Mary Newburn works with the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London maternity and perinatal mental health theme, Kings College London. Their research addresses poorer health outcomes for women and babies living in areas of social disadvantage and from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. She is a member of NHS England’s Maternity Transformation Programme Stakeholder Council, and the Midwifery Continuity of Carer Research and Evaluation Sub-group.
She collaborated on the National Sentinel Caesarean Audit, Birthplace in England, the INFANT randomised controlled trial, and Birth Timing, a data-linkage study, and is now working with RESILIENT, RELAX and RIVA research teams.