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Dr Lisa Hurt
- Welsh speaking
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Lisa Hurt
Professor of Public Health
Overview
I am a Professor of Public Health in the Division of Population Medicine at Cardiff University School of Medicine.
I conduct impactful research to improve population-level interventions, access to services and support for mothers, children and vulnerable adults. Active projects include the BRANCH trial which is examining interventions to improve outcomes in infants with growth faltering in seven countries in Africa and Asia (https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mca-documents/branch-12feb2025-summary.pdf?sfvrsn=ba9176b1_1), and collaborations with the Wales Active Travel Research Consortium (ATLAS) such as a recent Cross Nation Active Travel Report for policyWISE (https://www.policywise.org.uk/reports).
I am passionate about high-quality public health education at undergraduate and postgraduate level. I teach epidemiology, statistics and evidence-based medicine on the MBBCh programme, the intercalated BSc in Population Medicine and the Master of Public Health course.
I am Division Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity, and have recently lead a project to develop training and guidance for line managers in the University on reasonable adjustments for staff. This has resulted in a new research interest in developing effective interventions to support neurodiverse staff.
Publication
2025
- Cowley, L. E. et al. 2025. Defining child maltreatment for research and surveillance: An international, multi-sectoral, Delphi consensus study in 34 countries in Europe and surrounding regions. The Lancet Regional Health Europe 50, article number: 101196. (10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101196)
2024
- Hurt, L. et al. 2024. Defining child maltreatment for research and surveillance: a Delphi study in 34 countries [Abstract]. Presented at: 17th European Public Health Conference 2024, Lisbon, Portugal, 13-15 November 2024, Vol. 34. Vol. Supp 3. Oxford University Press, (10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.537)
- Jones, H. E., Battaglia, S., Hurt, L., Uzun, O. and Brophy, S. 2024. Echogenic intracardiac foci detection and location in the second-trimester ultrasound and association with fetal outcomes: A systematic literature review. PLoS ONE 19(4), article number: e0298365. (10.1371/journal.pone.0298365)
- Bayoumi, R. R. et al. 2024. A critical systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for fertility problems in a globalized world. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 48(3), article number: 103217. (10.1016/j.rbmo.2023.04.008)
2023
- Nurmatov, U. B. et al. 2023. Consensus building on definitions and types of child maltreatment to improve recording and surveillance in Europe: Protocol for a multi-sectoral, European, electronic Delphi study. BMJ Open 13(12), article number: e076517. (10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076517)
- Singal, K., Adamczyk, K., Hurt, L., Woolner, A. and Paranjothy, S. 2023. Isolated choroid plexus cysts and health and developmental outcomes in childhood and adolescence - a systematic reveiw. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 290, pp. 115-122. (10.1016/j.ejogrb.2023.09.013)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2023. Childhood outcomes in children with and without cardiac echogenic foci: An electronic birth cohort study in Wales, UK. Children 10(7), article number: 1233. (10.3390/children10071233)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2023. What matters to families about the healthcare of preterm or low birth weight infants: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Patient Education and Counseling 115, article number: 107893. (10.1016/j.pec.2023.107893)
- Laajasalo, T. et al. 2023. Current issues and challenges in the definition and operationalization of child maltreatment: A scoping review. Child Abuse and Neglect 140, article number: 106187. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106187)
- Hirve, R., Adams, C., Kelly, C. B., McAullay, D. R., Hurt, L., Edmond, K. M. and Strobel, N. A. 2023. Effect of early childhood development interventions delivered by healthcare providers to improve cognitive outcomes in children at 0-36 months: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of Diseases in Childhood 108(4), pp. 247-257. (10.1136/archdischild-2022-324506)
2022
- Williams, O., Williams, C., Turner, D., Bull, M., Watkins, J. and Hurt, L. 2022. An epidemiological investigation of COVID-19 outbreaks in a group of care homes in Wales, UK: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Public Health 44(3), pp. 606-613. (10.1093/pubmed/fdab150)
