Alison Perry

Registered Midwife (RM)

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Midwifery

Parasol Foundation Research Fellow (2023 to 2026) (PhD candidate)
NIHR Pre-Doctorate Fellowship (2018 - 2022)
Mentorship in Professional Practice (2015)
Masters of Midwifery (2012)
Diploma in Midwifery (2002)
Registered Midwife (2002)
Examination of the Newborn Certificate (2005)
Family Planning & Sexual Health Certificate (2005)

Royal College of Midwives (RCM)
Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)

Doctoral Research Fellow in Women’s Health at The George Institute for Global Health at Imperial College.
Ongoing women’s health and midwifery project development and management – Uganda and Ghana.
Lead Research Midwife & Manager at the Women’s Health Research Centre (Imperial College London) where she coordinated and managed a large portfolio of women's health clinical research projects, spanning from early pregnancy to menopause.
7 years’ experience as a Reproductive Health & Childbirth Champion at the National Institute of Health Research where she advocated for reproductive health research and midwifery research networks at a local and national level.
Consultancy experience as an international midwifery consultant, United Arab Emirates.
8 years’ experience as a Labour Ward Midwife at Queen Mary Maternity Unit at West Middlesex University Hospital.
Post registration experience in a range of midwifery settings including community, homebirth, birth centre, and labour ward.

I am a senior midwife with over twenty years of experience in a range of clinical and research settings.

I recently managed a large clinical research team conducting a wide range of projects in women’s health research, and am now conducting my own research as a PhD candidate at Imperial College London. Based in The George Institute for Global Health, I am a recognised leader in my field and advocate of for women’s health and midwifery at the local and international level.

Academically active throughout my career I am a branch Learning Representative and Chairperson for the Royal College of Midwives and I continue as an experienced Pregnancy Loss Support group facilitator with the Miscarriage Association.

I have significant experience of international midwifery projects and consultancy including in the Sub-Saharan African settings and United Arab Emirates. I continue to lead projects in Uganda and Ghana.

Perry, A. (2025) Building Forum Theatre into Midwifery Education, accepted for publication by The British Journal of Midwifery for July 2025.
Imperial Health Charity Instagram (2025) International Women’s Day What Does International Women’s Day mean to you? Available from: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG7ykFWtCkN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Perry, A. and Beja, H. (2025) Health equality radio British Journal of Midwifery Comment 33, 2. Available from: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2024.0114
Perry, A.G., Mullins, E. £25 and a biscuit: Women’s Health Research and Public Engagement in the UK. Res Involv Engagem 9, 120 (2023). Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-023-00519-1
Mullins, E., Perry A., Banerjee J., Townson J., Grozeva D., Milton, R., Kirby, N., Playle, R., Bourne, T., Lees, C.; PAN-COVID Investigators. Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19: The PAN-COVID study. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2022 Sep;276:161-167 Available from: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2022.07.010
Interview Editors Farrell, C. and Cawthera, E. (2023) Humans of health research-interviews with researchers and patients working together to improve healthcare
Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre Available from: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/humans-of-health-research-13/