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Andrew Shennan is Professor of Obstetrics at King’s College London, based at St. Thomas’ Hospital and is Clinical Director of South London Clinical Research Network. He leads an NIHR Global Health Research Group (2021-2024). He is Chair of the FIGO Preterm Birth Committee (2012-23). He sits on the UK HTA commissioning board. He is current Chair of Action on Pre-eclampsia UK charity.
He specialises in clinical trials in antenatal and intrapartum care. His research interests include interventions to predict and prevent preterm birth, pre-eclampsia, and reduce global maternal and perinatal mortality. He has published >500 peer reviewed research reports (H index >50).
Professor Cathy Cluver is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine subspecialist and clinician researcher. She founded and continues to lead the Preeclampsia Research Unit at Stellenbosch University (www.preeclampsiaresearch.org). The Preeclampsia Research Unit is a multidisciplinary multinational research collaboration focussing on understanding and treating preeclampsia.
She has published in leading general medical journals like the Lancet, BMJ, Lancet Global and Cochrane Library. She has also published extensively in leading Obstetrics and Gynaecological journals including the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gyneacology.
Lina did her specialist training in 2011-2017 and obtained her PhD in 2017 at Uppsala University within the field of preeclampsia and cerebral biomarkers. Within the last years of PhD studies, Lina spent a year in Cape Town for rotations in surgery and maternal-fetal medicine where she also met Cathy Cluver that she is now closely working with in PROVE biobank and database. Since then, Lina spends about 3 months per year in Cape Town working together with Cathy. Lina is currently working as a senior consultant in obstetrics at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital and is Associate professor at University of Gothenburg and Stellenbosch University. Lina’s research interests focus in the field of preeclampsia but also extends to other obstetric complications such as preterm birth. Lina’s research is translational, working with both pre-clinical scientists and epidemiologists to answer complex clinical questions.