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The Team

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

• Professor Cecily Begley (Project Co-Ordinator)
• Dr Deirdre Daly Lecturer in Midwifery(Project Manager) 
• Associate Professor Joan Lalor
• Associate Professor Margaret Carroll
• Dr. Valerie Smith
• Ms Rebekah Maguire  PhD student
• Adjunct Professor David Prendergast
• Professor Michael Turner (Coombe Women and Infants' Hospital)
• Dr Chris Fitzpatrick  (Coombe Women and Infants' Hospital)
• Dr Jan Miletin (Coombe Women and Infants' Hospital)
• Ms Patricia Hughes (Coombe Women and Infants' Hospital)

 Advisory Board

• Associate Prof. Lars Ladfors
• Professor Seppo Heinonen
• Dr Liesbeth C.J. Scheepers
• Professor Tracy Roberts
• Professor Soo Downe

Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom

• Professor Mike Clarke
• Gerard Savage

NUI Galway, Ireland

• Professor Declan Devane
• Dr. Newell
• Dr.Patricia Healy
• Professor John Morrison
• Noreen Mann
• Deirdre Gorman
• Anne Murray
• Rosaline O'Donovan
• Claire Shannon

University of Ulster, United Kingdom

• Professor Marlene Sinclair
• Dr. D J Stockdale

Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services, United Kingdom

• Ms Beverley Beech

Entando Srl, Italy

• Mr Hugh Wiseman
• Mr. Rinaldo Bonazzo

University of Gothenburg, Sweden

• Professor Ingela Lundgren
• Dr. Christina Nilsson
• Dr. Lucy Firth  

University of Eastern Finland, Finland

• Professor Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany

• Dr. Mechthild M. Gross
• Susanne Grylka
• Leonie Wessels
• Anne Koehne

Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Beligum

• Profressor K Putman
• Dr. K Beeckman
• Professor L Annemans
• Maaike Fobelets

Zuyd University, Netherlands

• E. van Limbeek-Reinaerts PhD
• M.Hendrdrikx PhD
• M. Nieuwenhuijze RM MPH

Universita Degli Studi Di Genova, Italy

• Professor Sandra Morano
• Jane Nicoletti 
• Matilde Canepa