and education before teaching English in Taiwan for three years. Returning to the UK, she transitioned back to health research, beginning a midwifery research role at Liverpool Women’s Hospital in 2005, delivering trials on gestational diabetes, preterm birth, infant skincare, and postpartum haemorrhage. In 2014, she completed an MPhil at the University of Manchester, focusing on ethnic differences in babies’ skincare.
In 2015, she joined the University of Liverpool’s Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, coordinating trials on preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction, and breast cancer treatments. Her passion for maternal and infant health led her back to this field and her current role at LSTM.
With 20 years of experience in quantitative and qualitative research, Ediri is committed to clinical trial support and capacity strengthening for partners in Low- and Middle-income Countries.