I am a neonatologist and clinical academic interested in the organisation of care for babies born very (<33 weeks gestational age) and extremely (<27 weeks gestational age) preterm and their outcomes later in life, and in the methodological tools required. My research focuses on generating knowledge about best practices for the care of births at these gestations.
An international perspective is central to the project as high practice variation between countries provides an opportunity to assess both the consequences of different care strategies in real-life settings and the contextual factors that may affect associations and the generalisability of study findings. My research program is organised into three components: understanding practices (observational – using the RECAP Preterm platform), assessing therapies and interventions (interventional – using follow-up of the TREOCAPA and other randomised controlled trial), and enhancing the methodological approaches required for this (e.g. by developing DataSHIELD, a suite of tools for federated analyses of remote data).
Research interests
- Extreme / very preterm birth
- Organisation of care
- International comparisons
Key publications
- Morgan AS, Mendonça M, Thiele N, David A. Management and outcomes of extreme preterm birth. BMJ 376:e055924 (Published 10 January 2022). doi:10.1136/bmj-2021-055924.
View publication - Morgan AS, Zeitlin J, Källén K, Draper ES, Maršál K, Norman M, Serenius F, van Buuren S, Johnson SJ, Benhammou V, Pierrat V, Kaminski M, Foix L'Helias L, Ancel PY, Marlow N. Birth outcomes between 22-26 weeks' gestation in national population-based cohorts from Sweden, England and France. Acta Paediatrica, First published online: 01 September 2021. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.16084.
View publication - Morgan AS, Bradford C, Farrow H, Draper ES, Harrison C. Effects of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on perinatal activity in the Yorkshire and Humber region during 2020: an interrupted time-series analysis. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed Epub ahead of print: 11 May 2022 doi:10.1136/archdischild-2021-323466.
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