Miss Maureen Raynor

I joined the academic team at DMU on a part-time contract on the 25^th January 2016. Prior to this I worked full-time as an Assistant Professor in Midwifery at the University of Nottingham, I acted as a regional representative for MIDIRS and a peer reviewer for Midwifery journal, published by Elsevier Science.  

I am a member of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Marce Society (UKIMS) and the East Midlands Clinical Senate. I have written and published a number of articles, book chapters and co-edited several leading midwifery textbooks, not least being the current edition of Myles textbook for Midwives now in its 16^th edition (there is now an African and Indonesian edition. I have also revised and edited the recently published 3^rd edition of Myles survival guide with Christine Catling, an Associate Midwifery professor in Sydney, Australia. 

• The psychosocial perspective of pregnancy/childbirth
• Perinatal mental health/illness
• Prevention, recognition and care of women with Female genital mutilation
• Perineal care
• Intrapartum care and critical care + wider public health issues.

I am a midwife with professional qualifications as a Registered Mental Health Nurse and a Registered General Nurse. I undertook my Masters degree within the social studies department at the University of Warwick. My Post Graduate Certificate in the Education of Adults was undertaken at the University of Nottingham.

• EASTMIDLANDS CLINICALSENATE, England (NHS ENGLAND)
• East Midlands Clinical Networks and Clinical Senate (Perinatal Mental Health)

United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Marce Society (UKIMS) (2006 – current)