Wilhelmine Meeraus

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Contacts wilhelmine.meeraus.09@ucl.ac.uk
Address
 Room W5.07
MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health
Institute of Child Health
London
WC1N 1EH
 PhD

Adverse Paediatric Outcomes of Antibiotic Treatment in Pregnancy

Supervisors: Ruth Gilbert, Irene Petersen

In my PhD, I am using UK primary care data to explore, whether fetal exposure to antibiotics may lead to adverse neurological outcomes (cerebral palsy, epilepsy) in childhood. My PhD addresses the following questions:

  • What is the incidence of prenatal antibiotic treatment for different indications and gestations of pregnancy and how have these changed over time?
  • Is antibiotic prescribing during pregnancy associated with an increased risk of neurological outcomes in the child, after taking into account the occurrence of maternal infection?
  • Is the effect of antibiotic treatment modified by timing before delivery?
 Joined UCL  November 2009

Academic Background

2004 MSc Control of Infectious Diseases
 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
2003 MSci Chemistry with Study in Continental Europe
 University of Bristol, UK
Chronic Medical Conditions Influence Prescribing of Medications in Pregnancy
 		August 2011
Poster at the International Conference on Pharmaco-epidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management, Chicago, USA
Primary Care Databases: An Alternative to Disease Registers for Population-based Research into Cerebral Palsy in the UK
 		July 2011
Oral Presentation at the Society for Academic Primary Care conference, Bristol, UK
Incidence of Epilepsy and Anti-Epileptic Drug Prescribing in Children in the UK
 		August 2010
Oral Presentation at the International Conference on Pharmaco-epidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management, Brighton, UK

Prior to my PhD, I worked as an epidemiologist for the Health Protection Agency (UK) and a health specialist for the Fairfax County Health Department (USA).  I have been involved with surveillance, research, and health promotion at the local, national and international levels. 

My work has focused on infectious diseases – ranging from vector-borne diseases and blood-borne viruses,  to infections in pregnancy and outbreaks of disease among healthcare workers.


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