Jane Norman (professor)
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- University of Glasgow (2006–2008)
- University of Edinburgh (2008–2019)
- University of Bristol (2019–2022)
- University of Nottingham (2022–present)
Jane Norman | |
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| Vice Chancellor of the University of Nottingham | |
| Assumed office November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Shearer West |
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| Education | University of Edinburgh (MBBS, MD) |
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Jane Norman is a Scottish academic and physician who has been the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham since January 2025, having previously taken the position on an interim basis since November 2024.[1][2] She was previously the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham[3] and had served as the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Bristol in 2019.[4][5]
Norman graduated in medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1986.[6] After early clinical and academic training in obstetrics and gynaecology in Edinburgh, she was awarded the degree of MD by the University of Edinburgh in 1992.[6]
Research and career
Norman was Regius Chair of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Glasgow and Head of the Section of Reproductive and Maternal Medicine from 2006.[7] In 2008, she became Professor of Maternal and Fetal Health at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Edinburgh Tommy's Centre for maternal and fetal health research.[6] In 2014, she also became Vice-principal of Equality and Diversity (now Vice-principal, People and Culture) at the University of Edinburgh.[6]
Her research focusses on the pregnancy “stressors” of obesity, maternal depression/stress, inflammation and hypoxia.[8]
She previously maintained a clinical practice as a Consultant Obstetrician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.[6]
Select publications
- John R Challis; Charles J Lockwood; Leslie Myatt; Jane E. Norman; Jerome F Strauss; Felice Petraglia (1 February 2009). "Inflammation and pregnancy". Reproductive Sciences. 16 (2): 206–215. doi:10.1177/1933719108329095. ISSN 1933-7191. PMID 19208789. Wikidata Q37390203.
- K.A. Roberts; S.C. Riley; R.M. Reynolds; et al. (12 January 2011). "Placental structure and inflammation in pregnancies associated with obesity". Placenta. 32 (3): 247–254. doi:10.1016/J.PLACENTA.2010.12.023. ISSN 0143-4004. PMID 21232790. Wikidata Q46328759.
- F C Denison; K A Roberts; S M Barr; J E Norman (9 March 2010). "Obesity, pregnancy, inflammation, and vascular function". Reproduction. 140 (3): 373–385. doi:10.1530/REP-10-0074. ISSN 1470-1626. PMID 20215337. Wikidata Q37705670.
