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.
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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