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In 2011, Denison was awarded a [[research grant]] from [[Action Medical Research]] for £96,450 to investigate new imaging techniques to predict pregnancy complications.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=5449-FS61-JCF5-953R&csi=280434&oc=00240&perma=true|title=Grant winners|date=October 27, 2011|work=The Times Higher Education Supplement|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
In 2011, Denison was awarded a [[research grant]] from [[Action Medical Research]] for £96,450 to investigate new imaging techniques to predict pregnancy complications.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=5449-FS61-JCF5-953R&csi=280434&oc=00240&perma=true|title=Grant winners|date=October 27, 2011|work=The Times Higher Education Supplement|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>


She died with [[COVID-19]] on 9 January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tributes paid to renowned Scottish doctor after 'long battle' with Covid -19|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19836391.professor-fiona-denison-tributes-death-covid-19/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=HeraldScotland|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Carroll |first1=Ryan |title=Scots professor dies after Covid battle as family pay tribute to 'kind' academic |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-professor-dies-after-covid-25908248 |access-date=10 January 2022 |publisher=Daily Record |date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
She died with [[COVID-19]] at the age of 51 on 9 January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tributes paid to renowned Scottish doctor after 'long battle' with Covid -19|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19836391.professor-fiona-denison-tributes-death-covid-19/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=HeraldScotland|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Carroll |first1=Ryan |title=Scots professor dies after Covid battle as family pay tribute to 'kind' academic |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-professor-dies-after-covid-25908248 |access-date=10 January 2022 |publisher=Daily Record |date=10 January 2022}}</ref>


== Awards and honours ==
== Awards and honours ==

Revision as of 01:57, 11 January 2022

Fiona Charlotte Denison[1] (1970 – 9 January 2022) was a Scottish academic who was Professor and Honorary Consultant in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at the University of Edinburgh,[2] founder of Birthing Solutions Ltd, and creator of the Birth Mirror.[3]

Life and career

Denison was born in Morningside, Edinburgh in 1970.[4] She was a consultant obstetrician and reader in Maternal and Fetal Health at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Reproductive Health.[5] She was a principal investigator for The Edinburgh Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, a research centre focusing on maternal obesity which sits within the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health.[6]

In 2011, Denison was awarded a research grant from Action Medical Research for £96,450 to investigate new imaging techniques to predict pregnancy complications.[7]

She died with COVID-19 at the age of 51 on 9 January 2022.[8][9]

Awards and honours

In 2017, Denison won a number of awards for her Birth Mirror, an adjustable, waterproof mirror to assist midwives in water births:

  • The Converge Challenge KickStart Digital Entrepreneur Award.[10][11]
  • Shortlisted as a semi-finalist in the Scottish EDGE11 WildCard Award finalist,[5][6][12] awarded £10,000.[13]
  • The Medicity DEVELOP prize for customer discovery.[6]
  • The Medicity DEVELOP Engage Invest Exploit Prize.[6]
  • The Medicity DEVELOP runner-up Prize.[6]

Denison was a finalist in the 2013 NHS Lothian Health Hero awards, nominated by one of her patients for Denison's concern for patient wellbeing.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Glycerine Trinitrate for Retained Placenta (GOT-IT Trial)". NHS Health Research Authority. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Professor Fiona Denison". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  3. ^ "Celebrating enterprising women – Edinburgh Innovation". Edinburgh Innovation. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  4. ^ "Denison, Fiona Charlotte". Scotland's People. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Dr Denison's birth mirror on track for further success". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Edinburgh Tommys Centre". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  7. ^ "Grant winners". The Times Higher Education Supplement. October 27, 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Tributes paid to renowned Scottish doctor after 'long battle' with Covid -19". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  9. ^ Carroll, Ryan (10 January 2022). "Scots professor dies after Covid battle as family pay tribute to 'kind' academic". Daily Record. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Dr Fiona Denison's Birth Mirror reaches the final of the Converge Challenge KickStart Awards". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  11. ^ Symon, Ken (2017-09-29). "Dave Hughes of the University of the West of Scotland wins Converge Challenge 2017". businessInsider. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  12. ^ "Further coverage for CRH's Fiona Denison and her award winning product". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  13. ^ "Birthing Solutions awarded £10k at EDGE 11 as wilcard finalist". BioCity. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  14. ^ "Health Hero awards: Four women named candidates". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
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