Prof David Williams, Obstetric Medicine, UK, PhD FRCP FRCOG
Dr David Williams is an obstetric physician at The Institute for Women’s Health, University College of London Hospitals. He leads a multi-disciplinary clinical team specializing in the management of acute and chronic medical disorders in pregnancy. His research group are investigating how maternal and paternal factors interact with the feto-placental unit to influence fetal growth and predispose women to gestational syndromes.
Current projects are focused on the pathophysiology and management of pre-eclampsia, acute fatty liver of pregnancy and alloimmune diseases of pregnancy. He is funded by the Medical Research Council to lead the Stamp Trial that investigated whether Pravastatin could ameliorate early-onset pre-eclampsia and as principal investigator of the Dad’s Health Study, which is investigating whether epigenetic marks associated with paternal obesity influence fetal growth. He is chairman of the UK NICE guideline on intrapartum management of medical disorders in pregnancy.
