Join the SanyuSisters as we chat to Ashish K.C all about how he has side-stepped COVID to keep his research on track and share knowledge during a global pandemic.

Ashish is a perinatal epidemiologist and went on to complete a doctoral degree in neonatology. He has a wide range of experience and has previously been technical advisor to Save the Children and UNICEF over the last 15 years. He is currently based in Uppsala University, Sweden and has worked within the research field for many years both leading and supporting several large trials based in Nepal. 

 Ashish has published in many journals and more recently in Lancet Global Health: KC, A., Gurung, R., Kinney, M., Sunny, A., Moinuddin, M. et al.(2020). Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic response on intrapartum care, stillbirth, and neonatal mortality outcomes in Nepal: a prospective observational study.

We are delighted to be able to chat with Ashish and hear how he has navigated the  sharing of research findings both within the academic community and study participants etc

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Join the SanyuSisters as we chat to Alice Beardmore-Gray all about how she has side-stepped COVID to keep her research on track and continue study recruitment during the pandemic

Alice is a fellow Obstetrics trainee and in her third year of her PhD at Kings College London. She is currently based in Zambia as the trial manager of the CRADLE 4 study which is recruiting in India and Zambia and aims to find out when is the best time to deliver women with pre-eclampsia between 34 and 37 weeks of pregnancy. She is passionate about global maternal and newborn health research and has previously worked as an NHS Improving Global Health Fellow in South Africa and a research associate in Rwanda.

We cant wait to hear her insights

Join Sanyu Sisters Teesta & Amber as they chat with Nashna Maharjan. Nashna is a public health researcher based in Nepal with a focus on Maternal Health. She shares her experiences of ongoing study management during COVID 19, and the ups and down's of pressing forward in a challenging time.  Not one to be missed! 

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Join the SanyuSisters as we chat to the brilliant Professor Andrew Weeks to give a supervisors perspective on how supervision has been maintained during the pandemic!

Andrew is a Professor of International maternal  health at the University of Liverpool. He is a highly experienced clinical trialist and the director of both the Sanyu Research Unit and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Research Synthesis. He is currently working on over £10million worth of innovative CTIMP and non-CTIMP projects committed to improving pregnancy outcomes and clinical care worldwide, particularly in poorer settings. And if that wasn’t enough accolades, he is also our academic supervisor!