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Ursula Gazeley

PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher

Ursula’s research spans reproductive demography, maternal epidemiology, and global health. Her research aims to advance the conceptualisation and measurement of maternal morbidity and mortality to improve reproductive health outcomes. So far, Ursula’s research has focused on the extended postpartum period beyond 42 days, the cumulative burden of adverse maternal outcomes across the reproductive life course, quality of care, maternal near miss complications, hypertensive diseases of pregnancy, and perinatal mental health.

At LCDS, Ursula works with Dr Joshua Wilde on the SEXRATIO project, investigating the effects of maternal stress on sex ratio at birth. Before joining LCDS, Ursula completed her PhD in Epidemiology and Population Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, with a year at the European Doctoral School of Demography. She also works for the World Health Organization’s Human Reproduction Programme on global estimates of maternal mortality and maternal causes of death.

Prior to her PhD, Ursula worked for IDinsight, a non-profit research organisation in Delhi, Johannesburg, and Accra, on (quasi) experimental evaluations of health interventions, to inform programme design and implementation. She holds an MSc in Population and Development from the London School of Economics and a BA from the University of Oxford.

Publications

Tuesday, 01 July 2025
Gazeley, U. et al. (2025) “Accounting for stillbirths in maternal health metrics: a cross-country analysis.”, EClinicalMedicine, 85, p. 103303.
Ursula Gazeley
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Mejía-Guevara, I. et al. (2025) “Evolution of Life Expectancy and Lifespan Variation in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Ursula Gazeley
Friday, 01 November 2024
Gazeley, U. et al. (2024) “The lifetime risk of maternal near miss morbidity in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America: a cross-country systematic analysis.”, The Lancet. Global health, 12(11), pp. e1775 - e1784.
Ursula Gazeley
Thursday, 18 July 2024
Chandrasekar, A. et al. (2024) “mHealth interventions for postpartum family planning in LMICs: A realist review”, PLOS Global Public Health, 4(7).
Ursula Gazeley
Saturday, 01 June 2024
Gazeley, U. et al. (2024) “Postpartum recovery after severe maternal morbidity in Kilifi, Kenya: a grounded theory of recovery trajectories beyond 42 days.”, BMJ global health, 9(6), p. e014821.
Ursula Gazeley
Thursday, 01 February 2024
Gazeley, U. et al. (2024) “Lifetime risk of maternal near miss morbidity: a novel indicator of maternal health.”, International journal of epidemiology, 53(1), p. dyad169.
Ursula Gazeley
Monday, 01 January 2024
Gazeley, U. et al. (2024) “Pregnancy-related mortality up to 1 year postpartum in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of verbal autopsy data from six countries.”, BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 131(2), pp. 163–174.
Ursula Gazeley
Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Jasseh, M. et al. (2023) “Burden and causes of pregnancy-related mortality in The Gambia: evidence from census and health and demographic surveillance data.”, BMJ public health, 1(1), p. e000019.
Ursula Gazeley
Sunday, 01 January 2023
Gazeley, U. et al. (2023) “Lifetime risk of maternal near miss morbidity: A novel indicator of maternal health”, medRxiv.
Ursula Gazeley
Tuesday, 01 November 2022
Gazeley, U. et al. (2022) “Women’s risk of death beyond 42 days post partum: a pooled analysis of longitudinal Health and Demographic Surveillance System data in sub-Saharan Africa.”, The Lancet. Global health, 10(11), pp. e1582 - e1589.
Ursula Gazeley
Tuesday, 01 November 2022
Palfreyman, A. and Gazeley, U. (2022) “Adolescent perinatal mental health in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence.”, Social science & medicine (1982), 313, p. 115413.
Ursula Gazeley
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7 Mar 2025

Global update reveals haemorrhage as leading cause of maternal death

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6 Mar 2025

Ursula Gazeley wins the Cicely Williams Prize

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16 Oct 2024

Global inequities in maternal health risks across a woman’s life

Ursula Gazeley

PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Google Scholar
Twitter

Ursula’s research spans reproductive demography, maternal epidemiology, and global health. Her research aims to advance the conceptualisation and measurement of maternal morbidity and mortality to improve reproductive health outcomes. So far, Ursula’s research has focused on the extended postpartum period beyond 42 days, the cumulative burden of adverse maternal outcomes across the reproductive life course, quality of care, maternal near miss complications, hypertensive diseases of pregnancy, and perinatal mental health.

