Neena Modi

Campus of Imperial College in Hammersmith and Fullham, London, spring 2013 (5)

Neena Modi has been the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health since April 2015.

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.[1]

Early life

Modi describes herself as coming from a multicultural background.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] Preterm birth and the metabolic syndrome in adult life: a systematic review and meta-analysis.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "THE NEONATAL SOCIETY OFFICERS & COMMITTEE". The Neonatal Society. Neonatal Society. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Kmietowicz, Zosia (16 September 2009). "Neena Modi is appointed new chairwoman of BMJ ethics committee". BMJ 339: b3787. doi:10.1136/bmj.b3787.
  3. ↑ "Annual Neonatal Conference". Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Turning the Tide". RCPCH. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Clinician enteral feeding preferences for very preterm babies in the UK". Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Preterm Birth and the Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis".
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