Congratulations to Dr Ursula Gazeley, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and Oxford Population Health, who received the Cicely Williams Prize during her graduation ceremony at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Dr Ursula Gazeley won the award (pictured right) for her PhD thesis on ‘Advances in the conceptualisation and measurement of maternal morbidity and mortality’. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine award the Cicely Williams Prize each year to an exceptional doctoral student whose research advances the health of vulnerable populations.
Ursula’s winning thesis includes work published in the Lancet Global Health, BMJ Global Health, British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and the International Journal of Epidemiology.
The winning paper examines the reasons behind stalling maternal morbidity and mortality rates in the first five years of the World Health Organization’s Sustainable Development Goals.
On receiving the award, Dr Ursula Gazeley said ‘I’m delighted to have received this award from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and would like to thank my supervisors Professor Veronique Filippi and Dr Georges Reniers for all their support and guidance throughout my PhD. I look forward to continuing this research on maternal morbidity and mortality rates at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science.’
Ursula’s supervisor Dr Joshua Wilde, Senior Scientist and Researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and Oxford Population Health, said ‘I am both proud of, and excited for Ursula, whose high-quality thesis made striking contributions on maternal health and mortality at a very early stage of her career. This prize is incredibly well-deserved and I am excited to work with Ursula on similarly groundbreaking projects at LCDS.’
The Cicely Williams Prize is in tribute to Dame Cicely Williams (1893-1992) who was one of the first female medical students at the University of Oxford and subsequently the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