- McDowell, D., Hurt, L., Kabatereine, N. B., Stothard, J. R. and Lello, J. 2022. Infection history and current co-infection with Schistosoma mansoni decreases Plasmodium species intensities in pre-school children from Uganda. Journal of Infectious Diseases 225(12), pp. 2181-2186. (10.1093/infdis/jiac072)
- Quinn, M. et al. 2022. Non-specific effects of BCG and DTP vaccination on infant mortality: an analysis of birth cohorts in Ghana and Tanzania. Vaccine 40(27), pp. 3737-3745. (10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.082)
- Esperanza, R., Evans, A., Tucker, D., Paranjothy, S. and Hurt, L. 2022. Hospital admissions in infants with Down syndrome: a record-linked population-based cohort study in Wales. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 66, pp. 225-239. (10.1111/jir.12903)
- Hurt, L. 2022. Population-based rates, risk factors and consequences of preterm births in South-Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country prospective cohort study. Journal of Global Health 12, article number: 4011. (10.7189/jogh.12.04011)
- Shannon, C. et al. 2022. Implementing effective community-based surveillance in research studies of maternal, newborn and infant outcomes in low resource settings. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 19, article number: 1. (10.1186/s12982-021-00109-0)
2021
- The Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI, . and Hurt, L. 2021. Simplified models to assess newborn gestational age in low-middle income countries: findings from a multicountry, prospective cohort study. BMJ Global Health 6(9), article number: e005688. (10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005688)
- Aftab, F. et al. 2021. Direct maternal morbidity and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based prospective cohort study in 8 countries. PLoS Medicine 18(6) (10.1371/journal.pmed.1003644)
2020
- Townson, J., Davies, J., Hurt, L., Ashfield-Watt, P. and Paranjothy, S. 2020. Developing and evaluating a model of public involvement and engagement embedded in a national longitudinal study: HealthWise Wales. International Journal of Population Data Science 5(3), article number: 3. (10.23889/ijpds.v5i3.1356)
- Webster, A. A., Alfuraydan, M., Croxall, J., Hurt, L., Kerr, M. and Brophy, S. 2020. Use of telehealth for facilitating the diagnostic assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A scoping review. PLoS ONE 15(7), article number: e0236415. (10.1371/journal.pone.0236415)
- Newham, J. J., McLean, K., Ginja, S., Hurt, L., Molloy, C., Lingam, R. and Goldfeld, S. 2020. Brief evidence-based interventions for universal child health services: a restricted evidence assessment of the literature. BMC Public Health 20(1), article number: 993. (10.1186/s12889-020-09104-7)
- McQuire, C., Daniel, R., Hurt, L., Kemp, A. and Paranjothy, S. 2020. The causal web of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a review and causal diagram. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 29, pp. 575-594. (10.1007/s00787-018-1264-3)
2019
- Hurt, L. et al. 2019. Cohort Profile: HealthWise Wales. A research register and population health data platform with linkage to National Health Service datasets in Wales. BMJ Open 9(12), article number: e031705. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031705)
- Cavallaro, F., Hurt, L., Creswell, J., Edmond, K., Amenga-Etego, S., Kirkwood, B. and Ronsmans, C. 2019. Testing the assumptions of an indicator of unmet need for obstetric surgery in Ghana: a cross-sectional study of linked hospital and population-based delivery data. Birth 46(4), pp. 638-647. (10.1111/birt.12452)
- Gabrysch, S. et al. 2019. Does facility birth reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in Brong Ahafo, Ghana? A secondary analysis using data on 119 244 pregnancies from two cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet Global Health 7(8), pp. e1074 - e1087. (10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30165-2)
- Prendergast, A. J. et al. 2019. Putting the "A" into WaSH: A call for integrated management of water, animals, sanitation and hygiene. Lancet Global Health 3(8), article number: Pe336-e337. (10.1016/S2542-5196(19)30129-9)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2019. Mild-to-moderate renal pelvis dilatation identified during pregnancy and hospital admissions in childhood: an electronic birth cohort study in Wales, UK. PLoS Medicine 16(7), article number: e1002859. (10.1371/journal.pmed.1002859)
- West, K. P. et al. 2019. Early neonatal vitamin A supplementation and infant mortality: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Archives of Disease in Childhood 104(3), pp. 217-226. (10.1136/archdischild-2018-315242)
