Professor Marlene Sinclair

- PhD, MEd, DASE, BSc, RNT, RM, RN, Cert Neurosurgical / Neuromedical Nursing

Chair in Midwifery Research, Institute of Nursing Research, University of Ulster

Professor Marlene Sinclair, a native of Northern Ireland, has recently become Northern Ireland’s first professor of midwifery research at the Institute of Nursing Research, University of Ulster. A personal chair was awarded for a specific contribution to research and development and her profile demonstrates dedication and commitment to building the evidence base for midwifery research. Her research experience spans qualitative and quantitative methods and she has been involved in research using phenomenology, ethnography, action research and RCTs. She has fifteen years of experience in higher education and was employed as a senior lecturer in Midwifery at the University of Ulster in 2001. Currently, she is focusing her energy on developing clinical midwifery researchers at doctoral level. Her specialist area of research is in birth technology and most of her students are undertaking research that will enhance our knowledge and understanding of technology in the birthing process and birth outcomes. She has worked in partnership with medical colleagues and educationalists locally, nationally and internationally.

Recently she has been elected to sit on the Research and Innovation Committee of Senate at the University of Ulster and the local Northern Ireland R&D Research Advisory Forum.

Further Information on Marlene's PhD is available in pdf format.

Marlene is the editor of the RCM Evidence Based Midwifery journal and is a member of RCM Council. She is an active member of the RCM Education and Research Committee and is a member of the RCM Steering Group for Normal Birth.