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Stephen Kennedy

Stephen Kennedy

Contact information

Email
stephen.kennedy@wrh.ox.ac.uk

biography

I qualified at Guy’s Hospital, London, in 1984, having graduated from Keble College, Oxford, in Experimental Psychology. I trained at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital, London, and the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. I held the posts of Research Fellow (1986-89), Clinical Lecturer (1992-94), and Senior Fellow in Reproductive Medicine (1994-99) in NDOG, before being appointed as Clinical Reader in 1999 and Professor of Reproductive Medicine in 2011. I held the position of Head of Department from 2005 to 2020.

Stephen Kennedy

MA (Oxon), MD, MRCOG

Professor Emeritus

With Jose Villar, I jointly lead the INTERGROWTH-21^st Project, a large-scale, multi-centre project involving health institutions in 11 geographically diverse countries around the world that aims to assess fetal and newborn growth under optimal, and various sub-optimal (e.g. exposure to malaria, HIV and malnutrition), conditions.

Sources of Funding

MY CONNECTIONS

Green Templeton College

INTERGROWTH-21^st

Key publications

The distribution of clinical phenotypes of preterm birth syndrome implications for prevention

Barros FC. et al, (2015), JAMA Pediatrics, 169, 220 - 229

International standards for early fetal size and pregnancy dating based on ultrasound measurement of crown-rump length in the first trimester of pregnancy

Papageorghiou AT. et al, (2014), Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 44, 641 - 648

International standards for newborn weight, length, and head circumference by gestational age and sex: The Newborn Cross-Sectional Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

Villar J. et al, (2014), Lancet, 384, 857 - 868

The likeness of fetal growth and newborn size across non-isolated populations in the INTERGROWTH-21st project: The fetal growth longitudinal study and newborn cross-sectional study

Villar J. et al, (2014), Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 2, 781 - 792

International standards for fetal growth based on serial ultrasound measurements: The Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

Papageorghiou AT. et al, (2014), Lancet, 384, 869 - 879

Recent publications

COVID-19 vaccination status during pregnancy and preeclampsia risk: the pandemic-era cohort of the INTERCOVID consortium

Cavoretto PI. et al, (2026), Eclinicalmedicine, 93

Biological impacts of rising temperatures on maternal, fetal and newborn health: protocol for a cohort study (BIRTH-Cohort)

Das JK. et al, (2026), BMJ Open, 16

Normative growth trajectories of fetal brain regions validated by satisfactory maturation of neurodevelopmental domains at 2 years of age

Wyburd MK. et al, (2026), Nature Communications, 17

International Normative Charts for Twin Weight, Length, and Head Circumference at Birth, By Gestational Age and Sex: The Twin Neonatal Cross-Sectional Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

Giuliani F. et al, (2026), Twin Research and Human Genetics

Small for gestational age subgroups have differential morbidity, growth, and neurodevelopment at age 2: the INTERBIO-21st Newborn Study

Papageorghiou AT. et al, (2025), American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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