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Professor Lucilla Poston CBE
Professor Lucilla Poston CBE

Professor Lucilla Poston CBE

Tommy's Charity Professor of Maternal & Fetal Health

Research interests

  • Child & Family
  • Women

Biography

Professor Lucilla Poston is Tommy's Charity Professor of Maternal & Fetal Health and Director of the Tommy’s Maternal & Fetal Research Unit based at St Thomas’ Hospital. She is the Research Lead for King's Health Partners' Institute of Women and Children's Health and leads a large multidisciplinary research team which investigates disorders of pregnancy including premature birth, pre-eclampsia and the complications arising from maternal obesity. Her own research focuses on maternal nutrition, obesity and gestational diabetes, with a focus on the early life origins of health and disease.

Professor Poston is President of the International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) and was elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2009. She was appointed NIHR Senior Investigator, Emeritus in 2017, having succeeded twice in open competition. In the same year, Lucilla was awarded a CBE for services to Women’s Health.

    Research

    Family thumbnail
    eLIXIR, Born in South London

    Addressing relationships between maternal and child physical health and investigating interactions with mental health

    Status not set
    Melodies for Mums 2
    Developmental and Reproductive Biology in Health and Disease

    Developmental and Reproductive Biology in Health and Disease

    Status not set
    global
    Global Maternal Health

    Global Maternal Health

    Status not set
    pregnant woman and phone_flipped
    Obesity, Gestational Diabetes and Fetal Growth

    Obesity, Gestational Diabetes and Fetal Growth

    Status not set
    hypertension 2
    Maternal Hypertension

    hypertension_685x200px_Banner The Hypertension group strategy focuses on improving outcomes for women with hypertension in pregnancy

    Status not set

    News

    King's to participate in partnership for improved mother and infant data

    The partnership will improve maternal and infant health, particularly among disadvantaged groups, by developing new resources and tools for research that use...

    Electronic Health Data

    Pregnant women from ethnic minority or deprived socio-economic backgrounds more likely to have depressive symptoms

    Pregnant women with depression and maternal obesity were also associated with several outcomes that can negatively affect the brain development of their...

    pregnant woman with doctor 780x450

    Preventable risks for obesity in 3-year-old children

    New results from the UPBEAT study show that maternal and early-life modifiable risk factors are associated with higher measures of obesity and fatness in...

    Child reaching for strawberries

    Risk of pre-eclampsia related to blood pressure and BMI, study shows

    The genetic risk of pre-eclampsia – a potentially dangerous condition in pregnancy – is related to blood pressure and body mass index, an international study...

    Woman in white top with hand on her belly looks out of the window

    Diet and lifestyle during pregnancy linked to modifications in infants' DNA

    A new study has shown pregnant women with obesity could reduce the health risks for their infants through improved diet and more physical activity.

    pregnancy-obesity

    Mother and baby data programme releases first findings

    Initial findings from a programme investigating the associations between physical and mental health between mother and child have been published.

    Baby-news

    Healthy diet and exercise during pregnancy could lead to healthier children, study finds

    New research shows improving the lifestyle of women with obesity during pregnancy could mean long-term cardiovascular benefits for their children.

    obesity pregnancy

    Study gives insight into different treatment options for gestational diabetes

    Researchers have found evidence that points to more than one cause for developing gestational diabetes in obese women.

    gestational diabetes treatment

    Events

    16Febmaternal care 780x440

    Data and maternal health

    Seminar with Professor Lucilla Poston

    Please note: this event has passed.

    16Junpregnancy

    Inside & Out: Models to study maternal health and efficacy of therapeutic interventions

    Biochemical Society’s Early Career Life Scientists’ Virtual Symposium

    Please note: this event has passed.

    09MarPregnancy and nutrition

    Early-Life Nutrition Masterclass 2021 - Preconception, Pregnancy and Early Childhood

    Early Life Nutrition Masterclass 2021 - Preconception, Pregnancy and Early Childhood

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      Family thumbnail
      eLIXIR, Born in South London

      Addressing relationships between maternal and child physical health and investigating interactions with mental health

      Status not set
      Melodies for Mums 2
      Developmental and Reproductive Biology in Health and Disease

      Developmental and Reproductive Biology in Health and Disease

      Status not set
      global
      Global Maternal Health

      Global Maternal Health

      Status not set
      pregnant woman and phone_flipped
      Obesity, Gestational Diabetes and Fetal Growth

      Obesity, Gestational Diabetes and Fetal Growth

      Status not set
      hypertension 2
      Maternal Hypertension

      hypertension_685x200px_Banner The Hypertension group strategy focuses on improving outcomes for women with hypertension in pregnancy

      Status not set

      News

      King's to participate in partnership for improved mother and infant data

      The partnership will improve maternal and infant health, particularly among disadvantaged groups, by developing new resources and tools for research that use...

      Electronic Health Data

      Pregnant women from ethnic minority or deprived socio-economic backgrounds more likely to have depressive symptoms

      Pregnant women with depression and maternal obesity were also associated with several outcomes that can negatively affect the brain development of their...

      pregnant woman with doctor 780x450

      Preventable risks for obesity in 3-year-old children

      New results from the UPBEAT study show that maternal and early-life modifiable risk factors are associated with higher measures of obesity and fatness in...

      Child reaching for strawberries

      Risk of pre-eclampsia related to blood pressure and BMI, study shows

      The genetic risk of pre-eclampsia – a potentially dangerous condition in pregnancy – is related to blood pressure and body mass index, an international study...

      Woman in white top with hand on her belly looks out of the window

      Diet and lifestyle during pregnancy linked to modifications in infants' DNA

      A new study has shown pregnant women with obesity could reduce the health risks for their infants through improved diet and more physical activity.

      pregnancy-obesity

      Mother and baby data programme releases first findings

      Initial findings from a programme investigating the associations between physical and mental health between mother and child have been published.

      Baby-news

      Healthy diet and exercise during pregnancy could lead to healthier children, study finds

      New research shows improving the lifestyle of women with obesity during pregnancy could mean long-term cardiovascular benefits for their children.

      obesity pregnancy

      Study gives insight into different treatment options for gestational diabetes

      Researchers have found evidence that points to more than one cause for developing gestational diabetes in obese women.

      gestational diabetes treatment

      Events

      16Febmaternal care 780x440

      Data and maternal health

      Seminar with Professor Lucilla Poston

      Please note: this event has passed.

      16Junpregnancy

      Inside & Out: Models to study maternal health and efficacy of therapeutic interventions

      Biochemical Society’s Early Career Life Scientists’ Virtual Symposium

      Please note: this event has passed.

      09MarPregnancy and nutrition

      Early-Life Nutrition Masterclass 2021 - Preconception, Pregnancy and Early Childhood

      Early Life Nutrition Masterclass 2021 - Preconception, Pregnancy and Early Childhood

      Please note: this event has passed.