Miss Ursula Gazeley
Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Epidemiology & Population Health
United Kingdom
My research focuses predominantly on the measurement of maternal mortality and morbidity in low- and middle-income countries, where the burden of maternal mortality/morbidity is greatest. I conduct mixed-methods research to contribute to improvements in maternal health in high-burden settings, with experience in epidemiology, demographic methods, and qualitative research.
I have worked with colleagues at the WHO on maternal mortality estimation and global cause of death estimates. Before my PhD, I worked with IDinsight in India, South Africa, and Ghana on health programme monitoring & evaluation and implementation research.
I have worked with colleagues at the WHO on maternal mortality estimation and global cause of death estimates. Before my PhD, I worked with IDinsight in India, South Africa, and Ghana on health programme monitoring & evaluation and implementation research.
Affiliations
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
I have run the PASS scheme to help students with Basic Epidemiology and Statistics for Basic Epidemiology (STEPH) courses. I have also helped teach Demographic Methods/ Population Dynamics and Projections MSc courses.
Research
- Women's long-term outcomes in the extended postpartum period after pregnancy and childbirth – including women's risk of death beyond 42 days, causes of death beyond 42 days, and women's long-term outcomes after severe maternal morbidity "maternal near miss" complications.
- Estimation of the cumulative burden of maternal morbidity across women's reproductive life course – the "lifetime risk of maternal near miss"
- Adolescent perinatal mental health
- Estimation of the cumulative burden of maternal morbidity across women's reproductive life course – the "lifetime risk of maternal near miss"
- Adolescent perinatal mental health
Research Area
Maternal health
Reproductive health
Demography
Population health
Disease and Health Conditions
Mental health
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
South Asia
Selected Publications
Lifetime risk of maternal near miss morbidity: a novel indicator of maternal health.
2023
International journal of epidemiology
Pregnancy-related mortality up to 1 year postpartum in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of verbal autopsy data from six countries.
2023
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Adolescent perinatal mental health in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence.
2022
Social science & medicine (1982)