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  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• Nia.Jones@nottingham.ac.uk
• http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/obgyn

Biography

Nia Wyn Jones qualified as a medical doctor with a first class honours degree at the University of Wales College of Medicine in 1998. From an inspired teacher in Obstetrics and Gynaecology she developed an interest in feto-maternal medicine and has pursued this as her career interest since this time. She successfully completed postgraduate qualifications in medicine (MRCP examination in 2002) and clinical obstetrics and gynaecology (MRCOG in 2008). She took time out of her training to undertake research at the University of Nottingham and was awarded a PhD in 2011 on the subject of 'Modern imaging techniques to study placentation'. She completed her post-graduate training in a sub-specialty training post in feto-maternal medicine at the Nottingham. Her interest in academic medicine was developed during her time at Nottingham and culminated in an appointment as an Associate Professor post in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Nottingham and an honorary consultant in Obstetrics and sub-specialist in Feto-Maternal Medicine at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Expertise Summary

Imaging technologies including 3D-USS and 3D power Doppler USS and MRI in pregnancy.

Placental pathology

Fetal medicine

Maternal medicine including diabetes

Carbohydrate supplementation in labour

Teaching Summary

Undergraduate teaching

• Lecture medical students on topics including maternal medicine, diabetes in pregnancy, hypertension and pre-eclampsia
• Examiner at Undergraduate examinations in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Participate in the 3rd year medical student BMedSci course by offering projects and examining the coursework

Postgraduate teaching

• Obstetrics and Gynaecology representative on the Health Education East Midlands Clinical Academic Training Board and the Academic representative on the Obstetrics and Gynaecology School Board and use these roles to promote and encourage academic training for post-graduate doctors.

Research Summary

Dr Nia Jones is part of two current research groups:

• Obstetric imaging group: this group is involved in developing imaging technologies and techniques to aid the management of women with pregnancy complications. Current work is focusing on fetal size and adiposity and improving detection rates for macrosomia, particularly in pregnancies complicated by diabetes. A second project is focusing on placental pathology including placental blood flow and morbid adherence of the placenta.
• Obstetric nutrition group: this group is examining the role of nutrition on pregnancy and labour focusing in particular on carbohydrate intake and examining whether carbohydrate supplementation will improve obstetric outcomes in a similar fashion to carbohydrate supplementation in surgery (Enhanced recovery after surgery [ERAS] programme).

Recent Publications

• MALIN GL, BUGG GJ, THORNTON J, TAYLOR MA, GRAUWEN N, DEVLIEGER R, KARDEL KR, KUBLI M, TRANMER JE and JONES NW, 2016. Does oral carbohydrate supplementation improve labour outcome? A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. 123(4), 510-7
• MALIN GL, BUGG GJ, TAKWOINGI Y, THORNTON JG and JONES NW, 2015. Antenatal magnetic resonance imaging versus ultrasound for predicting neonatal macrosomia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. 123(1), 77-88
• TSANG J.C.K. and JONES N.W., 2014. Antepartum fetal health Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine. 24(3), 80-84
• ANBLAGAN D, DESHPANDE R, JONES NW, COSTIGAN C, BUGG G, RAINE FENNING N, GOWLAND PA and MANSELL P, 2013. Measurement of Fetal Fat in Utero in Normal and Diabetic Pregnancy using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 42(3), 335-40

