Meet the team
The Lothian Preterm Birth Clinic team members.
Dr Alastair Campbell (Consultant Obstetrician RIE)
Alastair Campbell is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. His obstetric interests include pre term delivery, epilepsy in pregnancy and intrapartum care. In addition to his clinical roles Alastair has a strong interest in medical education and is the Associate Director of Medical Education for the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He currently chairs the core curriculum committee at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Alastair graduated from the University of Bristol and did his postgraduate training in Bristol, Nottingham and South East Scotland.
Dr Kirsty Dundas (Consultant Obstetrician RIE)
Kirsty Dundas is a consultant obstetrician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Her interests include high risk obstetrics including preterm delivery and induction of labour and also in medical education. Kirsty did her undergraduate degree at Edinburgh University and trained in the South East of Scotland. In addition to her clinical role she is an honorary senior lecturer and an associate senior tutor at Edinburgh University and serves on the council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as a Scottish representative.
Dr Sarah Stock (Lead Obstetric researcher, Consultant Obstetrician, Maternal and Fetal Medicine Subspecialist and Senior Clinical Lecturer RIE)
Sarah Stock is Senior Clinical Lecturer and Consultant and Subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh. The focus of Sarah’s research and clinical work is to improve care for women and babies at risk of being born too small or too soon. An aim is to improve detection and treatment of problems that cause preterm birth or growth restriction and stillbirth, and develop strategies that improve health of babies and children. She went to Manchester University Medical School, and has a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. Her specialist and subspecialist clinical training was undertaken in Edinburgh, with periods in Glasgow, London and Australia.
Morag Dalton (Specialist Midwife)
Morag is a midwife with experience in all midwifery areas including antenatal, labour and postnatal care. She has also worked within the community setting. Prior to commencing her post as specialist preterm birth midwife she was employed in the triage and assessment area of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Morag has now focused her career on the care of women at increased risk of having a Preterm Baby. Morag works within the Preterm Clinic as a research midwife and consents women attending the clinic to the National Preterm Database, Cstich cervical stitch study and she also recruits women to have samples collected for the Edinburgh Tissue Biobank for valuable preterm birth research.
Shona Low (Specialist Midwife)
Shona is a research midwife at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Prior to commencing her research post, she graduated from the University of the West of Scotland and worked as a midwife in Greater Glasgow & Clyde. She primarily works as a research midwife for the Edinburgh Reproductive Tissue Biobank (ERTBB) and is involved in recruiting volunteers from the Preterm Birth Clinic to donate blood and placental tissue for research into the prevention of preterm birth.
Professor James Boardman (Consultant Neonatalogist and Senior Clinical Lecturer)
Professor Boardman is the neonatal advisor and lead neonatologist for the clinic. Prof Boardman’s goal is to develop and evaluate neuroprotective strategies for fetuses and neonates at risk of brain injury and poor neurodevelopmental outcome due to preterm birth. He researches the role of neonatal quantitative MR imaging to investigate causal pathways to brain injury, the factors that confer risk or resilience to injury after perinatal adversity, and the relationship between quantitative MR features and long-term functional outcome. He is scientific director of the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory, situated in the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health.