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Fiona Denison

Fiona Denison

Scottish doctor and academic (1970–2022)

Fiona Charlotte Denison[1] (1970 – 9 January 2022) was a Scottish doctor and academic. She was the Professor and Honorary Consultant in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at the University of Edinburgh,[2] founder of Birthing Solutions Ltd, and creator of the Birth Mirror.[3]

Life and career

Denison was born in Morningside, Edinburgh, Midlothian, in 1970.[4] She was a consultant obstetrician and reader in Maternal and Fetal Health at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Reproductive Health.[5] She was a principal investigator for The Edinburgh Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, a research centre focusing on maternal obesity which sits within the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health.[6]

In 2011, Denison was awarded a research grant from Action Medical Research for £96,450 to investigate new imaging techniques to predict pregnancy complications.[7]

Denison died in Edinburgh on 9 January 2022, at the age of 51.[8][9][10] She died by suicide after contracting COVID-19 for the second time, which deteriorated her health.[11]

Awards and honours

In 2017, Denison won a number of awards for her Birth Mirror, an adjustable, waterproof mirror to assist midwives in water births:

  • The Converge Challenge KickStart Digital Entrepreneur Award.[12][13]
  • Shortlisted as a semi-finalist in the Scottish EDGE11 WildCard Award finalist,[5][6][14] awarded £10,000.[15]
  • The Medicity DEVELOP prize for customer discovery.[6]
  • The Medicity DEVELOP Engage Invest Exploit Prize.[6]
  • The Medicity DEVELOP runner-up Prize.[6]

Denison was a finalist in the 2013 NHS Lothian Health Hero awards, nominated by one of her patients for Denison's concern for patient wellbeing.[16]

References

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    "Dr Denison's birth mirror on track for further success". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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    "Edinburgh Tommys Centre". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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    "Grant winners". The Times Higher Education Supplement. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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    "Tributes paid to renowned Scottish doctor after 'long battle' with Covid -19". HeraldScotland. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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    Carroll, Ryan (10 January 2022). "Scots professor dies after Covid battle as family pay tribute to 'kind' academic". Daily Record. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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    "Leading Scots doctor took her own life after Covid 'devastated' her health". HeraldScotland. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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    "Scots doctor Fiona Denison took her own life after Covid 'devastated' her health". HeraldScotland. 13 January 2022.
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    "Dr Fiona Denison's Birth Mirror reaches the final of the Converge Challenge KickStart Awards". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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    Symon, Ken (29 September 2017). "Dave Hughes of the University of the West of Scotland wins Converge Challenge 2017". businessInsider. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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    "Further coverage for CRH's Fiona Denison and her award winning product". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  15. [15]
    "Birthing Solutions awarded £10k at EDGE 11 as wilcard finalist". BioCity. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  16. [16]
    "Health Hero awards: Four women named candidates". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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