Jane Norman

Dr. Jane Norman graduated in Medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1986. After early clinical and academic training in obstetrics and gynaecology in Edinburgh, under the supervision of Professors David Baird, Andrew Calder and Rodney Kelly, she was awarded the degree of MD by the University of Edinburgh in 1992.
Jane moved to a clinical lecturer post at the University of Glasgow in 1993, focusing on the pathophysiology of parturition. Since 1993, she has conducted translational research aiming to understand factors responsible for the initiation of normal and abnormal parturition. She also leads multicentre clinical trials of therapies to improve the process of parturition for women and their babies.
Jane was awarded a Personal Professorship at the University of Glasgow in 2006, and the Regius Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow in 2007. She moved to Edinburgh to the Chair of Maternal and Fetal Health and Directorship of the Edinburgh Tommy’s Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health Research in 2008. In 2014, she also became Vice Principal, Equality and Diversity (now Vice Principal, People and Culture) at the University of Edinburgh.
Jane maintains an active clinical practice as a Consultant Obstetrician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.