Louise Kenny

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Louise Kenny
CBE
Born1970 (age 54–55)
Liverpool
Alma mater University of Liverpool
Scientific career
Institutions University of Liverpool
Thesis The role of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in normal and compromised pregnancies  (2003)

Louise Clare Kenny CBE (born 1970) is a British physician who is Professor and Executive Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Liverpool. She was elected a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours.

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Early life and education

Kenny was born and raised in Liverpool. [1] Her grandparents were Irish immigrants who moved to Liverpool during the Great Depression. [1] Her mother was born during the Liverpool Blitz, an attack that killed Kenny's great aunt and her children. [1] Kenny has said that she always wanted to become a doctor. [1] As a teenager, she worked in a café in the Great Homer Street market. [1] She studied medicine at the University of Liverpool, where she initially intended to become a cardiologist. [2] She changed her mind the moment she saw a baby being born. [1] After training as a senior house officer, she started a doctoral research programme at the University of Nottingham funded by the Medical Research Council and WellBeing for Women. [1]

Career

In 2006, Kenny was appointed a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Cork University Hospital. She specialised in hypertensive disease of pregnancy.[ citation needed ]

In 2013, Kenny founded the Science Foundation Ireland Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), which is based at the University College Cork. [3] The centre focusses on improving health outcome for mothers and babies around the world. INFANT is involved with various studies into issues that impact pregnant women, including pre-eclampsia, preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction. [4] At INFANT, Kenny focussed on the identification of biomarkers that may indicate women are at risk of pre-eclampsia. [4] Kenny was involved with overturning the Irish ban on abortion. [1] [5] [6] [7] [8]

In 2017, Kenny moved to the University of Liverpool, where she was made Executive Pro Vice Chancellor.[ citation needed ] Geraldine Boylan was appointed Director of the INFANT upon her departure. At Liverpool, Kenny is part of a research programme that looks to improve the health of children who grow up in Liverpool City. [9]

Awards and honours

She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to research in the NHS. [12] [13] [14]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Group, British Medical Journal Publishing (15 August 2018). "Louise Kenny: Obstetrician on a mission" . BMJ. 362: k3214. doi:10.1136/bmj.k3214. ISSN   0959-8138. PMID   30111532. S2CID   52009375.{{cite journal}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ↑ "Louise Kenny - Coronavirus (COVID-19) - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ↑ mikecunneen. "Who We Are". INFANT. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Ahlstrom, Dick. "Cork professors named joint winners of researcher of the year award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Tannam, Ellen (11 July 2018). "Prof Louise Kenny on how the Repeal battle was fought online". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Clark, Stuart. "Louise Kenny: On separating medical facts from religious dogma, and what needs to be done to secure a 'Yes'". Hotpress. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Davies, Rachael (15 September 2018). "Louise Kenny: pioneer in maternal and perinatal health" . The Lancet. 392 (10151): 907. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32122-6. ISSN   0140-6736. S2CID   54384662.
  8. ↑ McMahon, Aine. "Eighth Amendment 'casts shadow' over care for pregnant women". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Children Growing Up in Liverpool (C-GULL) - Research - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  10. ↑ accelwpadmin (21 August 2019). "Prof Louise Kenny short listed for the Irish Tatler Women of the Year Awards". IMPROvED. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  11. ↑ Gudauskyte, Gabriele. "Prof. Louise Kenny: Science Hero". INFANT. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N9.
  13. ↑ "The 2022 New Year's Honours list in full, and what the different ranks mean". inews.co.uk. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "New Year Honours for University of Liverpool Professors - Articles - Faculty of Health and Life Sciences - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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