Awards
- The David Harvey award and lecture, The Neonatal Society, 2019
- Woman of the Year, GG2 Leadership Award, 2018
- Excellence in Patient Care Award for InnovationThe National Neonatal Research Database: A road-map for NHS “big-data” to improve care, services and patient outcomes, Royal College of Physicians of London, 2018
- Highly Commended (Team Lead) Big Data for Newborn Health, Health Services Journal, 2017
- Innovation into Practice Award Runner-Up: Big Data for Newborn Health, British Medical Journal,, 2016
- Practical guidance for the management of palliative care on neonatal units (with A Mancini, C Beardsley, D Wood and S Uthaya), Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust Governors Quality Award, 2014
- Eric Burnard Visiting Fellowship, University of Otago, New Zealand, 2013
External Positions
- Member, Child and maternal health intelligence steering group, 2013
- Member, Maternity and Children’s Datasets Specialist Implementation Group, NHS Information Centre, 2013
- Chair, National Children and Young People’s Patient Safety Expert Group, NHS England, 2013
- Group Member, Infection in Critical Care Quality Improvement Programme Oversight Group, Department of Health, 2012
- Member, Maternity and Children’s Datasets Full Implementation Group, NHS Information Centre, 2012
- Group Member, National Clinical Reference Group (Neonatal Critical Care), 2012
- Committee Member, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Quality Standards Advisory Committee, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2012
- Member, Stillbirth Prevention Data Items Task and Finish group, Department of Health, 2012
- Neonatal Dataset Working Group, British Association of Perinatal Medicine, 2011 - 2012
- Chair, Programme Board, Child Health Reviews UK, 2011
- Chair, Project Board, National Paediatric Diabetes Audit, 2011
- Chair, Ethics Advisory Board, European FP7 Programme “Treating Infections in Neonates (TINN), 2010 - 2012
- Member, Executive Board, Medicines for Children Research Network, 2010
- Board Member, Executive Board, Academic Paediatric Association of Great Britain, 2010
- Member, Expert Advisory Group “High Quality Women’s Care: A proposal for change”, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, 2010 - 2011
- Chair, National Child Health Safety Board, NPSA/RCPCH, 2010 - 2012
- Chair, Streamlining Guidance for Child Health Researchers Working Group, 2010
- Member, Subgroup on commissioning and configuration of neonatal services, National Quality Board, 2010 - 2011
- Chair, British Medical Journal Ethics Committee, British Medical Journal, 2009 - 2015
- Member, Academic Regional Advisors Committee, 2009
- Member, Catheter Infections in Children trial (CATCH) Data Monitoring Committee, National Institute for Health Research, 2009
- Member, Clinical Standards Committee, RCPCH, 2009
- Member, Executive Committee, British Paediatric Surveillance Unit, 2009
- Chair, Growth Charts Project Board, 2009
- Member, Joint Standing Committee, RCM, RCOG, RCPCH, RCA, 2009 - 2011
- Group Member, Maternity Dataset Reference Group; Child Health Dataset Development Group, NHS Information Centre, 2009 - 2012
- Deputy Chair, National Advisory Committee, Centre for Maternal and Child Health Enquiries (CMACE), 2009 - 2010
- Quality Standards Specialist Neonatal Care Topic Expert Group, National Institute for Clinical Excellence, 2009 - 2011
- Member, Women’s & Children’s Health Executive Board, National Coordinating Centre, 2009
- Member, Neonatal Critical Care Health Resource Groups and Minimum Dataset Expert Working Group, NHS Information Standards Board, 2008 - 2012
- Neonatal Task Force, Department of Health, 2008 - 2009
- Member, International Immunotherapy in Neonates trial (INIS) Data Monitoring Committee, Medical Research Council, 2007 - 2010
- Chair, Multiple Births Foundation/National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit Infant Feeding Project Advisory Board, 2007 - 2011
- Board member, National Neonatal Audit Programme Project Board, 2007
- Chair, National Patient Safety Agency/Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health Safer Practice in Neonatal Care Project Board, 2007 - 2009
- Member, Working Party on Women in Clinical Academia; Lead, “International Perspectives” sub-group, Council of Heads of Medical Schools, 2007 - 2008
- Member, Academic Medicine Committee, Royal College of Physicians, 2006
- Chair, Steering Board, Neonatal Data Analysis Unit, 2006
- Board Member, Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health Academic Board, 2003 - 2008
- Member, Neonatal Dataset Working Group, British Association of Perinatal Medicine, 2002 - 2008
- Chair, Thames Regional Perinatal Outcomes Group, 2002 - 2013
Membership of Professional Bodies
- President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2015 - 2018
- President, Academic Paediatrics Association of Great Britain and Ireland, 2014 - 2015
- President, The Neonatal Society, 2012
- Vice President (Science & Research), Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health, 2009
- Honorary Fellow, British Association of Perinatal Medicine
- Fellow, Royal College of Physicians
Links with Other Academic Bodies
- Honorary Member, Armenian Association of Neonatal Medicine, 2005
- Academic Medical Committee, Royal College of Physicians, 2005
Fellowships
- Fellowship of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, 2017
- Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 1997
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians, 1994
Editorial Boards
- British Medical Journal Ethics Committee, Chair, 2010 - 2015
- Archives of Disease in Childhood, Editorial Board, 2011
- Early Human Development, Editorial Board, 2004
- British National Formulary for Children, Neonatal Expert Advisor, 2004 - 2012