- McQuire, C. et al. 2019. Screening prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in a region of the United Kingdom: a population-based birth-cohort study. Preventive Medicine 118, pp. 344-351. (10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.10.013)
2018
- The Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI, . et al. 2018. Population-based rates, timing and causes of maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country prospective cohort study. Lancet Global Health 6(12), pp. e1297-e1308. (10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30385-1)
- Hurt, L., Langley, K., North, K., Southern, A., Copeland, L., Gillard, J. and Williams, S. J. 2018. Understanding and improving the care pathway for children with autism. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 32(1), pp. 208-223. (10.1108/IJHCQA-08-2017-0153)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2018. Interventions that enhance health services for parents and infants to improve child development and social and emotional well-being in high-income countries: a systematic review. BMJ Open 8(2), article number: e014899. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014899)
- Paljarvi, T. et al. 2018. Feasibility of consumer-level activity monitors: Attitudes, user experiences, and accuracy of activity data. Presented at: 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress, London, England, 15-17 October 2018. Human Kinetics, (10.1123/jpah.2018-0535)
2017
- Smith, E. R., Hurt, L., Chowdhury, R., Sinha, B., Fawzi, W. and Edmond, K. M. 2017. Delayed breastfeeding initiation and infant survival: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 12(7), article number: e0180722. (10.1371/journal.pone.0180722)
- Edmond, K. M., Strobel, N. A., McAuley, K., Geelhoed, E. and Hurt, L. 2017. Economic evaluation of interventions delivered by primary care providers to improve neurodevelopment in children aged under 5 years: protocol for a scoping review. Systematic Reviews 6(1), article number: 59. (10.1186/s13643-017-0450-6)
- O'Leary, M. et al. 2017. Neonatal vaccination of low birthweight infants in Ghana. Archives of Disease in Childhood 102(2), pp. 145-151. (10.1136/archdischild-2016-311227)
2016
- Hurt, L. 2016. Burden of severe maternal morbidity and association with adverse birth outcomes in sub–Saharan Africa and south Asia: protocol for a prospective cohort study. Journal of Global Health 6(2), article number: 20601.
- Baqui, A. H. et al. 2016. Neonatal mortality within 24 hours of birth in six low and lower-middle income countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 94(10), pp. 709-784., article number: BLT.15.160945. (10.2471/BLT.15.160945)
- McQuire, C., Paranjothy, S., Hurt, L., Mann, M., Farewell, D. and Kemp, A. 2016. Objective measures of prenatal alcohol exposure: a systematic review. Pediatrics 138(3), article number: e20160517. (10.1542/peds.2016-0517)
- O'Leary, M. et al. 2016. Vaccination timing of low-birth-weight infants in rural Ghana: a population-based, prospective cohort study.. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 94(6), pp. 442-451D. (10.2471/BLT.15.159699)
- Edmond, K. et al. 2016. Timing of initiation, patterns of breastfeeding and infant survival: prospective analysis of pooled data from three randomised trials. Lancet Global Health 4(4), pp. e226-e275. (10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00040-1)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2016. Prevalence of defined ultrasound findings of unknown significance at the second trimester fetal anomaly scan and their association with adverse pregnancy outcomes: the Welsh study of mothers and babies population-based cohort. Prenatal Diagnosis 36(1), pp. 40-48. (10.1002/pd.4708)
2015
- Edmond, K. M. et al. 2015. Effect of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation on mortality during infancy in Ghana (Neovita): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 385(9975), pp. 1315-1323. (10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60880-1)
- Meek, A., Hurt, L. and Grant, A. 2015. An independent evaluation of The Filter. Project Report. Cardiff: ASH Wales.
2014
- Rahman, A. E. et al. 2014. Childhood diarrhoeal deaths in seven low- and middle-income countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 92(9), pp. 664-671. (10.2471/BLT.13.134809)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2014. The Welsh study of mothers and babies: protocol for a population-based cohort study to investigate the clinical significance of defined ultrasound findings of uncertain significance. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 14, article number: 164. (10.1186/1471-2393-14-164)
2013
- Danso, S. et al. 2013. A semantically annotated corpus for automatic verbal autopsy analysis. International Computer Archive Of Modern English 37, pp. 67-100.
