About Us
We are a multidisciplinary network of academics who have partnered with healthcare practitioners and people who have experienced pregnancy loss to conduct research which aims to impact policy and healthcare practice. We also aim to build connections and enhance collaboration between people with personal lived experience, academics, policymakers, practitioners, and community and voluntary organisations with an interest in pregnancy loss.
QUB Pregnancy Loss Network Leads
Dr. Áine Aventin
Dr Aventin is a Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast. She is a social psychologist who specialises in complex behavioural intervention development and evaluation. Her research focuses on addressing global challenges in sexual and reproductive health, maternal mental health, and pregnancy loss. She is Chair of the Northern Ireland Pregnancy Loss Research and Policy Network.
Email: a.aventin@qub.ac.uk
Profile and Research Publications: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/áine-aventin
Twitter: @aineaventin
Dr Martina Galeotti
Dr Martina Galeotti obtained an honours degree in Adult Nursing in 2017. In 2023 she completed her PhD by developing a mixed-methods study titled “The emotional needs of women who experience miscarriage in hospital settings: a mixed- methods needs assessment in Northern Ireland”. As co-chair of the NI Pregnancy Loss Network group at QUB, she continues to develop her experience in working towards the development of policies to better improve patients care and outcome in bereavement maternity services.
Email: m.galeotti@qub.ac.uk
Profile and Research Publications: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/martina-galeotti-2
Twitter: @GaleottiMartina