At LCDS, Ursula works with Dr Joshua Wilde on the SEXRATIO project, investigating the effects of maternal stress on sex ratio at birth. Before joining LCDS, Ursula completed her PhD in Epidemiology and Population Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, with a year at the European Doctoral School of Demography. She also works for the World Health Organization’s Human Reproduction Programme on global estimates of maternal mortality and maternal causes of death.

Prior to her PhD, Ursula worked for IDinsight, a non-profit research organisation in Delhi, Johannesburg, and Accra, on (quasi) experimental evaluations of health interventions, to inform programme design and implementation. She holds an MSc in Population and Development from the London School of Economics and a BA from the University of Oxford.

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Publications

Tuesday, 01 July 2025
Gazeley, U. et al. (2025) “Accounting for stillbirths in maternal health metrics: a cross-country analysis.”, EClinicalMedicine, 85, p. 103303.
Ursula Gazeley
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Mejía-Guevara, I. et al. (2025) “Evolution of Life Expectancy and Lifespan Variation in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Ursula Gazeley
Friday, 01 November 2024
Gazeley, U. et al. (2024) “The lifetime risk of maternal near miss morbidity in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America: a cross-country systematic analysis.”, The Lancet. Global health, 12(11), pp. e1775 - e1784.
Ursula Gazeley
Thursday, 18 July 2024
Chandrasekar, A. et al. (2024) “mHealth interventions for postpartum family planning in LMICs: A realist review”, PLOS Global Public Health, 4(7).
Ursula Gazeley
Saturday, 01 June 2024
Gazeley, U. et al. (2024) “Postpartum recovery after severe maternal morbidity in Kilifi, Kenya: a grounded theory of recovery trajectories beyond 42 days.”, BMJ global health, 9(6), p. e014821.
Ursula Gazeley
Thursday, 01 February 2024
Gazeley, U. et al. (2024) “Lifetime risk of maternal near miss morbidity: a novel indicator of maternal health.”, International journal of epidemiology, 53(1), p. dyad169.
Ursula Gazeley
Monday, 01 January 2024
Gazeley, U. et al. (2024) “Pregnancy-related mortality up to 1 year postpartum in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of verbal autopsy data from six countries.”, BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 131(2), pp. 163–174.
Ursula Gazeley
Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Jasseh, M. et al. (2023) “Burden and causes of pregnancy-related mortality in The Gambia: evidence from census and health and demographic surveillance data.”, BMJ public health, 1(1), p. e000019.
Ursula Gazeley
Sunday, 01 January 2023
Gazeley, U. et al. (2023) “Lifetime risk of maternal near miss morbidity: A novel indicator of maternal health”, medRxiv.
Ursula Gazeley
Tuesday, 01 November 2022
Gazeley, U. et al. (2022) “Women’s risk of death beyond 42 days post partum: a pooled analysis of longitudinal Health and Demographic Surveillance System data in sub-Saharan Africa.”, The Lancet. Global health, 10(11), pp. e1582 - e1589.
Ursula Gazeley
Tuesday, 01 November 2022
Palfreyman, A. and Gazeley, U. (2022) “Adolescent perinatal mental health in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence.”, Social science & medicine (1982), 313, p. 115413.
Ursula Gazeley

Recent

news
7 Mar 2025

Global update reveals haemorrhage as leading cause of maternal death

news
6 Mar 2025

Ursula Gazeley wins the Cicely Williams Prize

news
16 Oct 2024

Global inequities in maternal health risks across a woman’s life

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