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Lucy Chappell

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
    Global Maternal Health

    Global Maternal Health

    hypertension 2
    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.

    Pregnant woman receiving a massage

    £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...

    NIHR policy unit

    £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.

    Research Lab

    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...

    pregnancy-main

    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...

    lucy chappell NIHR SI appointment

    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...

    BMA Women in Academic Medicine

    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.

    lucy chappell NIHR SI appointment

    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...

    Illustration with different pictures of doctors providing patient services during the covid pandemic

    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...

    Pregnancy

    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...

    pregnancy

    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

    A health professional talking to a patient.

      Research

      global
      Global Maternal Health

      Global Maternal Health

      hypertension 2
      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.

      Pregnant woman receiving a massage

      £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...

      NIHR policy unit

      £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.

      Research Lab

      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...

      pregnancy-main

      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...

      lucy chappell NIHR SI appointment

      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...

      BMA Women in Academic Medicine

      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.

      lucy chappell NIHR SI appointment

      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...

      Illustration with different pictures of doctors providing patient services during the covid pandemic

      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...

      Pregnancy

      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...

      pregnancy

      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

      A health professional talking to a patient.