- Hurt, L. et al. 2013. Effect of vitamin A supplementation on cause-specific mortality in women of reproductive age in Ghana: a secondary analysis from the ObaapaVitA trial. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 91(1), pp. 19-27. (10.2471/BLT.11.100412)
2012
- Edmond, K. et al. 2012. Effect of vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on cause-specific early and late infant mortality in rural Ghana: ObaapaVitA double-blind, cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial. British Medical Journal Open 2(1), article number: e000658. (10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000658)
2010
- Kirkwood, B. R. et al. 2010. Effect of vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on maternal survival in Ghana (ObaapaVitA): a cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet 375(9726), pp. 1640-1649. (10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60311-X)
Articles
- Cowley, L. E. et al. 2025. Defining child maltreatment for research and surveillance: An international, multi-sectoral, Delphi consensus study in 34 countries in Europe and surrounding regions. The Lancet Regional Health Europe 50, article number: 101196. (10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101196)
- Jones, H. E., Battaglia, S., Hurt, L., Uzun, O. and Brophy, S. 2024. Echogenic intracardiac foci detection and location in the second-trimester ultrasound and association with fetal outcomes: A systematic literature review. PLoS ONE 19(4), article number: e0298365. (10.1371/journal.pone.0298365)
- Bayoumi, R. R. et al. 2024. A critical systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for fertility problems in a globalized world. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 48(3), article number: 103217. (10.1016/j.rbmo.2023.04.008)
- Nurmatov, U. B. et al. 2023. Consensus building on definitions and types of child maltreatment to improve recording and surveillance in Europe: Protocol for a multi-sectoral, European, electronic Delphi study. BMJ Open 13(12), article number: e076517. (10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076517)
- Singal, K., Adamczyk, K., Hurt, L., Woolner, A. and Paranjothy, S. 2023. Isolated choroid plexus cysts and health and developmental outcomes in childhood and adolescence - a systematic reveiw. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 290, pp. 115-122. (10.1016/j.ejogrb.2023.09.013)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2023. Childhood outcomes in children with and without cardiac echogenic foci: An electronic birth cohort study in Wales, UK. Children 10(7), article number: 1233. (10.3390/children10071233)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2023. What matters to families about the healthcare of preterm or low birth weight infants: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Patient Education and Counseling 115, article number: 107893. (10.1016/j.pec.2023.107893)
- Laajasalo, T. et al. 2023. Current issues and challenges in the definition and operationalization of child maltreatment: A scoping review. Child Abuse and Neglect 140, article number: 106187. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106187)
- Hirve, R., Adams, C., Kelly, C. B., McAullay, D. R., Hurt, L., Edmond, K. M. and Strobel, N. A. 2023. Effect of early childhood development interventions delivered by healthcare providers to improve cognitive outcomes in children at 0-36 months: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of Diseases in Childhood 108(4), pp. 247-257. (10.1136/archdischild-2022-324506)
- Williams, O., Williams, C., Turner, D., Bull, M., Watkins, J. and Hurt, L. 2022. An epidemiological investigation of COVID-19 outbreaks in a group of care homes in Wales, UK: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Public Health 44(3), pp. 606-613. (10.1093/pubmed/fdab150)
- McDowell, D., Hurt, L., Kabatereine, N. B., Stothard, J. R. and Lello, J. 2022. Infection history and current co-infection with Schistosoma mansoni decreases Plasmodium species intensities in pre-school children from Uganda. Journal of Infectious Diseases 225(12), pp. 2181-2186. (10.1093/infdis/jiac072)
- Quinn, M. et al. 2022. Non-specific effects of BCG and DTP vaccination on infant mortality: an analysis of birth cohorts in Ghana and Tanzania. Vaccine 40(27), pp. 3737-3745. (10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.082)
- Esperanza, R., Evans, A., Tucker, D., Paranjothy, S. and Hurt, L. 2022. Hospital admissions in infants with Down syndrome: a record-linked population-based cohort study in Wales. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 66, pp. 225-239. (10.1111/jir.12903)
- Hurt, L. 2022. Population-based rates, risk factors and consequences of preterm births in South-Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country prospective cohort study. Journal of Global Health 12, article number: 4011. (10.7189/jogh.12.04011)
