Rema Ramakrishnan
PhD
CSOR EXPRESS Senior Statistician
Rema Ramakrishnan joined the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) in January 2021. She works with Professor Marian Knight as a senior statistician on two projects – CSOR and EXPRESS.
Rema is passionate about studying exposures and outcomes in reproductive, perinatal, and life-course epidemiology. She has an interest in causal inference and the use of advanced statistical methods to address relevant questions.
Prior to this Rema was a biostatistician/epidemiologist at the Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health.
She completed her Master's in Public Health degree from the University of Minnesota -Twin Cities in 2011 and PhD (Epidemiology) from the University of South Florida in 2017.
Recent publications
Eclampsia Incidence, Management and Outcomes Across Multi-Country Surveillance Cohorts: Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis.
Journal article
Salvi S. et al, (2026), BJOG
The association between different aspects of socioeconomic deprivation and severe maternal morbidity.
Journal article
Geddes-Barton D. et al, (2026), Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 105, 247 - 256
Associations between gestational diabetes and cardiovascular disease largely operate independently of postpartum causal pathways: A population-based cohort study in England.
Journal article
Astbury NM. et al, (2026), Diabetes Obes Metab, 28, 417 - 426
Ethnic Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity and the Contribution of Deprivation: A Population-Based Causal Analysis.
Journal article
Geddes-Barton D. et al, (2025), BJOG, 132, 2131 - 2137
Maternal postpartum six-week check and short-term health outcomes for women with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: An observational study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD).
Journal article
Ramakrishnan R. et al, (2025), Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 104, 937 - 947