ProfDavid Churchill
Professor of Obstetrics
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Orcid identifier0000-0003-0548-2953 (opens in a new tab)
- Professor of ObstetricsFaculty of Science and Engineering
- 01902 695153 (Work)
- 01902 307999 Ext.8383 (Work)
- Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP, United Kingdom
RESEARCH INTERESTS
A) Obstetric epidemiology
B) Anaemia in pregnancy:
1) all aspects of the management of iron deficiency anaemia, diagnosis, investigation and treatment.
2) investigating the use of biomarkers to improve the diagnosis of IDA in pregnancy and predict response to treatment
3) Investigating approaches and methodologies to optimise and improve treatment
4) investigating the mechanisms through which IDA in pregnancy is associated with serious adverse obstetric outcomes, stillbirth, perinatal mortality and maternal morbidity and mortality.
5) Lead obstetrician and co-investigator on the PANDA programme funded by the NIHR to investigate approaches to prevent IDA in pregnancy and reduce low birth weight and preterm birth.
C) Diabetes in pregnancy
1) Investigating the use of maternal and fetal data to stratify women with gestational diabetes into risk groups and rationalise their treatment.
2) Chief investigator for a national study into the management of diabetes ketoacidosis in pregnancy.
D) Ethnicity adverse outcome and the provision of medical services.
B) Anaemia in pregnancy:
1) all aspects of the management of iron deficiency anaemia, diagnosis, investigation and treatment.
2) investigating the use of biomarkers to improve the diagnosis of IDA in pregnancy and predict response to treatment
3) Investigating approaches and methodologies to optimise and improve treatment
4) investigating the mechanisms through which IDA in pregnancy is associated with serious adverse obstetric outcomes, stillbirth, perinatal mortality and maternal morbidity and mortality.
5) Lead obstetrician and co-investigator on the PANDA programme funded by the NIHR to investigate approaches to prevent IDA in pregnancy and reduce low birth weight and preterm birth.
C) Diabetes in pregnancy
1) Investigating the use of maternal and fetal data to stratify women with gestational diabetes into risk groups and rationalise their treatment.
2) Chief investigator for a national study into the management of diabetes ketoacidosis in pregnancy.
D) Ethnicity adverse outcome and the provision of medical services.
GRANTS
- GRANTFAVOURITEThe 'PANDA' research programme: Primary prevention of maternal ANaemia to avoid preterm Delivery and other Adverse outcomesNational Institute for Health Research3 Aug 2020 - 7 Jul 2025People funded by this grant:
- Churchill D,
- Stanworth S,
- Knight M,
- Lorencatto F,
- Farmer A
- GRANTThe management of diabetic ketoacidosis in pregnancyNational Institute for Health Research1 Apr 2019 - 29 Apr 2021People funded by this grant:
- Churchill D,
- Knight M,
- Strachan M
- GRANT• Optimising the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnancy (TIAP) studyNHS Blood & Transplant and the Rotha Abraham Trust3 Sep 2018 - 5 Apr 2021People funded by this grant:
- Churchill D,
- Ali H,
- Stanworth S,
- Grant-Casey J