Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Welcome to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology which is located on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. We are part of the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine and have staff located at The Rosie Hospital and Addenbrookes Hospital. The Department is comprised of a very talented and multidisciplinary team of researchers, technicians and clinicians. Our Head of Department is Professor Gordon Smith and our Principal Investigators are Professor Steve Charnock-Jones, Professor Francesco Colucci, Dr Miguel Constancia and Dr Catherine Aiken. Research in our department falls into two broad areas.

Our research

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has programmes of basic, translational and clinical research addressing the determinants of pregnancy complications.

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We also often collaborate on studies at The Rosie Hospital.

Graduate Study

The Department contributes to a broad programme of graduate teaching.

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Recent publications:

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  We don’t need no education?October 6, 2022
  The “Maternal–Fetal Immunology” issue of The Journal of Immunology features a brief review by Dr […]
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  The role of the maternal immune system in reproductive successOctober 3, 2022
  Congratulations to Dr Norman Shreeve and Prof Ashley Moffett for their review “Local immune recognition […]
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  Sex differences in the intergenerational inheritance of metabolic traitsMay 30, 2022
  In a recent collaborative work between Miguel Constância and Susan Ozanne groups and published in […]
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  Metabolomic identification of a novel, externally validated predictive test for gestational diabetes mellitusApril 19, 2022
  Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a condition where high blood sugar develops during pregnancy. GDM […]
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  The imprinted Igf2-Igf2r axis is critical for matching placental microvasculature expansion to fetal growthDecember 27, 2021
  In a new study led by Miguel Constância published in the journal Developmental Cell, Ionel […]

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