The Pregnancy Loss Research Group lead national research to better understand pregnancy loss experiences and impacts, and the development of resources and evidence-based advice and interventions, to improve health care (quality) and health and social outcomes for women, babies and their families.

The Pregnancy Loss Research Group is led by Professor Keelin O'Donoghue. She is a medical graduate of University College Dublin (1995) and PhD Scholar of Imperial College, University of London (2005). She is an RCOG-trained Subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine from Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital London.  She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists (2012) and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 2019.  

Keelin took up a post as Consultant Obstetrician/Senior Lecturer at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) and University College Cork (UCC) in 2007.  She was awarded promotion to Professor (Scale 2) in UCC in 2020.  At University College Cork, Keelin is Clinical Lead for Obstetric Research in the INFANT centre.  She heads up the Pregnancy Loss Research Group, combining supervising a large group of postgraduate and Doctoral students with collaborative clinical research in this area.  She is chair of the Graduate Studies Committee in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.  

Read more about the Pregnancy Loss Research Group here.