Louise Kenny
British physician
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Louise Clare Kenny CBE (born 1970) is a British physician who is Professor and Executive Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Liverpool. She was elected a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours.
Louise Kenny CBE | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Liverpool |
| Thesis | The role of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in normal and compromised pregnancies (2003) |
Early life and education
Kenny was born and raised in Liverpool.[1] Her grandparents were Irish immigrants who moved to Liverpool during the Great Depression.[1] Her mother was born during the Liverpool Blitz, an attack that killed Kenny's great aunt and her children.[1] Kenny has said that she always wanted to become a doctor.[1] As a teenager, she worked in a café in the Great Homer Street market.[1] She studied medicine at the University of Liverpool, where she initially intended to become a cardiologist.[2] She changed her mind the moment she saw a baby being born.[1] After training as a senior house officer, she started a doctoral research programme at the University of Nottingham funded by the Medical Research Council and WellBeing for Women.[1]
Career
In 2006, Kenny was appointed a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Cork University Hospital. She specialised in hypertensive disease of pregnancy.[citation needed]
In 2013, Kenny founded the Science Foundation Ireland Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), which is based at the University College Cork.[3] The centre focusses on improving health outcome for mothers and babies around the world. INFANT is involved with various studies into issues that impact pregnant women, including pre-eclampsia, preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction.[4] At INFANT, Kenny focussed on the identification of biomarkers that may indicate women are at risk of pre-eclampsia.[4] Kenny was involved with overturning the Irish ban on abortion.[1][5][6][7][8]
In 2017, Kenny moved to the University of Liverpool, where she was made Executive Pro Vice Chancellor.[citation needed] Geraldine Boylan was appointed Director of the INFANT upon her departure. At Liverpool, Kenny is part of a research programme that looks to improve the health of children who grow up in Liverpool City.[9]
Awards and honours
- 2015 Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year[4]
- 2015 Tatler Magazine Woman of the Year[10]
- 2017 Guaranteed Irish Science Hero[11]
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to research in the NHS.[12][13][14]
Selected publications
- Mark A Brown; Laura A Magee; Louise C Kenny; et al. (1 July 2018). "Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: ISSHP Classification, Diagnosis, and Management Recommendations for International Practice". Hypertension. 72 (1): 24–43. doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.10803. ISSN 0194-911X. PMID 29899139. Wikidata Q89093946.
- Ali S Khashan; Kathryn M. Abel; Roseanne McNamee; Marianne G Pedersen; Roger T. Webb; Philip Baker; Louise Kenny; Preben Bo Mortensen (1 February 2008). "Higher risk of offspring schizophrenia following antenatal maternal exposure to severe adverse life events". JAMA Psychiatry. 65 (2): 146–152. doi:10.1001/ARCHGENPSYCHIATRY.2007.20. ISSN 2168-622X. PMID 18250252. Wikidata Q50873408.
- Louise Kenny; David I Broadhurst; Warwick Dunn; et al. (1 October 2010). "Robust early pregnancy prediction of later preeclampsia using metabolomic biomarkers". Hypertension. 56 (4): 741–749. doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.157297. ISSN 0194-911X. PMID 20837882. Wikidata Q46329980.