Our research projects
Thanks to our supporters we are able to carry out more than £2m worth of ground-breaking research every year in 4 centres across the UK, into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth. Discover our research projects here.
Pregnancy complication research
Preventing diabetes in pregnancy: targeting treatment to women who are most at risk
Our researchers are finding out whether early intervention can help prevent gestational diabetes in women most at risk.
Health and wellbeing research
Can we predict which obese pregnant women will have uncomplicated pregnancies and births?
Our researchers have been finding out which obese pregnant women are likely to have uncomplicated pregnancies and births.
Health and wellbeing research
Do obese pregnant women worry about the risks of pregnancy and birth?
Aiming understand whether obese women worry about the risks of pregnancy and birth, whether this affects the decisions they make and improve advice for them.
Health and wellbeing research
Breastfeeding attitudes among women who give birth to large babies
Breastfeeding could be especially helpful for women who give birth to large babies. Our team are learning how these women feel about breastfeeding.
Pregnancy complication research
Controlling type 1 diabetes in pregnancy: a better way of giving insulin?
Tommy's scientists are developing an ‘artificial pancreas’ to give pregnant women with type 1 diabetes the exact amount of insulin they need.
Health and wellbeing research
Promoting healthy gut bacteria in babies born by caesarean section: The PROMESA study
Can a probiotic supplement promote the development of a healthy mixture of bacteria in the guts of breastfed babies born by c-section?
Stillbirth research
Can steroid injections improve blood flow to babies at risk of stillbirth?
Finding out whether steroids can improve the blood flow through the placenta
Stillbirth research
Preventing stillbirth: the role of the immune system in rejecting the placenta
Tommy’s are studying chronic histiocytic intervillositis, which causes the immune system to reject the placenta, leading to stillbirth or miscarriage.
Stillbirth research
The role of placental blood vessels in growth restriction and stillbirth
Tommy's wants to find out why the placentas from babies who grow slowly have a smaller network of blood vessels than healthy placentas.
Pregnancy complication research
Preventing diabetes in pregnancy: targeting treatment to women who are most at risk
Our researchers are finding out whether early intervention can help prevent gestational diabetes in women most at risk.
Pregnancy complication research
Controlling type 1 diabetes in pregnancy: a better way of giving insulin?
Tommy's scientists are developing an ‘artificial pancreas’ to give pregnant women with type 1 diabetes the exact amount of insulin they need.
Stillbirth research
Can steroid injections improve blood flow to babies at risk of stillbirth?
Finding out whether steroids can improve the blood flow through the placenta
Health and wellbeing research
Can we predict which obese pregnant women will have uncomplicated pregnancies and births?
Our researchers have been finding out which obese pregnant women are likely to have uncomplicated pregnancies and births.
Health and wellbeing research
Breastfeeding attitudes among women who give birth to large babies
Breastfeeding could be especially helpful for women who give birth to large babies. Our team are learning how these women feel about breastfeeding.
Stillbirth research
Preventing stillbirth: the role of the immune system in rejecting the placenta
Tommy’s are studying chronic histiocytic intervillositis, which causes the immune system to reject the placenta, leading to stillbirth or miscarriage.
Health and wellbeing research
Do obese pregnant women worry about the risks of pregnancy and birth?
Aiming understand whether obese women worry about the risks of pregnancy and birth, whether this affects the decisions they make and improve advice for them.
Health and wellbeing research
Promoting healthy gut bacteria in babies born by caesarean section: The PROMESA study
Can a probiotic supplement promote the development of a healthy mixture of bacteria in the guts of breastfed babies born by c-section?
Stillbirth research
The role of placental blood vessels in growth restriction and stillbirth
Tommy's wants to find out why the placentas from babies who grow slowly have a smaller network of blood vessels than healthy placentas.