Expert Witness Profile
Alison Perry

London

Areas Covered: UK

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/