Jane Hirst
Jane Hirst is an English professor and an academic obstetrician at the University of Oxford. She has been named the Clinical Chair at the George Institute for Global Health UK and the School of Public Health.[1] She conducts research in preventing cardio metabolic complications in women after high-risk pregnancy conditions such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia.[2]
Awards and honours
- Hirst was awarded the Australian Prime Minister's Endeavour Awards in 2009[3]
- Awarded UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship[4]
- In 2013, received a Nuffield fellowship to collaborate with the Intergrowth-21st consortium and the Gdm-Health development team.[5]
Career
Hirst's research looks at global perinatal health and, in particular, gestational diabetes mellitus, preterm birth and stillbirth.[6][7] She is also an Honorary Consultant in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. Her research interests are in global health, particularly in the areas of stillbirth prevention and diabetes in pregnancy. She has conducted research and education programmes in Australia, the United Kingdom, Africa, Malaysia, Fiji and Vietnam.[8]
Selected publications
- Hirst, Jane E; Tran, Thach Son; Do, My An T; Rowena, Forsyth; Morris, Jonathan M; Jeffery, Heather E (December 2012). "Women with gestational diabetes in Vietnam: a qualitative study to determine attitudes and health behaviours". BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 12 (1): 81. doi:10.1186/1471-2393-12-81. PMC 3449178. PMID 22873351.
- Hirst, Jane E.; Gard, Gregory B.; McIllroy, Kirsty; Nevell, David; Field, Michael (July 2009). "High Rates of Occult Fallopian Tube Cancer Diagnosed at Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy". International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 19 (5): 826–829. doi:10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a1b5dc. PMID 19574767. S2CID 6496116. ProQuest 2552822798.
- Hirst, Jane E.; Torode, Hugh; Sears, William; Cousins, Michael J. (January 2009). "Beware the Tarlov Cyst". Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 16 (1): 78–80. doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2008.09.580. PMID 19110185.
- Hirst, Jane E; Knight, Hannah Ellin; Ohuma, Eric O; Dwyer, Terence; Hennig, Benjamin D; Papageorghiou, Aris T; Cheikh Ismail, Leila; Villar, José; Kennedy, Stephen H (September 2019). "Social gradient of birthweight in England assessed using the INTERGROWTH-21 st gestational age-specific standard" (PDF). Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 104 (5): F486–F492. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2018-315295. PMID 30464006. S2CID 53715814.
References
- ^ "Professor Jane Hirst appointed to role devoted to global women's health | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. 2023-08-01. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ Hirst, Jane Elizabeth; Nagraj, Shobhana; Henry, Amanda; Mackillop, Lucy; Norton, Robyn; Kennedy, Stephen (October 2019). "The obstetrician's role in preventing cardiometabolic disease". The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist. 21 (4): 247–254. doi:10.1111/tog.12600. S2CID 199037578.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "Jane Hirst". www.wrh.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ College, Green Templeton; posts, Georgia Hole old (2020-10-15). "Dr Jane Hirst receives Future Leaders Fellowship from UK Research and Innovation". Green Templeton College. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "Jane Hirst". www.wrh.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "Jane Hirst". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ Triulzi, Isotta; Kabra, Rita; Allagh, Komal Preet; Kiarie, James (2023-08-18). Strengths and weaknesses of the South-South Learning Exchange: a qualitative analysis of experts' perspectives (Report). Vol. 7. Gates Open Research.
- ^ "Member Profile - Jane Hirst". Healthy Newborn Network. Retrieved 2023-11-13.