- Shannon, C. et al. 2022. Implementing effective community-based surveillance in research studies of maternal, newborn and infant outcomes in low resource settings. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 19, article number: 1. (10.1186/s12982-021-00109-0)
- The Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI, . and Hurt, L. 2021. Simplified models to assess newborn gestational age in low-middle income countries: findings from a multicountry, prospective cohort study. BMJ Global Health 6(9), article number: e005688. (10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005688)
- Aftab, F. et al. 2021. Direct maternal morbidity and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based prospective cohort study in 8 countries. PLoS Medicine 18(6) (10.1371/journal.pmed.1003644)
- Townson, J., Davies, J., Hurt, L., Ashfield-Watt, P. and Paranjothy, S. 2020. Developing and evaluating a model of public involvement and engagement embedded in a national longitudinal study: HealthWise Wales. International Journal of Population Data Science 5(3), article number: 3. (10.23889/ijpds.v5i3.1356)
- Webster, A. A., Alfuraydan, M., Croxall, J., Hurt, L., Kerr, M. and Brophy, S. 2020. Use of telehealth for facilitating the diagnostic assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A scoping review. PLoS ONE 15(7), article number: e0236415. (10.1371/journal.pone.0236415)
- Newham, J. J., McLean, K., Ginja, S., Hurt, L., Molloy, C., Lingam, R. and Goldfeld, S. 2020. Brief evidence-based interventions for universal child health services: a restricted evidence assessment of the literature. BMC Public Health 20(1), article number: 993. (10.1186/s12889-020-09104-7)
- McQuire, C., Daniel, R., Hurt, L., Kemp, A. and Paranjothy, S. 2020. The causal web of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a review and causal diagram. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 29, pp. 575-594. (10.1007/s00787-018-1264-3)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2019. Cohort Profile: HealthWise Wales. A research register and population health data platform with linkage to National Health Service datasets in Wales. BMJ Open 9(12), article number: e031705. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031705)
- Cavallaro, F., Hurt, L., Creswell, J., Edmond, K., Amenga-Etego, S., Kirkwood, B. and Ronsmans, C. 2019. Testing the assumptions of an indicator of unmet need for obstetric surgery in Ghana: a cross-sectional study of linked hospital and population-based delivery data. Birth 46(4), pp. 638-647. (10.1111/birt.12452)
- Gabrysch, S. et al. 2019. Does facility birth reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in Brong Ahafo, Ghana? A secondary analysis using data on 119 244 pregnancies from two cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet Global Health 7(8), pp. e1074 - e1087. (10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30165-2)
- Prendergast, A. J. et al. 2019. Putting the "A" into WaSH: A call for integrated management of water, animals, sanitation and hygiene. Lancet Global Health 3(8), article number: Pe336-e337. (10.1016/S2542-5196(19)30129-9)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2019. Mild-to-moderate renal pelvis dilatation identified during pregnancy and hospital admissions in childhood: an electronic birth cohort study in Wales, UK. PLoS Medicine 16(7), article number: e1002859. (10.1371/journal.pmed.1002859)
- West, K. P. et al. 2019. Early neonatal vitamin A supplementation and infant mortality: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Archives of Disease in Childhood 104(3), pp. 217-226. (10.1136/archdischild-2018-315242)
- McQuire, C. et al. 2019. Screening prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in a region of the United Kingdom: a population-based birth-cohort study. Preventive Medicine 118, pp. 344-351. (10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.10.013)
- The Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI, . et al. 2018. Population-based rates, timing and causes of maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country prospective cohort study. Lancet Global Health 6(12), pp. e1297-e1308. (10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30385-1)
- Hurt, L., Langley, K., North, K., Southern, A., Copeland, L., Gillard, J. and Williams, S. J. 2018. Understanding and improving the care pathway for children with autism. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 32(1), pp. 208-223. (10.1108/IJHCQA-08-2017-0153)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2018. Interventions that enhance health services for parents and infants to improve child development and social and emotional well-being in high-income countries: a systematic review. BMJ Open 8(2), article number: e014899. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014899)
