Catherine Williamson, MD

Biography

Catherine Williamson is Professor of Women's Health at Imperial College London. She is also Consultant in Obstetric Medicine at Queen Charlotte's, St Thomas' and King's College Hospitals. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and is an Honorary Fellow of the RCOG. She is the Maternal Medicine Representative on the RCOG Genomics Committee and was Chair of the European and FIGO guideline committees for the guidelines on management of liver disorders in pregnancy.
Her research focuses on the maternal and fetal aetiology, outcomes and management of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, gestational diabetes mellitus and severe hyperemesis gravidarum.
Aside from her maternal medicine work, Professor Williamson is Director of the Tommy's National Research Centre for Preterm Birth Research in the UK and leads a national programme to investigate the genomic aspects of the aetiology of spontaneous preterm birth.