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• MALIN GL, BUGG GJ, THORNTON J, TAYLOR MA, GRAUWEN N, DEVLIEGER R, KARDEL KR, KUBLI M, TRANMER JE and JONES NW, 2016. Does oral carbohydrate supplementation improve labour outcome? A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. 123(4), 510-7
• MALIN GL, BUGG GJ, TAKWOINGI Y, THORNTON JG and JONES NW, 2015. Antenatal magnetic resonance imaging versus ultrasound for predicting neonatal macrosomia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. 123(1), 77-88
• TSANG J.C.K. and JONES N.W., 2014. Antepartum fetal health Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine. 24(3), 80-84
• ANBLAGAN D, DESHPANDE R, JONES NW, COSTIGAN C, BUGG G, RAINE FENNING N, GOWLAND PA and MANSELL P, 2013. Measurement of Fetal Fat in Utero in Normal and Diabetic Pregnancy using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 42(3), 335-40
• ANBLAGAN D, JONES NW, COSTIGAN C, PARKER AJJ, ALLCOCK K, ALEONG R, COYNE LH, DESHPANDE R, RAINE-FENNING N, BUGG G, ROBERTS N, PAUSOVA Z, PAUS T and GOWLAND PA, 2013. Maternal smoking during pregnancy and fetal organ growth: a magnetic resonance imaging study. PloS one. 8(7), e67223
• JONES NW, DESHPANDE R, MOUSA HA, MANSELL P, RAINE-FENNING N and BUGG G, 2013. Fractional volume of placental vessels in women with diabetes using a novel stereological 3D power Doppler technique. Placenta. 34(11), 1002-8
• SALMAN MSM, MOUSA HA, TWINING P, JONES NW, JAMES D, MOMTAZ M, ABOULGHAR M, EL-SHEIKHAH A and BUGG G, 2012. Would gestational age and presence of brain anomalies affect interobserver reliability of fetal head biometry? Using off-line analysis of 3-D dataset. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 38(1), 69-74
• JONES NW, RAINE-FENNING NJ, BRADLEY E and BUGG G, 2011. Placental 3-D Power Doppler Angiography--Regional Variation And Reliability Of Two Ultrasonic Sphere Biopsy Techniques. Ultrasound In Medicine & Biology. 37(3), 364-75
• JONES NW, RAINE-FENNING NJ, MOUSA HA, BRADLEY E and BUGG GJ, 2011. Evaluating The Intra- And Interobserver Reliability Of Three-Dimensional Ultrasound And Power Doppler Angiography (3D-Pda) For Assessment Of Placental Volume And Vascularity In The Second Trimester Of Pregnancy. Ultrasound In Medicine & Biology. 37(3), 376-85
• SUR SD, JAYAPRAKASAN K, JONES NW, CLEWES J, WINTER B, CASH N, CAMPBELL B and RAINE-FENNING NJ, 2010. A Novel Technique For The Semi-Automated Measurement Of Embryo Volume: An Intraobserver Reliability Study. Ultrasound In Medicine & Biology. 36(5), 719-25
• JONES NW, RAINE-FENNING N, MOUSA H, BRADLEY E and BUGG G, 2010. Evaluation Of The Intraobserver And Interobserver Reliability Of Data Acquisition For Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Angiography Of The Whole Placenta At 12 Weeks Gestation. Ultrasound In Medicine & Biology. 36(9), 1405-11
• JONES, N W, HUTCHINSON, E S, BROWNBILL, P, CROCKER, I P, ECCLES, D, BUGG, G J and RAINE-FENNING, N J, 2009. In vitro dual perfusion of human placental lobules as a flow phantom to investigate the relationship between fetoplacental flow and quantitative 3D power doppler angiography. Placenta. 30(2), 130-5
• JONES, N W, RAINE-FENNING, N J, JAYAPRAKASAN, K, MOUSA, H A, TAGGART, M J and BUGG, G J, 2009. Changes in myometrial 'perfusion' during normal labor as visualized by three-dimensional power Doppler angiography. Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 33(3), 307-12
• HUTCHINSON ES, BROWNBILL P, JONES NW, ABRAHAMS VM, BAKER PN, SIBLEY CP and CROCKER IP, 2009. Utero-placental haemodynamics in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia. Placenta. 30(7), 634-41
• RAINE-FENNING, N J, WELSH, A W, JONES, N W and BUGG, G, 2008. Methodological considerations for the correct application of quantitative three-dimensional power Doppler angiography. Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 32(1), 115-7; author reply 117-8