There are substantial health inequalities in south east London, and disparities in health outcomes are particularly pronounced in women and children – especially among women from black African, black Caribbean, South Asian and other non-white British ethnic groups. 

Our vision is to improve health outcomes for women and children, with a focus on populations disproportionately affected by adverse health.

Our Clinical Academic Partnership exists to improve evidence-based practice, and we aim to support improvements in research, education, and healthcare locally, nationally, and globally.

Our strategic priorities are to improve women’s and children’s health by facilitating connectivity across the partnership. We do this by:

We are closing the translation gaps between best evidence and practice by embedding research and evaluation in clinical practice. Ask the Institute is a research advisory service designed specifically to help support better connectivity between the NHS and the academic community.

By providing practical and technical support to develop and deliver research; support to develop and deliver multi-professional training; and connecting colleagues for high-impact research, career development and networking. 

Ask the Institute provides a mechanism through which we share and build on Learning Health System expertise developed via the Children and Young People’s Health Partnership (CYPHP) model. We support colleagues to develop and deliver low-resource, high-impact research, connecting King’s College London and the NHS to realise the potential of health data for care and research.

Get involved

There are a number of ways you can connect and engage with the work of KHP Women and Children's Health.

Attend an upcoming Women and Children's Health event

We are hosted by Evelina London Children’s Hospital. King’s College London’s Department of Women and Children’s Health in the School of Life Course & Population Sciences is our academic host.

Leadership

Prof Ingrid Wolfe

Ingrid is the Director of KHP Women and Children’s Health, accountable for the strategic direction and delivery of the programme.

Gemma Jones

As Head of Programme, Gemma leads on the delivery of our existing initiatives and the development of new collaborations and projects in our Clinical Academic Partnership.

Team members

Dr Kirsty Logan and Dr Ibidun Fakoya

Kirsty and Ibi are senior researchers, they lead Ask the Institute and the King's Clinical Trials Unit specialist section as well as conducting research projects.

Alexandra Lampard-Scotford

Alexandra is a research assistant working on Ask the Institute projects and helps manage current and incoming projects and queries.

Evgenia Kovryga

Evgenia coordinates the KHP WCH education and training workstream, working with clinicians across the partnership to develop and deliver women and children’s health-focused training offers.

Manon Devreese

Manon is the KHP WCH Research Support Manager, and coordinates clinical-academic capacity and capability building activities as well as supporting research and fellowship funding applications.

Amanda Lofum

Amanda provides administrative support for KHP WCH

To get in touch and learn more about our work, please email khp-iwch@kcl.ac.uk.