Professor Marian Knight
Contact information
+44 (0)1865 289727
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Websites
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Public Health England
Honorary Consultant in Public Health
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National Institute for Health and Care Research
Chair, Research for Patient Benefit Programme South Central Regional Funding Committee
Marian Knight
MA, MBChB, MPH, DPhil, FFPH, FRCPE
Director NPEU, Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
- MSC in Global Health Science module 6 lead: Maternal and Child Health
Marian Knight is Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU).
Her work focuses on using national observational studies to address clinical questions concerning rare and severe complications of pregnancy and early life. She also leads the MBRRACE-UK national confidential enquiries into maternal morbidity and mortality.
Professor Knight is also the Medical Sciences Divisional Academic Champion for Policy and Public Engagement and as part of her role she sits on the Oxford Policy Engagement Network Steering Group. In February 2012, Marian was awarded one of the first NIHR Research Professorships to develop further her work relating to maternal morbidity and care of infants requiring early surgery.
She trained initially in obstetrics and neonatology, completing a DPhil investigating the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia, before becoming interested in epidemiology and population health. She therefore undertook specialty training in public health, becoming a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health in 2006. She is an Honorary Consultant in Public Health with Public Health England.
Recent publications
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Reducing inequalities through greater diversity in clinical trials – As important for medical devices as for drugs and therapeutics
Roope LSJ. et al, (2025), Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 45
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Surgeons and Neonatologists Views About Surgical Decision Making in Necrotising Enterocolitis
Bethell GS. et al, (2025), Archives of Disease in Childhood
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Advancing maternal and perinatal health through clinical trials: key insights from a WHO global consultation
Dey T. et al, (2025), The Lancet Global Health, 13, e740 - e748
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Management and outcomes of women with placenta accreta spectrum grade 3: an INOSS multicountry multiperiod population-based study.
Pinton A. et al, (2025), BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 25
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Pregnancy Outcomes in Women With Liver Cirrhosis: A National Prospective Cohort Study Using the UK Obstetric Surveillance System.
Nana M. et al, (2025), BJOG