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Katherine Tucker
PhD
Senior Researcher
- Academic Research Fellow Lead for the Nuffield Department of Primary Care
- CLAHRC Training Lead
I have over 15 years’ experience of working in academic research relating to different strands of human health. My expertise is in cardiovascular pathology and diagnosis.
I joined the Department in December 2011 to work with Professor Richard McManus on a new study examining the use of self-monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy. The aim of this study is the earlier detection of gestational hypertensive disorders such as pre-eclampsia. If shown to be successful this work could have a significant impact on maternal morbidity and mortality and could benefit many women in the UK and worldwide. I am responsible for the set up and day to day management of this pilot study which is currently in follow up.
I have received NSPCR funding for a feasibility study of proteinuria self-testing in higher risk pregnancy and this is currently in follow up. Further to this I am involved in a systematic review and individual patient data analysis of the literature on self-monitoring in pregnancy and development of new research directions in this area.
I collaborate with the Nuffield department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology bringing together expertise in reproductive science, cardiovascular biology and clinical trials. This is an exciting developing area that I hope will continue to develop and become a productive collaboration between basic science and clinical research.
Key publications
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Journal article
Tucker KL. et al, (2017), BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17
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(2017), PLoS Medicine, 14
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Cairns AE. et al, (2017), BMJ Open, 7
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Tucker KL. et al, (2018), Pregnancy Hypertension, 12, 161 - 168
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Hodgkinson JA. et al, (2014), BMJ (Online), 349
Recent publications
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Intervention planning and modification of the BUMP intervention: a digital intervention for the early detection of raised blood pressure in pregnancy
Journal article
MCMANUS R. et al, (2019), Pilot and Feasibility Studies
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Sheppard JP. et al, (2019), Am J Hypertens
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Pealing LM. et al, (2019), Pregnancy Hypertens, 18, 141 - 149
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Kitt J. et al, (2019), Current Hypertension Reports, 21
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Self-monitoring of blood pressure during pregnancy: the BUMP trials
Conference paper
Tucker K. et al, (2019), BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, 126, 159 - 159
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Self-monitoring blood pressure in hypertensive pregnancies: the OPTIMUM-BP pilot randomised-controlled trial
Conference paper
Pealing L. et al, (2019), BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, 126, E139 - E139