Awards
- Dame Commander of the British Empire for Services to Women's Health, Queen's New Year's Honours List 2020, 2020
- President's Medal - Faculty of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, 2019
- Honorary Doctorate of Science, University College London, 2015
- Professor Dame Julia Higgins Award, Imperial College London, 2015
- Women in the City - Woman of Achievement 2013 in Medicine and Healtchare, Medical Women's Federation, 2013
- Woman of Achievement Award for services to Reproductive Medicine, particularly infertility and recurrent miscarriage, Benenden School, 2005
- Harvard Medical Society, Boston, Harvard Medical Society, 2001
External Positions
- Women's Health Ambassador, Women's Health Ambassador for England, DHSC, 2022
- NED, NHS Resolution, NHS Resolution, 2021 - 2024
- Co-Chair, PPP Women's Health Project, Public Policy Project, 2021 - 2022
- Expert Advisor, Health & Social Care Select Committee’s Expert Panel investigation into maternity safety, DHSC, 2021 - 2021
- Member, NIHR Advisory Panel (funding panel), NIHR, 2020 - 2020
- Patron, Progress Education Trust, PET, 2020
- Chair, Wellbeing of Women, WoW, 2020
- Chair, Abortion Task Force, RCOG, 2019
- Trustee, British Pregnancy Advisory Service, BPAS, 2019
- Co-Chair, Intra-Partum Fetal Monitoring Task Force, RCM/RCOG, 2019 - 2020
- Co-Chair, Menstrual Health Coalition Steering Group, MHC, 2019 - 2022
- Trustee & Chair of Q&S Committee, Quality & Safety Committee - KEVII, King Edward VII Hospital, 2019
- Invited Participant, APPG Sexual & Reproductive Health, 2018
- Member, NHS Assembly, NHS, 2018 - 2022
- Patron, Safe Hands for Mothers Charity, Safe Hands for Mothers Charity, 2018
- Co-Chair, Women's Health National Strategic Task Force, DoH, 2018 - 2020
- invited participant, APPG on Population, Reproductive Health & HIV External Advisory Group, 2017
- Member, Human Rights Committee, US National Academy of Medicine, 2017
- Member, Sexual Health, Reproductive Health & HIV External Advisory Group, Public Health England (PHE), 2016
- Member of Management Board, Tommy's Miscarriage Centre, 2016 - 2020
- Patron, Women & Children First Charity, 2016
- Member, Women's Health and Human Rights Committee, FIGO, 2015
- Member, Royal Society of Medicine Global Health Steering Group, Royal Society of Medicine, 2010 - 2016
- Chair, International Advocacy Committee, RCOG, 2009 - 2012
- Member, Steering Group NCEPOD, National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, 2009 - 2016
- Appointed Trustee, Wellbeing of Women, RCOG, 2009 - 2011
- Chair, Women's Sexual and Reproductive Rights (WSRR), International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), 2009 - 2015
- Member, Finance & Executive Committee, RCOG, 2008 - 2010
- Expert advisor, Interventions Committee, National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), 2007 - 2011
- Medical Vice Chair, North West Thames Advisory Committee for Clinical Excellence Awards, ACCEA, 2007 - 2010
- Member, Council, RCOG, 2006 - 2012
- Member, International Executive Board, RCOG, 2006 - 2013
- President, The Association of Early Pregnancy Units in the UK, The Association of Early Pregnancy Units in the UK, 2006 - 2011
- Assessor, Student elective bursaries, case history prizes, members and fellows travelling scholarships, RCOG, 2003 - 2016
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Member, British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP), 2019
- Honorary Member, Medical Society of London, 2019
- President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2016
- Chair, National Confidential Enquiry Into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD), 2016
- Member, International Federation of Gynecology & Obstetrics (FIGO), 2009
- Member, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), 1985
- 1942 Club
- American Society of Reproductive Medicine
- Association of Professors in Obstetrics & Gynaecology UK
- Biritsh Society for Immunology - Materno-fetal immunology group
- Blair Bell Research Society
- British Fertility Society
- Member, British Maternal Fetal Medicine Society
- European Association of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
- European Society for Human Reproduction & Embryology
- European Team for Early Pregnancy (ETEP)
- Gynaecological Visiting Society
- Medico Legal Society
- Royal Society of Medicine
- Society for Gynaecologic Investigation USA
Industrial Connections
- Illumina, Expert Panel Member
Fellowships
- Honorary Fellow - FSRH, Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, 2020
- Honorary Fellow - FPH, Faculty of Public Health, 2020
- Honorary Fellow - RCP, Royal College of Physicians (RCP), 2020
- Honorary Fellow - RCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners, 2020
- Honorary Fellow - RCPath, Royal College of Pathologists, 2020
- Honorary Fellow - RANZCOG, Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG), 2019
- Honorary Fellow - RCM, Royal College of Midwives, 2019
- Honorary Membership - BFS, British Fertility Society, 2018
- Honorary Fellowship - RCPI, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 2018
- Honorary Fellowship - RCPI IOG, Republic of Ireland Institute of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, 2018
- Honorary Fellow, Indian College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2018
- Elected to, The US National Academy of Medicine, 2017
- Honorary Fellow, Sri Lankan College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2017
- Honorary Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gyecologists, 2015
- FRCOG, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1998
- Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (Primary), 1982
Editorial Boards
- Oxford Desk Reference: Texbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Editing Reproductive Medicine section, 2008
- Global Library of Women's Medicine, Executive Editorial Board, 2008
- Human Fertility, International Advisory Board, 2007
- Faculty of 1000 Medicine, European Faculty Head for Women's Health, 2004