The 2024 Planning Committee

Rosemary Townsend

Emma Thompson

Em is a research midwife at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Prior to working in research, Em was both a labour ward and community midwife. She graduated from Oxford Brookes University with her MSc (Health), having conducted her dissertation research focusing on parental mode of birth decision-making surrounding term breech birth.

Dr Helen Brotherton

Dr Helen Brotherton is a Consultant Neonatologist at NHS Fife and Clinical Assistant Professor at MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM. She has 20 years clinical experience of working in newborn and child health in a variety of settings from Australia to UK/Ireland to West Africa. After completing clinical training she undertook a Wellcome Trust funded PhD at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, leading research into kangaroo mother care implementation and effectiveness for small vulnerable newborns. Current research work at MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM is focused on neonatal AMR carriage and understanding adverse neonatal outcomes in West Africa.

Diana stamatopoulos

Diana is a 5th year medical student at the University of Edinburgh. She completed her pre-clinical training at the University of St. Andrews, where she earned a BSc (Hons) in Medicine. Diana is very interested in the clinical and research aspect of obstetrics and gynaecology.

Sagarika Kaushal

Sagarika is a 6th year medical student at The University of Edinburgh. She has a keen interest in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and is always looking for further research opportunities. She has previously earned a BSc in Physiology at UWA in Australia, and a PostGradDip in Burns and Trauma Rehabilitation at Notre Dame Australia.