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Profile
I am a clinician scientist whose research focuses on understanding and optimising the long-term outcomes of complex pregnancies. I have combined my clinical and research interests since my undergraduate training, with the facets of research and clinical medicine complimenting each other to ensure that my group’s work retains clear lines of sight to improving maternal and child health. I spend half of my time on research and the remainder on NHS clinical work, focusing on sub-specialist care for medically complex pregnancies. In my clinical role I look after women from all across the East of England region and deliver their babies.
Teaching
I share the role of Director of Studies for the clinical medical students across years 3 to 6 of their course. I have taught widely across the medical and natural sciences tripos, but now focus on human reproduction in the undergraduate medical curriculum and clinical obstetrics for graduate medical students.
Research
My research group spans both laboratory and data science. Current major projects are focused on the neurodevelopmental outcomes of babies following complicated pregnancies, gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia. I also collaborate closely with colleagues in Uganda, aiming to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes for mothers and babies globally.
Selected Publications
1: Nakimuli A, Okello E, Kesiiga A, Adroma M, Akello J, Nabweyambo S, Sekikubo
M, Namagembe I, Kayesubula R, Galiwango R, Jasper B, Moffett A, Aiken CE,
Wilkinson IB, McEniery CM. Postpartum Cardiovascular Health in African Women
Following Pre-Eclampsia: A Prospective Cohort Study. BJOG. 2025
Aug;132(9):1319-1328. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.18192. Epub 2025 Apr 28. PMID:
40292525; PMCID: PMC12232584.
2: Aiken CE, de Souza FS, Kumaran K, Ozanne SE. Challenges with developing
nutritional recommendations to improve pregnancy outcomes. BMJ. 2025 Apr
15;389:e081325. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-081325. PMID: 40233972; PMCID:
PMC11997744.
3: Olga L, Sovio U, Wong H, Smith GCS, Aiken CEM. Maternal high body mass index,
but not gestational diabetes, is associated with poorer educational attainment
in mid-childhood. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Jul;231(1):120.e1-120.e9. doi:
10.1016/j.ajog.2023.11.1227. Epub 2023 Nov 21. PMID: 37981092.
4: Tarry-Adkins JL, Robinson IG, Pantaleão LC, Armstrong JL, Thackray BD,
Holzner LMW, Knapton AE, Virtue S, Jenkins B, Koulman A, Murray AJ, Ozanne SE,
Aiken CE. The metabolic response of human trophoblasts derived from term
placentas to metformin. Diabetologia. 2023 Dec;66(12):2320-2331. doi:
10.1007/s00125-023-05996-3. Epub 2023 Sep 5. PMID: 37670017; PMCID: PMC10627909.
5: Stock SJ, Aiken CE. Barriers to progress in pregnancy research: How can we
break through? Science. 2023 Apr 14;380(6641):150-153. doi:
10.1126/science.adf9347. Epub 2023 Apr 13. PMID: 37053324.