Global Health Seminar Series: Dame Tina Lavender & Dr Tracey Mills

The UCL Institute for Global Health’s Global Health Seminar Series is a dynamic and inclusive forum for exploring key issues in global health. Open to anyone with an interest in the field including academics, current and prospective students, and professionals working in global health, the series offers thought-provoking presentations and discussions led by a diverse range of expert speakers.

Each event provides an opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research, policy debates, and real-world experiences from across the global health landscape. Seminars will be held either in-person or online.

Whether you’re looking to deepen your understanding, connect with others in the field, or stay informed about emerging challenges and innovations, we welcome you to join us.

Title

‘The role of respectful and relational care in improving outcomes in maternal and newborn health in LMICs.’

About the speakers

Dame Tina is Professor of Maternal and Newborn Health and Director of the Centre for Childbirth, Women’s and Newborn Health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. She holds an honorary position at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. She is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Nairobi. Dame Tina leads a programme of research, with a focus on improving maternal and newborn outcomes. Dame Tina is Director of an NIHR Global Health Research Unit on the prevention and management of Stillbirth and Neonatal Death, involving eight countries, across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. She is Associate Editor (and founder) of the African Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. Dame Tina is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Midwives. Dame Tina also acts as a regular Advisor to the World Health Organization, particularly in relation to research priority setting, guideline development and as a reviewer of educational materials. In 2016 she was nominated as one of BBC’s 100 most inspirational women in the World. In 2018 Dame Tina was made a Senior NIHR Investigator.

Dr Tracey Mills is a midwife and Reader in Maternal and Newborn Health at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK. She has a strong reputation in applied maternal and newborn health research, tackling challenges in access, quality and equity in pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal care using a range of methodologies from qualitative research to clinical trials. Her recent focus has been in global prevention of stillbirth and neonatal death, promoting respectful bereavement care and improving postnatal care in the highest burden settings. Tracey also has extensive experience of developing research capacity with a focus on midwives and nurses and leads bereavement care workstreams and capacity strengthening strategy for the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Prevention and Management of Stillbirth and Neonatal death in Sub-Saharan Africa.