Grace Thomas is a Reader in Midwifery and Head of Health Professions at the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University. Five professions of Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Diagnostic Radiography & Imaging, and Radiotherapy & Oncology sits within Grace’s leadership role as part of the senior team within the School.
Grace is also the Director of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre (WHOCC) for Midwifery Development at Cardiff University – one of only two WHOCCs globally which specifically focus on midwifery education. Grace co-led the development of the Midwifery Assessment Tool for Education (MATE) as part of the WHOCC workplan. MATE is published on the WHO website (https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/358932 ) and utilised globally to support countries to self-assess their midwifery education development needs. The WHOCC work is currently focussed on the Central Asia region, along with the development of a WHO EURO Pocket Book on maternity and newborn care. Grace has experience of working in Oman and Namibia – recently leading a project funded by a Wales and Africa grant with the University of Namibia and Independent Midwives Association of Namibia.
A Midwife for over 35 years, Grace moved into academia after working across a variety of clinical and managerial roles, including as Consultant Midwife for 10 years. Grace has presented extensively- nationally and internationally, and is on the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Midwifery and a Trustee of the Iolanthe Midwifery Trust. In 2021 Grace was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) UK and won the Leadership category at the prestigious RCM Awards.
Grace is Adjunct Professor at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
e-mail: thomassg4@cardiff.ac.uk
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