Professor Karen Luyt
M.B.Ch.B., PhD(Bristol), FRCPCH
Current positions
Professor in Neonatal Medicine
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Research interests
Biography
Karen Luyt read medicine in South Africa and received a CCST in Paediatrics (Neonatal Medicine) in the UK in 2004. She was awarded a Walport Senior Lectureship in 2009 and holds a tenured clinical-academic position in Neonatal Medicine at the University of Bristol. She works as a clinical neonatologist in the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care unit at St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol, with special interests in brain injury, neuro-intensive care and improving health outcomes in high risk infants.
Leadership Roles:
- Programme lead for the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD)
- National clinical lead for the PReCePT (Prevention of Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Labour) Programme
- Strategic clinical lead for the PERIPrem project
- Academic Lead for the Child Death Overview Group
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
PReCePT Programme Devolved Nations Extension Study
Principal Investigator
Description
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the National PReCePT Programme to increase the uptake of the MgSO4 in English maternity units for the prevention of cerebral…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2023 to 31/12/2023
National PReCePT (Prevention of cerebral palsy in pre-term labour) Programme Evaluation
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The NPP is the national adoption and spread of the PReCePT Quality Improvement Toolkit. The NPP aims to support all maternity units in England to increase their average uptake of…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/12/2018 to 31/05/2021
PReCePT Study – A cluster randomised trial evaluating the impact of an enhanced support implementation of the PReCePT quality improvement toolkit to increase the uptake of magnesium sulphate in pre-term deliveries for the prevention of neurodisabilities
Principal Investigator
Description
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Preterm labour and birth guideline recommends use of magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) in deliveries below 30 weeks’ gestation to prevent cerebral…Managing organisational unit
Dates
01/06/2018 to 31/05/2021
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
23/01/2025Child mortality in England after national lockdowns for COVID-19
PLoS Medicine
COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and uptake in a national cohort of English children and young people with life-limiting neurodisability
Archives of Disease in Childhood 2025
Deaths in children in England from SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first 2 years of the pandemic
BMJ Open
Implementation of national guidelines on antenatal magnesium sulfate for neonatal neuroprotection
BMJ Quality and Safety
Effective and simple interventions to improve outcomes for preterm infants worldwide
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
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