Sarah Murray (BSc (Hons) MBChB MSc Epidemiology PhD MRCOG)

Consultant in Maternal and Fetal Medicine and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh

  • Centre for Reproductive Health
  • Institute for Regeneration and Repair

Contact details

Address

Street

Centre for Reproductive Health,
Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Edinburgh BioQuarter
4-5 Little France Drive
Edinburgh

City
Post code
EH16 4UU

Biography

Background

Sarah Murray graduated from the University of Edinburgh and after one year in Ryde Hospital in Sydney Australia, did her obstetric and gynaecology training in Edinburgh and South East Scotland. Alongside this she completed an MSc in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and then a data driven Wellcome Trust funded PhD at the University of Edinburgh. After obtaining a Scotland wide competitive entry advanced subspecialty training post in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, she spent the final two years of her postgraduate training split between Edinburgh and Glasgow as a SCREDS Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics. 

She is now a Consultant in Maternal and Fetal Medicine and a Honorary Clinical Lecture in the Centre for Reproductive Health, combining clinical care for maternal and fetal medicine with a research portfolio focusing on clinical trials 

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Sports Science Medicine University of Edinburgh 2006

MB ChB University of Edinburgh 2008

MSc Epidemiology London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2019

PhD University of Edinburgh 2020

MRCOG Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 2015

Responsibilities & affiliations

Scottish Perinatal Network Maternal Medicine Committee Member

Research summary

My research theme is focused on data-driven research to study the impact of timing of birth on long term childhood outcomes in twin and singleton pregnancies and trying to determine the optimum time to be born as well as using randomised controlled trials to study interventions to improve outcomes for twin babies born prematurely. Twins are an under researched population and are often excluded from clinical trials and despite only accounting for 3% of live births, they make up 15-20% of all neonatal unit admissions and have a six fold increase in perinatal mortality compared to singletons. 50% of twins deliver prematurely and the cost to the NHS of a twin pregnancy is three times that of a singleton pregnancy. This research aligns with the IRR CRH vision of pregnancy and birth as the foundation of lifelong health and how pregnancy complications can have life-long impacts on individuals.

Current project grants

• 2020-2024. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment Program (£1,897,454)
STOPPIT-3 – Antenatal corticosteroids for planned birth of twins
S Murray (Co-Chief Investigator) S Stock (co-chief Investigator) R Reynolds, J Boardman, J Norrie, J Norman, K Luyt, K Reid, J Denton, A Khalil, K Boyd

• 2023-2025. SANDS charity (£26,000)
Environmental Influences on Stillbirth: a Population Record Linkage Study in Scotland. S Murray (PI)

• 2020-2024 Tommys’ charity (£14,000)
Educational Outcomes of Children having Undergone Induction of Labour compared with Expectant Management
S Murray (PI)

Past project grants

• 2015-2019 Wellcome Trust Clinical Training fellowship (£266,000)
Using Population Data to Understand the Impact of Timing of Birth on Singleton and Twin Pregnancies
S Murray J Norman

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