Molly Patterson & Julia Austin
University Hospitals of Leicester, UK
Biography
Molly Patterson, Research & Development Midwife at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. She is a clinical midwife by background for the past 30 years with a passion for clinical research. Her MSc is in Heath Service Research. She has worked in a research role in the NHS since 1997. Currently she manage a team of 10 Research Midwives and 2 Research Support Officers. Together the team undertake both Obstetric and Midwifery clinical research studies on the NIHR portfolio. She has experience with writing research proposals, preparing ethics applications, setting up & running research studies in the NHS and mentoring research midwives through training and development in research.