Jane Hirst

Jane Hirst is an Australian professor and an academic obstetrician at The George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London UK. She is the Clinical Chair at the George Institute for Global Health UK and the School of Public Health at Imperial College, London, and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford. She conducts research in preventing cardio metabolic complications in women after high-risk pregnancy conditions such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, and understanding the effects of climate change on the health of women and girls.

Awards and honours

 * Hirst was awarded the Australian Prime Minister's Endeavour Awards in 2009
 * Awarded UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship
 * In 2013, received a Nuffield fellowship to collaborate with the Intergrowth-21st consortium and the Gdm-Health development team.

Career
Hirst's research looks at global women's health and, in particular, gestational diabetes mellitus, preterm birth and stillbirth. She is also an Honorary Consultant in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. Her research interests are in global health, particularly in the areas of pregnancy as an opportunity to improve lifelong health, as well as digital health interventions and AI for women’s health, and the effects of climate change on women's health. She has conducted research and education programmes in Australia, the United Kingdom, Africa, Malaysia, Fiji and Vietnam.