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Professor neena modi adolescent and preconception health uos
Neena Modi has been the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health since April 2015.
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Adolescent and preconception health interview with professor neena modi uos
About
Modi is a Professor of Neonatal Medicine at Imperial College London. She is also an Honorary Consultant in Neonatal Medicine in Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust.
She was elected as President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in December 2014, taking up the role on 29 April 2015. She is the current chair of the British Medical Journal's Ethics Committee. She is also President of the Neonatal Society.
Early life
Modi describes herself as coming from a multicultural background. Neena is married and has two children.
Education
Modi qualified from the University of Edinburgh. She undertook specialist training in neonatal medicine at University College Hospital London, and the University of Liverpool.
Career
A practising clinician and academic lead of a multidisciplinary neonatal research programme, Modi's research interests include nutritional and other perinatal determinants of lifelong metabolic health, medical ethics, and child health. In 2007 she led the establishment of the Neonatal Data Analysis Unit, and in 2012, the UK Neonatal Collaborative, with the aim of developing the use of clinical electronic data to support neonatal services and research. During her tenure as Vice President for Research at the RCPCH, Modi was lead author on the RCPCH's Turning the Tide report highlighting the need to strengthen child health research in the UK. Modi is chair of the NHS England Infant, Children's and Young People's Patient Safety Expert Group. She directs the annual week-long international Neonatal Update: the Science of Newborn Care meeting held in London.
Publications
Clinician enteral feeding preferences for very preterm babies in the UK. Preterm birth and the metabolic syndrome in adult life: a systematic review and meta-analysis.