Fiona Denison

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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  2. "Professor Fiona Denison". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. "Celebrating enterprising women – Edinburgh Innovation". Edinburgh Innovation. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. "Denison, Fiona Charlotte". Scotland's People. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. "Dr Denison's birth mirror on track for further success". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  6. "Edinburgh Tommys Centre". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  7. "Grant winners". The Times Higher Education Supplement. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  8. "Tributes paid to renowned Scottish doctor after 'long battle' with Covid -19". HeraldScotland. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  9. Carroll, Ryan (10 January 2022). "Scots professor dies after Covid battle as family pay tribute to 'kind' academic". Daily Record. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  10. "Leading Scots doctor took her own life after Covid 'devastated' her health". HeraldScotland. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  11. "Scots doctor Fiona Denison took her own life after Covid 'devastated' her health". HeraldScotland. 13 January 2022.
  12. "Dr Fiona Denison's Birth Mirror reaches the final of the Converge Challenge KickStart Awards". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  13. Symon, Ken (29 September 2017). "Dave Hughes of the University of the West of Scotland wins Converge Challenge 2017". businessInsider. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  14. "Further coverage for CRH's Fiona Denison and her award winning product". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  15. "Birthing Solutions awarded £10k at EDGE 11 as wilcard finalist". BioCity. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  16. "Health Hero awards: Four women named candidates". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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