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Professor Hora Soltani

Hora leads the Maternal and Infant Health Research theme including several interdisciplinary researchers and PhD students in Sheffield Hallam University. Ā Her research is of a collaborative nature, focusing on maternity care models reducing health inequalities for mothers and babies from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. With a wide-reaching impact, Horaā€™s research has revolved around areas such as midwife continuity of acre, maternal nutrition and obesity, infant feeding, perinatal mental health, adolescent pregnancy and perinatal care of migrant women.

Hora was listed in the Elsevier top 2% cited scientists in her field in 2020 with a field adjusted impact of 2.4 according to SciVal 2021. She has also been acting as Editor/Senior Editorial Board member for journals (e.g. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth) and an expert advisor for organisations such as WHO and Public Health England.

Hora was awarded an MBE in the Queenā€™s new year honour list (Dec 2020) for her services to higher education and impact on maternal and infant health, guiding maternity policy development at national and international levels.

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