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Gina Marie Higginbottom (nee Awoko) is a British academic, nurse, midwife, health visitor and expert in international migration and maternity. She is the first nurse of black and minority ethnic origin BME origin to hold a professorial role in Russell Group university in England. She is The Mary Seacole Professor of Ethnicity and Community Health at the University of Nottingham. Formerly she held a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Ethnicity and Health 2007-2015 at the University of Alberta ranked # 2 globally for nursing. The first UK nurse to hold this position and the first woman of BME origin to hold a CRC in Canada. She is Co-Convener of International Collaboration for Community Health Nursing Research (ICCHNR), a charity and professional organisation.

She gained her PhD at the University of Sheffield in 2000 being the first BME nurse to be awarded a National Primary Care Fellowship to support her academic endeavours Her niece Nancy Fry also attended the University of Sheffield graduating the same year as Gina’s brother-in law Martin Fry lead singer of ABC who also received an honorary Doctorate in Music from the University of Sheffield.

Born in Sheffield in 1995 she is of white British and Ghanaian origin, she is a product of the 11+ grammar school system attending King Ecgbert Technical Grammar school for girls in 1966.

Honours
Awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire) in the Queens Birthday Honours list in 1998 for services to health promotion and young people.

Selected works
PUGH P, HEMMINGWAY, P, CHRISTIAN, M and HIGGINBOTTOM GMA, (2018). Children’s, parents’ and other stakeholders’ perspectives on early dietary self-management to delay disease progression of chronic disease in children: a protocol for a mixed studies systematic review with a narrative synthesis Systematic Reviews.

HIGGINBOTTOM GMA, VALLIANATOS H, SHANKAR J, SAFIPOUR J and DAVY C, (2017).Immigrant women’s food choices in pregnancy: Perspectives from women of Chinese origin in Canada Ethnicity and Health.

HIGGINBOTTOM, G, EVANS, C, MORGAN, M, BHARJ, K, ELDRIDGE, J and HUSSAIN, B, (2017).Interventions that improve maternity care for immigrant women in the UK: Protocol for a narrative synthesis systematic review BMJ Open. 7, e016988

EVANS, C, TWEHEYO, R, MCGARRY, J, ELDRIDGE, J, MCCORMICK, C, NKOYO, V and HIGGINBOTTOM, G, (2017).[http://dx.doi.org/doi:%252010.1136/bmjopen-2017-018170 What are the experiences of seeking, receiving and providing FGM-related healthcare? Perspectives of health professionals and women/girls who have undergone FGM: Protocol for a systematic review of qualitative evidence], BMJ Open. 7,

HIGGINBOTTOM GMA, SAFIPOUR J, O'BRIEN B, MUMTAZ Z, PATON P, CHIU Y and BAROLIA R, (2016).An ethnographic investigation of maternity healthcare experience of immigrants in rural and urban Alberta, Canada: DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0773-z BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

HIGGINBOTTOM GMA, REIME, B, BHARJ K K, CHOWBEY P, ERTAN K, FOSTER C, FRIEDRICH K, GERRISH K, KENTENICH H, MUMTAZ Z and O'BRIEN B, (2013).Migration and maternity: insights of context, health policy and research evidence on experiences and outcomes from a three-country preliminary study across Germany, Canada and the UK. Health Care for Women International. 34(11), 936-965

HIGGINBOTTOM GMA, MORGAN M, O'MAHONEY M, CHIU Y, KOCAY D, ALEXANDRE M and FOGERON J, (2013). Immigrant women’s experiences of postpartum depression in Canada: a protocol for systematic review using a narrative synthesis. Systematic Reviews. 65

HIGGINBOTTOM GMA, SAFIPOUR J, MUMTAZ Z, PATTON P and CHIU Y, (2013). I have to do what I believe": Sudanese women’s belief and resistance to hegemonic practices at home and during experiences of maternity care in Canada. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 51

HIGGINBOTTOM, GMA AND SERRANT-GREEN,L (2005). "Developing Culturally Sensitive Skills in Health and Social Care with a Focus on Conducting Research with African Caribbean Communities in England". The Qualitative Report. 10 (4): 662–686. ISSN 1052-0147.

HIGGINBOTTOM GMA, MARSH P, KIRKHAM M, OWEN JM.GMA, MATHERS N. (2006). "Young people of minority ethnic origin in England and early parenthood: views from young parents and service providers". Social Science & Medicine. 63 (4): 858–870. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.011