Senior Research Midwife at Imperial College London/Imperial NHS, supporting preterm birth research
Joined August 2016
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Anna Merrick retweeted
10 Sep 2025
“What excites me most is the opportunity this presents for truly personalised medicine in pregnancy – something that has been sorely lacking in our field." – Dr Lynne Sykes, lead researcher and consultant obstetrician @ImperialNHS
10 Sep 2025
📰 NEWS: Could blood type influence premature birth risk?
New @imperialcollege & @imperialnhs research – funded by Imperial Health Charity The Parasol Foundation – has found links between a woman's blood type and risk of early birth.
Read more here: buff.ly/sULQQ1j
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Anna Merrick retweeted
11 Jul 2025
Preterm birth is a leading cause of childhood death, hitting deprived communities hardest. ⚠️
A new £100K grant from Bukhman Philanthropies will help tackle these inequalities at The @tommys Centre, led by @ImperialMDR's Prof Catherine Williamson.
tommys.org/about-us/news-vie…
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Anna Merrick retweeted
13 Jun 2025
Was your baby born early?
🧬Join the PRESTIGE-PTB study, and your experience could help us better understand the
genetic causes of preterm birth.
If you’d like to take part, find more information and fill out the self-referral form here: ac.pulse.ly/dclmqbtytb
#NICU #NICU #Neonatal #NICUBaby #NeonatalBaby #NICUParent #NeonatalParent #NeonatalJourney #NeonatalExperience #NICUJourney #NICUExperience
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Anna Merrick retweeted
21 May 2025
Was your baby born early?
The PRESTIGE-PTB study is currently inviting people from all ethnic backgrounds to join our research.
If you’d like to take part, find more information and fill out the referral form here!
➡️imperial.ac.uk/metabolism-di…
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Happy Birthday to our National Centre for Preterm Birth Research 🍰
To celebrate the day, we caught up with some of our researchers, to hear their highlights from the Centre's first year.
Read our feature article to celebrate the Centre: bit.ly/4bFOfby
#PrematureBirth
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Prof Cath Williamson, Director of our National Centre for Preterm Birth Research, is at the UK Preterm Birth Conference this week, giving an update on the groundbreaking research the centre has delivered over its first year.
Read more about our research:
bit.ly/3hfsSDz
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Anna Merrick retweeted
11 Mar 2025
Was your baby born before 37 weeks?
If you’ve had a preterm birth, your experience could help us better understand the role of genetics in babies being born too soon.
Find more information and the self-referral form for the study here!
➡️ imperial.ac.uk/metabolism-di…
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Anna Merrick retweeted
20 Jan 2025
The PRESTIGE-PTB study is inviting people from diverse ethnic backgrounds who have experienced a spontaneous preterm birth to join their research and to help us better understand the role of genetics in premature birth.
Learn more about PRESTIGE-PTB ⬇️ imperial.ac.uk/metabolism-di…
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Anna Merrick retweeted
30 Jan 2025
We are recruiting to this important study @UCLH @UCLHresearch @UCL_IfWH @ucl. Please retweet. Do contact the team if you have experienced a spontaneous preterm birth. Complete the self-referral form here to find out more
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27 Jan 2025
Did you experience a preterm birth?
PRESTIGE-PTB aims to understand the genetic reasons behind babies born early. Learn more about the study below!
@tommys @GenomicsEngland @ImperialNHS
➡️ imperial.ac.uk/metabolism-di…
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Anna Merrick retweeted
27 Jan 2025
Did you experience a preterm birth?
PRESTIGE-PTB aims to understand the genetic reasons behind babies born early. Learn more about the study below!
@tommys @GenomicsEngland @ImperialNHS
➡️ imperial.ac.uk/metabolism-di…
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Anna Merrick retweeted
14 Jan 2025
Help us better understand the role of genetics in premature birth- learn more about PRESTIGE-PTB here! ➡️ imperial.ac.uk/metabolism-di…
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Anna Merrick retweeted
13 Jan 2025
Have you experienced a #preterm birth?
Join the PRESTIGE-PTB study to help us better understand the role of genetics in premature birth.
Learn more about PRESTIGE-PTB ⬇️
imperial.ac.uk/metabolism-di…
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Anna Merrick retweeted
17 Nov 2024
“The data generated by the team is immense in volume and its potential impact on patients.” This #WorldPrematurityDay we’re spotlighting Dr Lynne Sykes and her team’s vital research into pre-term birth and its contributing factors. A thread. 1/
@DrLynneSykes
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25 Oct 2024
Opportunity for a research midwife, nurse or practitioner to join our team at the Women’s Health Research Centre and support the Generation Study! Closing date 8/11/24 @WHRCImp @danithornton123 @ImperialNHS nhsjobs.com/job/-v6755289
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Anna Merrick retweeted
To mark #BabyLossAwarenessWeek2024, we look at the incredible work of MDR researchers to better understand & prevent #pregnancy loss.
From breakthroughs in accurately diagnosing miscarriage, to preventing recurrent pregnancy loss & safely delivering growth-restricted babies ⬇️
9 Oct 2024
Today marks the start of #BabyLossAwarenessWeek.
Our researchers are dedicated to understanding pregnancy loss and, most importantly, finding ways to prevent it.
Learn more about @imperialcollege's #obstetrics and #gynaecology research 👉 imperial.ac.uk/Stories/advan… #BLAW2024
ALT From left to right: Professors Lesley Reagan, Waljit Dhillo, Tom Bourne, Christoph Lees, and Phillip Bennett
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22 Aug 2024
Great opportunity to join our team at the Women’s Health Research Centre as a research midwife or nurse to support a national study exploring genetic determinants of spontaneous preterm birth. Get in touch! @WHRCImp @danithornton123 @cathwilliamson5 imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-j…
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Earlier this year, we launched our new National Centre for Preterm Birth Research.
3 months on, we caught up with some of our funded PhD students to find out more about their work & why they're excited to be part of Tommy's.
Read more about our centre:
bit.ly/3FZg2Vo
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Anna Merrick retweeted
23 May 2024
I am doing Ride London on Sunday 26th May raising money for the Tommy’s charity as part of a team. If you would like to sponsor us (there is no obligation but the charity does fantastic work to improve pregnancy outcomes for all) please see below for the link:
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2 May 2024
‘It takes a village’: pictures from the NHS maternity front line
thetimes.co.uk/article/it-ta…
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Anna Merrick retweeted
13 Apr 2024
💥 NHS STAFF 💥
Please consider signing this open letter to @VictoriaAtkins & @AmandaPritchard at @NHSEngland expressing your dismay at their extraordinary decision to cut @NHSPracHealth funding for hospital staff.
Please share widely 🙏
Letter here:
forms.gle/YmXpi8dxSbW7URPF8
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