Our Research

At Swansea Immunology research lab we are led by Principal Investigator Professor Cathy Thornton. Our group is comprised of undergraduate & postgraduate project students, PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, research assistants and lecturers. We have several research projects underway with a common theme of immunology in pregnancy and women's health.

Our ongoing projects include themes of heat and pregnancy (MAGENTA consortia), pollution in pregnancy (RESPIRE consortia), gestational diabetes diagnostics, endometriosis & PCOS, antidepressants in pregnancy, placental dysfuction, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Pregnancy, among many more. We have funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Wellcome, Diabetes UK, MS Society among others.

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Our interests in these areas also supports global challenges research related to improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes.