EGA Institute for Women's Health & UCLH WH Division - 19th Annual Conference 2023

Link to Register

The in person event will again this year be held at Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, NW1 2BJ

Event details

This year the format will include oral presentations from IfWH/UCLH Researchers presenting their work, and undergoing a Q&A session. Presentations will be judged by our panel, and prizes awarded for the overall best performances.

In addition to this, as like every year, we will have our poster presentations and prizes, as well as highlights from our Institute staff of the high profile research that has been undertaken.

Furthermore, this year we will be hosting a Debate and a Key Note Lecture from externally invited speakers of clinical and academic backgrounds.

Details regarding the Key Note Lecture can be found below.

In order to illustrate the successes and achievements of the UCL Institute for Women’s Health and UCLH Women’s Health Division, the meeting will be recorded.

If you have any queries, please get in touch with the IfWH Annual Conference Organising Committee

Keynote Speaker

Bo Jacobsson 

FIGO Division Director Maternal & Neonatal Health

'Born too Soon: from basic genetics to global health for reduction of preterm birth'

Professor Jacobsson is a leading expert on the mechanisms and epidemiology of preterm birth. His research group is the world's leading in the genetics of preterm delivery and the timing of birth. The main research aim is to identify and apply different strategies to prevent preterm birth to improve the clinical outcomes of preterm-born children.

He has published over 370 peer-reviewed papers. Among other journals, he has published in Nature, Science, New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Genetics, PLOS Medicine, and JAMA. H-index: 83 Google Scholar.

Professor Jacobsson has been involved in the work of different international Maternal and Child Health organizations for more than 20 years. He co-leads the MNCH workstream in the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health. He co-edited the "Born-too-soon - the decade version" (WHO) and co-chaired the Global Advocacy group. He is also serving and has served as an expert on several WHO special task groups.

Debate - Invited Speakers

Dimitrios leads a comprehensive portfolio of research in stillbirth care and prevention including initiatives relevant to diabetes and glucose dysmetabolism, prevention of neonatal brain injury, intrapartum care and operative birth, obesity in pregnancy, postpartum haemorrhage, simulation training. He has held grants in excess of £31m, and has more than 100 publications including the Lancet Stillbirth Series.

Other speakers

 UCLH/IfWH Hot Topic Speaker