Marlene has an extensive track record for the promotion of midwifery research locally, nationally and internationally. She was a panel member on the REF2014 where her knowledge and experience of multiple research approaches (RCTs, mixed-methods and qualitative designs) was highly valued.
Marlene is currently Head of the Centre for Maternal, Fetal and Infant Research at Ulster University where she was awarded the first Personal Chair for Midwifery research in Ireland in 2006. She remains the only midwife in Ireland to hold this prestigious position.
