Research projects
We are proud to work with some of the UK’s top doctors, midwives, nurses and scientists to make the greatest difference to the lives of women and their families.
Spanning across three key areas – fertility, pregnancy and birth complications, gynaecological cancers and wellbeing issues – here is some of the work we are currently investing in.
Please note that this page is currently under construction.
Creating a menopause-friendly workplace
Wellbeing of Women has invested £161,751 in Dr Claire Hardy’s project to improve attitudes and awareness of menopause at work
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Equipping workplaces to become menopause friendly
Wellbeing of Women invested £170,239 in research to help workplaces support women going through menopause
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Understanding and treating heavy or irregular periods
Wellbeing of Women has invested £249,991 in Dr Varsha Jain's investigation into abnormal uterine bleeding
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Exploring the connection between a genetic condition and premature ovarian insufficiency
Wellbeing of Women has invested £26,257 in Dr Roseanne Rosario’s project which looks to better understand Fragile X-associated premature ovarian insufficiency.
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Helping mothers-to-be access the care they need
Wellbeing of Women researcher Dr Shuby Puthussery has been awarded £98,896 to make sure BAME and socioeconomically disadvantaged mothers and their babies aren't left behind
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Exploring how midwives and women use social media
Wellbeing of Women has invested £19,984 in Miss Anna Marsh’s project which will look into how women and midwives use social media to communicate and access information
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Creating a new test for ectopic pregnancy
Wellbeing of Women has awarded Professor Dharani K. Hapangama £197,039 to develop a new non-invasive, quick test for this life-threatening condition
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Finding a link between endometriosis and autoimmune diseases
Wellbeing of Women has invested £72,448 in Professor Krina Zondervan’s search for a connection between the conditions
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Using bioengineering to prevent infertility
Wellbeing of Women has invested £199,267 in Professor Molly Stevens and Richard Smith’s project to treat a condition that causes infertility and pregnancy loss
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Finding new drugs for difficult-to-treat ovarian cancer
Wellbeing of Women has invested £239,325 in Dr Samar Elorbany’s project to explore new ways of treating a chemotherapy-resistant strain of ovarian cancer
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Transforming communication between midwives and women
Wellbeing of Women has awarded Research Midwife Jayne Wagstaff £20,000 to boost training for midwives
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Preparing women for induced labour
Research midwife Sam Nightingale has been awarded £17,687 to help improve women’s experience of induced labour
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Finding the cause of tragic pregnancy loss
Dr Emily Cornish has been awarded £18,847 to investigate new treatments for a little known, but tragic, pregnancy complication
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Understanding a life-threatening pregnancy complication
Wellbeing of Women and Little Heartbeats have awarded Professor Zarko Alfirevic £23,536 to study a rare but devastating condition
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Finding better tests for ovarian cancer
Wellbeing of Women has provided £19,470 to Dr Garth Funston to find new early-stage tests for ovarian cancer
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