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Biography
Dame Tina Lavender is Professor of Maternal and Newborn health and Director of the Centre for Childbirth, Women's and Newborn Health. As a registered midwife, Dame Tina has spent much of her career developing midwifery research capacity globally, and working with the Lugina Africa Midwives Research Network to improve evidence-based practices. She leads a programme of applied health research focusing on improving outcomes and experiences.
Dame Tina is a Visiting Professor at the University of Nairobi and has an honorary contract at the Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. Over the last decade she has been conducting research related to stillbirth and is Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Global Health Research Unit on the Prevention and Management of Stillbirth and Neonatal Death, working in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Dame tina is Associate Editor and co-founder of the African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. She has played an active role in promoting improved educational midwifery standards, through innovative projects and academic roles. She also acts as a regular Advisor to the World Health Organisation, particularly related to research, education and guideline development.
Achievements include being nominated as one of BBC's 100 most inspirational women in the world. Dame Tina was also made a Senior National Institute for Health and Care Research Investigator in 2018.
Research interests
Dame Tina is interested in all research that has the potential to improve maternal and newborn outcomes, including experiences. She currently has two main programmes of work: Stillbirth and neonatal death and newborn skin care.
Dame Tina is Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Global Health Research Unit on the Prevention and Management of Stillbirth and Neonatal Death in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This research brings together leading researchers, with expertise in stillbirth prevention and bereavement care to tackle three areas of care in eight countries (Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, India and Pakistan)
Dame Tina is also conducting parallel work on newborn skin care and is leading a National Institute for Health and Care Research Global Health Research Group on Newborn Skin Barrier Dysfunction and Infection, in Tanzania and Kenya
This aims to build on multidisciplinary expertise to establish a research group to generate new scientific knowledge and understanding of skin barrier development and the optimisation of skin barrier function to prevent adverse outcomes of sepsis and atopic dermatitis. This programme will increase contextual understanding of newborn skin, advance research methodology, strengthen clinical and research capacity, and inform skin care practice.
Teaching
Dame Tina teaches postgraduate students on topics related to maternal and newborn health, such as respectful care, stillbirth and obstetric fistula. She supervises UK and overseas PhD students, in topics related to her research programmes and has supported >20 to completion. She supports early career researchers to develop their skills and advance as independent researchers and is also a National Institute for Health and Care Research mentor.
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A meta-core outcome set for stillbirth prevention and bereavement care following stillbirth in LMIC
Dube, K., Marenga, F., Ayebare, E. O., Bedwell, C., Chaudhry, N., Chilinda, I., Chimwaza, A., Devane, D., Fattepur, S., Goshomi, U., Kiran, T., Laisser, R., Lavender, T., Mills, T., Nabisere, A., Un Nisa, Z., Vwalika, B., Wakasiaka, S. & Kirkham, J. J., 28 Jan 2025, In: BMJ Global Health. 10, 1, p. e017688 e017688.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Carboprost versus Oxytocin as the first-line treatment of primary postpartum haemorrhage (COPE) protocol for a phase IV, double-blind, double-dummy, randomised controlled trial and economic analysis
Van Netten, C., Vallabhaneni, K., Hardwick, B., Anumba, D., Briley, A. L., Collins, P., Collis, R. E., Deja, E., Gkioni, E., Gyte, G., Hickey, H., Hinshaw, K., Hughes, D. A., Kenyon, S., Lavender, T., Meher, S., Plumpton, C., Robson, S., Rosala-Hallas, A. & Saviciute, E. & 7 others, , 8 May 2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 5, e101255.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Critical signs and symptoms for self-assessment in the immediate postnatal period: an international Systematic Scoping Review and Delphi consensus study
Dey, T., Bassiony, N., Hancock, A., Benova, L., Mathai, M., Langlois, E. V., Ononge, S., Lavender, T. & Weeks, A., 28 Mar 2025, In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 25, 1, p. 364 364.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring parental knowledge, care-seeking, and support strategies for neonatal illness: an integrative review of the African Great Lakes region.
Farrell, S., Mills, T. & Lavender, D. T., 1 Dec 2025, In: Global Health Action. 18, 1, 2450137.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Increasing breastfeeding initiation and duration in women with a body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m 2: developing an intervention from theory to acceptability
Lyons, S., Currie, S., Peters, S., Lavender, T., Turnbull, E., Bhatia, R., Khan, Z. & Smith, D. M., 10 Apr 2025, In: International Breastfeeding Journal. 20, 1, p. 29 29.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Database and Syntax for Analysis of the Paper: "Effects of introducing the WHO Labour Care Guide on Caesarean section: a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster randomized trial in India"
Gibbons, L. (Creator) & Lavender, T. (Creator), tbc, 12 Jul 2023
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Data for the article 'Interventions to support parents, families and caregivers in caring for preterm or low birth weight infants at home: a systematic review and meta-analysis'
Bedwell, C. (Creator), Wilson, A. (Creator), Actis Danna, V. (Creator), Tate, N. (Creator), Dwan, K. (Creator), Portela, A. (Creator) & Lavender, T. (Creator), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 2025
DOI: 10.57978/y7d6-9861
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Profiles
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Miss Valentina Actis Danna
- International Public Health - Research Associate
- Faculty of Education
- Centre for Childbirth, Women's and Newborn Health
Person: Research only, PhD
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Mrs Sarah Farrell
- International Public Health - Clinical PhD Fellow
- Faculty of Education
- Centre for Childbirth, Women's and Newborn Health
Person: Research only, PhD