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Professor Helen Spiby serves as Professor of Midwifery within the School of Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham and is a key contributor to the Rights Lab's Health and Communities Programme. She leads the School's Maternal Health and Wellbeing Research Group, focusing on critical intersections between maternity care systems and social vulnerabilities.
Research Focus: Her work critically examines maternity care organization, perinatal mental health crises, and sociocultural dimensions of pregnancy, with groundbreaking research on modern slavery's impact on pregnant women and new mothers. She champions participatory research methodologies that actively involve maternity service users throughout all research phases.
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Collaborations & Capacity Building: Professor Spiby established the Nottingham Maternity Research Network to integrate public involvement in research design. She maintains extensive partnerships with NHS trusts and Third Sector organizations to advance evidence-based practice and systematically strengthen midwifery research capacity across clinical settings.
Research Infrastructure: She directs the Maternal Health and Wellbeing Research Group while actively shaping the Rights Lab's Health and Communities Programme, creating interdisciplinary frameworks to address systemic challenges in maternal healthcare delivery and policy.
