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
• Meetings Secretary for the Neonatal Society
• Academic Lead for the Child Death Overview Group