Cost Action Team

Joan Lalor

Professor of Maternal Health

Action Chair

Susan Ayers

Action Vice-Chair

Andrea Tortajada

Administrative Officer

Dr Fatima Bouchama

Science Officer

Dr Bryana Tunder

Grant Manager and Grant Awarding Coordinator

Dr Sigfridur Inga Karlsdottir

Working Group 1 Leader

Optimising the birth environment to reduce/prevent negative/traumatic birth experiences

Prof Julia Leinweber

Working Group 1 Vice-Leader

Optimising the birth environment to reduce/prevent negative/traumatic birth experiences

Prof Marianne J. Nieuwenhuijze

Working Group 2 Leader

Understanding how culture, organisational structures and regional differences influence childbirth experiences

Dr Mirjam Oosterman

Working Group 3 Leader

Short and long-term impacts on women, infants, and family relationships

Prof Annick Bogaerts

Working Group 3 Vice-Leader

Short and long-term impacts on women, infants, and family relationships

Dr Jonathan Turner

Working Group 4 Leader

Deepening our understanding of inter-generational trauma transmission through biomedical and epigenetic research

Susan Garthus-Niegel

Working Group 4 Vice-Leader

Deepening our understanding of inter-generational trauma transmission through biomedical and epigenetic research

Dr Patrick Moran

Working Group 5 Leader

Health Economic Analysis

Ms Gulcan Tecirli

Working Group 5 Vice-Leader

Health Economic Analysis

Antje Horsch

Working Group 6 Leader & Science Communications Manager

Promoting the interest on perinatal mental health, engaging stakeholders, and sharing the results and outcomes of CA18211

Dr Katharina Hartmann

Working Group 7 Leader

Advocacy Groups

Dr Sylvia Murphy-Tighe

Training Committee lead

Ms Olga Gouni

Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) Coordinator

Prof Sandra Nakić Radoš

Virtual Networking Support Manager