My early research was on how the immune cells in the uterus develop and gain the ability to recognise the placenta during the first few weeks of pregnancy. I am coming to Borne to look in more detail at how this impacts preterm birth: if we can identify what is going wrong, we can start to devise interventions to prevent preterm births from happening.

I am fortunate to work with some brilliant clinicians and results-oriented scientists at Borne. As research manager, my role is to ensure that projects are well executed. I facilitate communications between clinicians and researchers, identify opportunities to strengthen the research and manage operations, teams and processes in the labs – getting us closer to our common goal: understanding and stopping premature labour.

As a research technician at Borne, I am responsible for processing samples that come into the lab, including blood, urine and placenta samples, which are collected throughout a woman’s pregnancy. In my time here, I have learned so much about the physiology of pregnancy and I hope I can make a contribution, big or small, towards advancing our understanding of premature birth.