Professor Lucy Chappell
NIHR Research Professor in Obstetrics
Research interests
- Child & Family
- Women
Biography
Professor Lucy Chappell is NIHR Research Professor in Obstetrics at King’s College London and Honorary Consultant Obstetrician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. She runs a research programme investigating prediction and prevention of adverse pregnancy outcomes, particularly in women with pre-existing co-morbidities such as chronic hypertension and chronic kidney disease, using randomised controlled trials and observational studies. She has subspecialty training in maternal-fetal medicine and a Masters in higher education, supervising higher degree students from obstetric, nephrology and general practice backgrounds. She is President of the Blair Bell Research Society, an academic editor for PLoS Medicine journal, a member of the NIHR HTA Clinical Evaluation and Trials board, the RCOG Maternal Medicine Clinical Studies Group, and the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy council.
Research
Global Maternal Health
Global Maternal Health
Maternal Hypertension
The Hypertension group strategy focuses on improving outcomes for women with hypertension in pregnancy
News
Repeat pre-eclampsia tests do not improve outcomes for pregnant women
A single test to speed up diagnosis of a serious disease in pregnant women does not need to be repeated, new research has found.
£25m NIHR funding to tackle health and social care issues
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) today awarded King’s £25m to tackle important long-standing and emerging health and social care...
£42m boost to mental health research announced by Office for Life Sciences
A new Mental Health Mission, announced today by the Office for Life Sciences, will provide £42.7m worth of funding for mental health research in the UK.
Home monitoring does not help to detect or improve high blood pressure during pregnancy
Monitoring blood pressure at home does not result in either an earlier detection of high blood pressure or with blood pressure control in those who are...
Professor Lucy Chappell appointed as Chief Scientific Adviser
Professor Lucy Chappell, NIHR Research Professor in Obstetrics from the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, has been appointed as the next Chief Scientific...
Two King's academics nominated for BMA role models
Professor Lucy Chappell, NIHR Research Professor in Obstetrics, and Dr Caroline Jolley, Senior Lecturer in Human Physiology, have been nominated as the...
Professor Lucy Chappell appointed as NIHR Senior Investigator
The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) has recently announced the appointment of 46 NIHR Senior Investigators in the 14th round of the competition.
NIHR appoints Senior Investigators for 2021
Ammar Al-Chalabi, Professor of Neurology and Complex Disease Genetics at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London...
Professor Lucy Chappell elected as Fellow to Academy of Medical Sciences
Professor Lucy Chappell, NIHR Research Professor in Obstetrics, based in the Department of Women and Children’s Health, within the School of Life Course...
Treatment for liver disorder in pregnancy ineffective, finds new study
Research led by King’s College London has found that the currently recommended treatment for a common pregnancy liver disorder that can result in preterm...
Spotlight
Improving outcomes of high-risk pregnancy
Addressing an unmet meet need for strategies to identify women and babies at risk of serious complications of pregnancy
Research
Global Maternal Health
Global Maternal Health
Maternal Hypertension
The Hypertension group strategy focuses on improving outcomes for women with hypertension in pregnancy
News
Repeat pre-eclampsia tests do not improve outcomes for pregnant women
A single test to speed up diagnosis of a serious disease in pregnant women does not need to be repeated, new research has found.
£25m NIHR funding to tackle health and social care issues
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) today awarded King’s £25m to tackle important long-standing and emerging health and social care...
£42m boost to mental health research announced by Office for Life Sciences
A new Mental Health Mission, announced today by the Office for Life Sciences, will provide £42.7m worth of funding for mental health research in the UK.
Home monitoring does not help to detect or improve high blood pressure during pregnancy
Monitoring blood pressure at home does not result in either an earlier detection of high blood pressure or with blood pressure control in those who are...
Professor Lucy Chappell appointed as Chief Scientific Adviser
Professor Lucy Chappell, NIHR Research Professor in Obstetrics from the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, has been appointed as the next Chief Scientific...
Two King's academics nominated for BMA role models
Professor Lucy Chappell, NIHR Research Professor in Obstetrics, and Dr Caroline Jolley, Senior Lecturer in Human Physiology, have been nominated as the...
Professor Lucy Chappell appointed as NIHR Senior Investigator
The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) has recently announced the appointment of 46 NIHR Senior Investigators in the 14th round of the competition.
NIHR appoints Senior Investigators for 2021
Ammar Al-Chalabi, Professor of Neurology and Complex Disease Genetics at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London...
Professor Lucy Chappell elected as Fellow to Academy of Medical Sciences
Professor Lucy Chappell, NIHR Research Professor in Obstetrics, based in the Department of Women and Children’s Health, within the School of Life Course...
Treatment for liver disorder in pregnancy ineffective, finds new study
Research led by King’s College London has found that the currently recommended treatment for a common pregnancy liver disorder that can result in preterm...
Spotlight
Improving outcomes of high-risk pregnancy
Addressing an unmet meet need for strategies to identify women and babies at risk of serious complications of pregnancy