Dr Hannah Blencowe
MBChB PhD MRCGP PGCert Med Ed MRCPCH
Assistant Professor
LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom
I joined LSHTM in 2010 after completing an Msc in Public Health for Developing Countries. My background is in medicine and I have worked as a clinician in paediatrics, general practice and obstetrics and gynaecology.
My main interests are in maternal, perinatal and child health, and in newborn health and stillbirth in particular.
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
I am passionate about teaching, mentoring and supporting the development of early-career researchers including the supervision of both PhD and MSc students.
I am programme director for MSc Public Health for Development. I co-organise the current issues in Safe Motherhood and Perinatal Health module and am a tutor on the Applying Public Health Principles in Developing Countries module.
I am a tutor for the MSc Public Health for Development and MSc Global Mental Health.
Research
My current research work is focused around improving the measurement and global estimation of perinatal conditions (including preterm birth, low birthweight, small-for-gestational-age, stillbirths, congenital abnormalities and neonatal morbidity and associated long term consequences) as part of the Every Newborn Action plan to end preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths. I was a leading author on Lancet papers regarding national and global rates of preterm birth (2012) and stillbirths (2011 and 2016). I played a central role in the Lancet Every Newborn series, Every Newborn Action Plan (2014) and Lancet Ending Preventable Stillbirths series (2016). I have also coordinated novel estimates on congenital conditions and disability after neonatal complications.
In addition to the advancement of the global perinatal epidemiology knowledge base, I am interested how this knowledge can be integrated in policy and practice to ensure that every baby counts and am excited about improving the use of data in policy and programmes to improve the health of mothers and babies worldwide.