Jane Hirst Explained

Jane Hirst is an Australian professor and an academic obstetrician at The George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London UK. She is the Clinical Chair at the George Institute for Global Health UK and the School of Public Health at Imperial College, London,^[1] and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford. She conducts research in preventing cardio metabolic complications in women after high-risk pregnancy conditions such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, and understanding the effects of climate change on the health of women and girls.^[2]

Awards and honours

• Hirst was awarded the Australian Prime Minister's Endeavour Awards in 2009^[3]
• Awarded UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship^[4]
• In 2013, received a Nuffield fellowship to collaborate with the Intergrowth-21st consortium and the Gdm-Health development team.^[5]

Career

Hirst's research looks at global women's health and, in particular, gestational diabetes mellitus, preterm birth and stillbirth.^{[6] [7]} She is also an Honorary Consultant in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. Her research interests are in global health, particularly in the areas of pregnancy as an opportunity to improve lifelong health, as well as digital health interventions and AI for women’s health, and the effects of climate change on women's health. She has conducted research and education programmes in Australia, the United Kingdom, Africa, Malaysia, Fiji and Vietnam.^[8]

Selected publications

• Hirst . Jane E . Tran . Thach Son . Do . My An T . Rowena . Forsyth . Morris . Jonathan M . Jeffery . Heather E . Women with gestational diabetes in Vietnam: a qualitative study to determine attitudes and health behaviours . BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth . December 2012 . 12 . 1 . 81 . 10.1186/1471-2393-12-81 . 22873351 . 3449178 . free .
• Hirst . Jane E. . Gard . Gregory B. . McIllroy . Kirsty . Nevell . David . Field . Michael . High Rates of Occult Fallopian Tube Cancer Diagnosed at Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy . International Journal of Gynecological Cancer . July 2009 . 19 . 5 . 826–829 . . 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a1b5dc . 19574767 . 6496116 .
• Hirst . Jane E. . Torode . Hugh . Sears . William . Cousins . Michael J. . Beware the Tarlov Cyst . Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology . January 2009 . 16 . 1 . 78–80 . 10.1016/j.jmig.2008.09.580 . 19110185 .
• Hirst . Jane E . Knight . Hannah Ellin . Ohuma . Eric O . Dwyer . Terence . Hennig . Benjamin D . Papageorghiou . Aris T . Cheikh Ismail . Leila . Villar . José . Kennedy . Stephen H . Social gradient of birthweight in England assessed using the INTERGROWTH-21 st gestational age-specific standard . Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition . September 2019 . 104 . 5 . F486–F492 . 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315295 . 30464006 . 53715814 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-08-01 . Professor Jane Hirst appointed to role devoted to global women's health Imperial News Imperial College London . 2023-11-13 . Imperial News . en.
2. Hirst . Jane Elizabeth . Nagraj . Shobhana . Henry . Amanda . Mackillop . Lucy . Norton . Robyn . Kennedy . Stephen . The obstetrician's role in preventing cardiometabolic disease . The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist . October 2019 . 21 . 4 . 247–254 . 10.1111/tog.12600 . 199037578 . 1959.4/unsworks_62827 . free .
3. Web site: Jane Hirst . 2023-11-13 . www.wrh.ox.ac.uk . en.
4. Web site: College . Green Templeton . posts . Georgia Hole old . 2020-10-15 . Dr Jane Hirst receives Future Leaders Fellowship from UK Research and Innovation . 2023-11-13 . Green Templeton College . en-GB.
5. Web site: Jane Hirst . 2023-11-13 . www.wrh.ox.ac.uk . en.
6. Web site: Jane Hirst . 2023-11-13 . scholar.google.co.uk.
7. Strengths and weaknesses of the South-South Learning Exchange: a qualitative analysis of experts' perspectives . Triulzi . Isotta . Kabra . Rita . 2023-08-18 . Gates Open Research . 116 . en . Allagh . Komal Preet . Kiarie . James. 7 .
8. Web site: Member Profile - Jane Hirst . 2023-11-13 . Healthy Newborn Network . en-US.