Professor Julia Sanders
Professor of Clinical Nursing & Midwifery
- sandersj3@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 206 87623
- 1.7, 1st floor, Ty Dewi Sant, Heath Park Campus, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am a Registered Midwife and Nurse, and researcher. I hold a joint post between Cardiff University and Cardiff & Vale University Health Board. This provides exciting opportunities to lead on a programme Midwifery Research in the School of Healthcare Sciences whilst maintaining strong clinical links and leading the development of nurse and midwifery led research within the NHS.
I am the Chief Investigator for the £1m NIHR HTA funded POOL study. This UK based multicentre study will run from 2018 to 2023 and will provide robust evidence about the safety of waterbirth for mothers and babies. My methodological expertise centers upon randomised trials and the use of routine data in research.
I hold national roles including being the Wales NIHR Specialty lead for Reproductive Health and Childbirth. I am a member of the Oxford University’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Clinical Trials Advisory Group, and a member of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Midwifery Development Steering Committee, based at Cardiff University.
My research interests focus on maternity care and early years interventions. I was the Senior Clinical Research Associate on Building Blocks, the £5m Department of Health funded evaluation of the Family Nurse Partnership programme in England. This work is ongoing currently evaluating the medium term maternal and child outcomes of the programme.
Within my role of NIHR lead for Reproductive Health and Childbirth in Wales I lead a speciality research interest group, open to all professional groups. The primary aim of the group is to develop and maximise recruitment into NIHR portfolio adopted studies across Wales.
Biography
Career Summary
Current Employment 2017 - Present
Professor of Clinical Nursing and Midwifery,
School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University / Cardiff & Vale University Health Board.
Previous employments
2014 – 2017 Reader in Midwifery, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University
2005 – Present Consultant Midwife, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
2008 – 2014 Senior Clinical Research Fellow South East Wales Trials Unit, Cardiff University
1988 – 2004 MRC Training Fellow Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol
1995 – 1998 Research Midwife Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bristol
1992 – 1995 Teacher Practitioner /
Midwifery Sister University Hospital of Wales
1990 – 1993 Research Fellow University of Wales, College of Medicine
1987 – 1990 Midwifery Sister University Hospital of Wales
1986 – 1987 Staff Midwife University Hospital of Wales
1984 – 1986 Student Midwife South Glamorgan Health Authority
1983 – 1984 Staff Nurse Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales
Honours and awards
Welsh Government achievement in health innovation in Wales 2011
A personal award for exceptional service to the promotion of women's health in Wales.
Royal College of Midwives Awards 2012
Innovation in Practice Runner up for the novel teaching of perineal trauma assessment
Publications
We are currently unable to retrieve the list of publications. Visit our institutional repository.I am currently leading The Pool Study
The POOL Study : Establishing the safety of waterbirth for mothers and babies: A cohort study with nested qualitative component.
Funder NIHR HTA
Applicants Sanders J (Chief Investigator HCARE Cardiff University) , Brocklehurst P, Cannings-John R, Channon S, Cutter J, Gale C, Hunter B, Lugg-Widger F, Mornatz L, Nolan M, Paranjothy S, Robling M.
Value £ 1,105,952
Period 2018-2023
I am currently a co-investigator on the following studies:
HOLDS: High or Low Dose Syntocinon for labour augmentation
Funder NIHR HTA
Applicants Kenyon S, (CI, Birmingham University), Daniels J, Ewer A, Hewston R, Johnston J, Middleton L, Sanders J, Taylor R, Waugh J.
Value £1,830,851
Period 2016-2020 Role: co-investigator
iHOLDS: High or Low Dose Syntocinon for labour induction
Funder NIHR HTA
Applicants Sara Kenyon (Chief Investigator, Birmingham), Peter Brocklehurst Julia Sanders, Lee Middleton, Kim Hinshaw (KH), Ruth Hewston (RH)
Value £2,024,936.21
Period 2019-2022 Role: co-investigator
Cervical Ripening at Home or In-Hospital prospective cohort study and process evaluation (CHOICE Study)
Funder NIHR HTA
Applicants led by Sarah Stock (Chief Investigator, Edinburgh University)
Value £782,967.00
Period 2019-2022 Role: co-investigator
ABA Feed: Assets-based feeding help Before and After birth (ABA)
Funder NIHR HTA
Applicants Professor Kate Jolly (Chief Investigator, Birmingham University), Professor Christine MacArthur, Dr Alice Sitch, Dr Joanne L Clarke, Professor Pat Hoddinott, Dr Jenny Ingram, Dr Gill Thomson, Professor Fiona Dykes, Ms Pollyanna Hardy, Professor Tracy Roberts, Stephan U Dombrowski, Mrs Ngawai Moss, Professor Julia Sanders
Value £1.8m
Period 2020-2023 Role: co-investigator
Evaluation of the Family Nurse Partnership programme in Scotland
Funder Scottish Government
Applicants Canning–John R (Chief Investigator CTR, Cardiff University) Robling M, Lugg F, Paranjoythy S, Pell J, Sanders J, White J.
Value £227,700
Period 2016-2020 Role: Co- Investigator
Supervision
I am currently supervising five PhD students.
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- Midwifery
- Maternity safety
- Early years' interventions
- Neonatal care
- Health Services organisation