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CMWH showcases research at Wessex Health Partnership event

On 19th May 2025 at the Wessex Women and Girls Event at the Southampton Science Park, BU’s Centre for Midwifery and Women’s Health  showcased its research and innovation in women’s health.

Professor Vanora Hundley and Dr. Dominique Mylod presented their ongoing development of an Early Labour app as a case study for the Maternity and Infant Health Equity Research Collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University. Professor Carol Clark’s presentation focussed on pelvic floor health and the cost of urinary and faecal incontinence to women’s health and the planet. Dr. Chloe Casey honoured her mother-in-law’s memory with her PechaKucha presentation on using creative methodologies to engage women in recovery from alcohol.

In addition, Dr. Malika Felton and MRes students Susara Blunden and Maryam Malekian displayed posters summarising their research into the impact of exercise on women’s physiology and health, improving diagnositic and treatment pathways for women with endometriosis and exploring the impact of professional knowledge and skills on breastfeeding support respectively.

The event provided a valuable platform for BU researchers to connect with regional partners, contribute to the growing Wessex Women and Girls research network, and play a key role in shaping future initiatives aimed at closing gaps in women’s health. The CMWH’s invovement reinforces BU’s role as a leading voice in this important area of health innovation.

Women’s Health Research Symposium

The Centre for Midwifery and Women’s Health are pleased to invite you to the second annual Women’s Health Research Symposium on 25th June 2024, 10:00 – 16:00, Share Lecture Theatre, The Fusion Building, Talbot Campus. Register for your tickets via this link: Women’s Health Research Symposium Tickets, Tue 25 Jun 2024 at 10:00 | Eventbrite

In collaboration with The Women’s Academic Network and The Doctoral College at Bournemouth University, this event will showcase new collaborative women’s health research being conducted within Dorset and the local area, including postgraduate research. Keynote speakers include Dr Michael Dooley, NHS Consultant Gynaecologist and Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and Helen Crook, Programme Manager – Transformation Delivery at NHS Dorset, leading on the Dorset Women’s Health Hub.

We are still welcoming posters to include in our virtual poster display over lunch. If your research relates to tackling inequalities and wider determinants of  women’s health, improving access to services, health promotion through education, women’s mental health, and supporting women’s health throughout the life course and you would like your poster to be included, please send a PowerPoint version to ccasey@bournemouth.ac.uk.

BU professors lead research workshop at Kathmandu University, Nepal

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Prof Carol Clark and Prof Vanora Hundley travelled to Dhulikhel in the Kavrepalanchok District of Nepal to deliver a workshop on research methodology.

The attendees included nurses, lecturers and senior academics from Kathmandu University. Together the group discussed the research gaps in women’s health in Nepal and the types of studies needed to help build evidence for practice.

Like many countries, research into women’s health is a neglected area but one that is beginning to gather strength. The discussion identified research gaps in specific areas of health, such as postnatal care and nutrition, and also cross-cutting themes, such as empowerment and education. Next steps for research collaboration were also discussed.

The workshop was supported by Erasmus+ and Green Tara Nepal (GTN).  Erasmus+ is the European Commission’s flagship for financial support of mobility for Higher Education students, teachers and institutions. Bournemouth University has been working with GTN for the last two decades and has collaborations with BU academics including Prof Edwin van Teijlingen, D. Pramod Regmi, Prof Carol Clark, Dr Nirmal Aryal, Dr Shanti Shanker, and Prof Vanora Hundley.