- Smith, E. R., Hurt, L., Chowdhury, R., Sinha, B., Fawzi, W. and Edmond, K. M. 2017. Delayed breastfeeding initiation and infant survival: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 12(7), article number: e0180722. (10.1371/journal.pone.0180722)
- Edmond, K. M., Strobel, N. A., McAuley, K., Geelhoed, E. and Hurt, L. 2017. Economic evaluation of interventions delivered by primary care providers to improve neurodevelopment in children aged under 5 years: protocol for a scoping review. Systematic Reviews 6(1), article number: 59. (10.1186/s13643-017-0450-6)
- O'Leary, M. et al. 2017. Neonatal vaccination of low birthweight infants in Ghana. Archives of Disease in Childhood 102(2), pp. 145-151. (10.1136/archdischild-2016-311227)
- Hurt, L. 2016. Burden of severe maternal morbidity and association with adverse birth outcomes in sub–Saharan Africa and south Asia: protocol for a prospective cohort study. Journal of Global Health 6(2), article number: 20601.
- Baqui, A. H. et al. 2016. Neonatal mortality within 24 hours of birth in six low and lower-middle income countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 94(10), pp. 709-784., article number: BLT.15.160945. (10.2471/BLT.15.160945)
- McQuire, C., Paranjothy, S., Hurt, L., Mann, M., Farewell, D. and Kemp, A. 2016. Objective measures of prenatal alcohol exposure: a systematic review. Pediatrics 138(3), article number: e20160517. (10.1542/peds.2016-0517)
- O'Leary, M. et al. 2016. Vaccination timing of low-birth-weight infants in rural Ghana: a population-based, prospective cohort study.. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 94(6), pp. 442-451D. (10.2471/BLT.15.159699)
- Edmond, K. et al. 2016. Timing of initiation, patterns of breastfeeding and infant survival: prospective analysis of pooled data from three randomised trials. Lancet Global Health 4(4), pp. e226-e275. (10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00040-1)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2016. Prevalence of defined ultrasound findings of unknown significance at the second trimester fetal anomaly scan and their association with adverse pregnancy outcomes: the Welsh study of mothers and babies population-based cohort. Prenatal Diagnosis 36(1), pp. 40-48. (10.1002/pd.4708)
- Edmond, K. M. et al. 2015. Effect of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation on mortality during infancy in Ghana (Neovita): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 385(9975), pp. 1315-1323. (10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60880-1)
- Rahman, A. E. et al. 2014. Childhood diarrhoeal deaths in seven low- and middle-income countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 92(9), pp. 664-671. (10.2471/BLT.13.134809)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2014. The Welsh study of mothers and babies: protocol for a population-based cohort study to investigate the clinical significance of defined ultrasound findings of uncertain significance. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 14, article number: 164. (10.1186/1471-2393-14-164)
- Danso, S. et al. 2013. A semantically annotated corpus for automatic verbal autopsy analysis. International Computer Archive Of Modern English 37, pp. 67-100.
- Hurt, L. et al. 2013. Effect of vitamin A supplementation on cause-specific mortality in women of reproductive age in Ghana: a secondary analysis from the ObaapaVitA trial. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 91(1), pp. 19-27. (10.2471/BLT.11.100412)
- Edmond, K. et al. 2012. Effect of vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on cause-specific early and late infant mortality in rural Ghana: ObaapaVitA double-blind, cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial. British Medical Journal Open 2(1), article number: e000658. (10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000658)
- Kirkwood, B. R. et al. 2010. Effect of vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on maternal survival in Ghana (ObaapaVitA): a cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet 375(9726), pp. 1640-1649. (10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60311-X)
Conferences
- Hurt, L. et al. 2024. Defining child maltreatment for research and surveillance: a Delphi study in 34 countries [Abstract]. Presented at: 17th European Public Health Conference 2024, Lisbon, Portugal, 13-15 November 2024, Vol. 34. Vol. Supp 3. Oxford University Press, (10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.537)
- Paljarvi, T. et al. 2018. Feasibility of consumer-level activity monitors: Attitudes, user experiences, and accuracy of activity data. Presented at: 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress, London, England, 15-17 October 2018. Human Kinetics, (10.1123/jpah.2018-0535)
Monographs
- Meek, A., Hurt, L. and Grant, A. 2015. An independent evaluation of The Filter. Project Report. Cardiff: ASH Wales.
