Annette Briley

A UK qualified nurse and midwife Annette has over 40 years experience in midwifery. After working clinically and expanding scope of practice to include ultrasound scanning, bereavement care and fetal medicine she has worked continuously in research, whilst maintaining clinical competence and expertise. Annette has contributed to many local, national and international clinical trials that have informed guidelines and changed practice. These include interventions and management in high risk pregnancies, intrapartum care, models of midwifery care, and development of training simulators, screening tools and devices to improve birth outcomes.
Prior to working in Australia, she was the Consultant Midwife Research at Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, where she was R and D Lead, NIHR Co-Specialty Lead for Reproductive Health and Childbirth, NIHR Advocate for Research career for NMAPs (MIdwifery) and chair of the NIHR CRN Midwife Champions Group. She also managed a multidisciplinary team that developed and undertook multiple clinical trials and other research in women's and children's health. Since arriving in Australia in 2020 she has maintained international links and developed new collaborations, investigating preconceptual interventions to improve pregnancy outcomes in heavier women, dietary requirements for incarcerated pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers, continuity of midwifery care, management of intrapartum complications, such as postpartum haemorrhage, impacted fetal head, and rotation prior to instrumental vaginal birth.