Research
My current projects include:
- The Welsh Study of Mothers and Babies
This is a population-based cohort study examining the association between non-structural markers found at the 18-20 week fetal anomaly scan and adverse outcomes in childhood, using record-linkage to routine healthcare data and postal questionnaires to collect information on neurodevelopment.
- An analysis of mortality and healthcare utilisation in children with Down’s Syndrome in the first five years of life
This cohort study compares data from Wales and Scotland. In Wales, we are using data from the Wales Electronic Cohort for Children, an e-cohort that links routinely-collected demographic, health and education data.
- Co-applicant on the grant for the National Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research (Heath and Care Research Wales)
Through this, I would like to develop projects to examine whether it is possible to track educational and health outcomes in children with autism and their family members using routinely-collected health and education data, to provide epidemiological data to inform the development of interventions to support families and reduce inequalities in outcomes and service provision.
In my previous work at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, I was a co-applicant on the Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement project (AMANHI, 2012-2016), a multi-country cohort study examining key maternal and infant outcomes using harmonised methods in 11 LMICs (funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and coordinated by WHO). I led the senior management team for the ObaapaVitA trial in rural Ghana (a cluster-randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effects of vitamin A on maternal mortality), overseeing the work of approximately 350 locally-recruited field and support staff. I also supervised the project management team for the Neovita trial (an individually-randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effects of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation on infant mortality), which had members in five separate locations worldwide. Both trials contributed data to a Cochrane review on vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy for maternal and newborn outcomes (McCauley et al 2015), which was the basis for the 2016 WHO recommendations on the use of vitamin A supplementation in antenatal care. For both trials, I provided regular briefings to the UK Department for International Development and Ministry of Health in Ghana, and engaged with a WHO guideline development who used the results to inform their recommendations.
Teaching
I teach epidemiology and evidence-based medicine on the C21 medical programme and the Masters in Public Health (MPH) at Cardiff.
My current teaching duties include:
- Evidence-Based Medicine module for Year 3 medical students
Delivering lectures and running small-group teaching sessions
- Organising a Student Selected Component (SSC) for Year 1 medical students
Designing and organising, running small-group teaching, providing formative feedback, and assessing a literature review project on public health interventions in the early years
- Organising SSCs for Year 2, 3 and 4 medical students
Designing and organising, running small-group teaching, and assessing a project to give the students practical experience of conducting their own research
- Being a personal tutor to medical students (including those who have Coleg Cenedlaethol scholarships to pursue aspects of the course in Welsh)
- Delivering teaching on the Masters in Public Health
Supervising and assessing dissertation projects, and attending exam board meetings
- Supervision of PhD students
- Membership of postgraduate research progress review panels
- Being an academic supervisor to public health registrars
Biography
I completed medical training at Manchester University (MBChB 1995) and epidemiology training (MSc 1998 and PhD 2001) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Professional memberships
Member through Distinction, Faculty of Public Health (MFPH, awarded 2025)
Honorary Reader, Public Health Wales (awarded 2024)
Fellow, AdvanceHE (FHEA, awarded 2022)
Academic positions
External examiner, Individual Research Project Module (BMBS, 4th year), Brighton and Sussex Medical School (2022 to present)
External examiner, MD in Community Medicine, Postgraduate Institutie of Medicine, Sri Lanka (2023 to present)
Committees and reviewing
Academic representative, Specialty Training Committee, Specialty Training Programme for Public Health, Wales (2024 to present)
Organising committee, UK Public Health Science conference (2022 to present)
Supervisions
Current supervision
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Public health
- Epidemiology
- Infant and child health
- Maternal health
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
