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119
Citations
52817
World Ranking
3893
National Ranking
387

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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Lucilla Poston is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the field of Medicine. Within this broad discipline, their work focuses substantially on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research encompasses a variety of significant topics, including:

  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

Poston has contributed to multiple research papers. Notable publications include:

  • "Gestational diabetes: opportunities for improving maternal and child health," 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Maternal dysglycaemia, changes in the infant's epigenome modified with a diet and physical activity intervention in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of a randomised control trial," 2020, PLoS Medicine
  • "Effects of race and ethnicity on perinatal outcomes in high-income and upper-middle-income countries: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 2,198,655 pregnancies," 2022, The Lancet
  • "Do nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics improve the prediction of pregnancy-related disorders? Findings from a UK birth cohort with independent validation," 2020, BMC Medicine

Their published work appears frequently in respected journals, including:

  • Health Technology Assessment
  • BMC Medicine
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • PLoS ONE
  • BMJ Open

Poston has collaborated extensively with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include Paul T. Seed, Sara L. White, Angela C. Flynn, Kathryn V. Dalrymple, and Peter von Dadelszen.

In addition to journal articles, Poston has contributed to book publications. One such publication is the book "Developmental Origins of Health and Disease" published in 2022 by Cambridge University Press.

Throughout their career, Poston has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • J Soc Gynecol Investig

    Josie McConnell;P Shelley;S Heales;C John

  • Effect of Antioxidants on the Occurrence of Pre-Eclampsia in Women at Increased Risk: A Randomised Trial

    Lucy C. Chappell;Paul T. Seed;Annette L. Briley;Frank J. Kelly

  • Before the beginning: Nutrition and lifestyle in the preconception period and its importance for future health

    Judith Stephenson;Nicola Heslehurst;Jennifer Hall;Danielle A J M Schoenaker

  • Diet-Induced Obesity in Female Mice Leads to Offspring Hyperphagia, Adiposity, Hypertension, and Insulin Resistance A Novel Murine Model of Developmental Programming

    Anne-Maj Samuelsson;Phillippa A Matthews;Marco Argenton;Michael R Christie

  • Preconceptional and maternal obesity: epidemiology and health consequences.

    Lucilla Poston;Rishiraj Caleyachetty;Sven Cnattingius;Camila Corvalán

  • Vitamin C and vitamin E in pregnant women at risk for pre-eclampsia (VIP trial): randomised placebo-controlled trial.

    Lucilla Poston;A L Briley;Paul Seed;Frank Kelly

  • Guidelines for management of hypertension: report of the third working party of the British Hypertension Society.

    LE Ramsay;B Williams;GD Johnston;GA MacGregor

  • Chronic Hypertension and Pregnancy Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    K. Bramham;B. Parnell;C. Nelson-Piercy;P.T. Seed

  • Placental-related diseases of pregnancy: involvement of oxidative stress and implications in human evolution

    Eric Jauniaux;Lucilla Poston;Graham J. Burton

  • Effect of a behavioural intervention in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT study): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

    Lucilla Poston;Ruth Bell;Helen Croker;Angela C Flynn

  • Developmental programming of the metabolic syndrome by maternal nutritional imbalance: how strong is the evidence from experimental models in mammals?

    James Armitage;Imran Y Khan;Paul David Taylor;Peter W Nathanielsz

  • Developmental programming of obesity in mammals

    P. D. Taylor;L. Poston

  • Clinical risk prediction for pre-eclampsia in nulliparous women: development of model in international prospective cohort

    Robyn A North;Lesley M E McCowan;Gustaaf A Dekker;Lucilla Poston

  • Experimental models of developmental programming: consequences of exposure to an energy rich diet during development.

    James A. Armitage;Paul D. Taylor;Lucilla Poston

  • Effect of diet and physical activity based interventions in pregnancy on gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes: meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised trials

    Ewelina Rogozinska;Nadine Marlin;Ana Pilar Betran;Arne Astrup

  • British Hypertension Society guidelines for hypertension management 1999: summary

    L E Ramsay;B Williams;G D Johnston;G A MacGregor

  • Maternal diet-induced obesity alters mitochondrial activity and redox status in mouse oocytes and zygotes.

    Natalia Igosheva;Andrey Y. Abramov;Lucilla Poston;Judith J. Eckert

  • Maternal high-fat feeding primes steatohepatitis in adult mice offspring, involving mitochondrial dysfunction and altered lipogenesis gene expression

    Kimberley D. Bruce;Felino R. Cagampang;Marco Argenton;Junlong Zhang

  • A longitudinal study of biochemical variables in women at risk of preeclampsia

    Lucy C. Chappell;Paul T. Seed;Anisette Briley;Frank J. Kelly

  • Maternal metabolism and obesity: modifiable determinants of pregnancy outcome

    Scott M. Nelson;Phillippa Matthews;Lucilla Poston

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul T. Seed
Paul T. Seed King's College London
Andrew Shennan
Andrew Shennan King's College London
Louise C. Kenny
Louise C. Kenny University of Liverpool
Mark A. Hanson
Mark A. Hanson University of Southampton
Philip N. Baker
Philip N. Baker University of Leicester
Keith M. Godfrey
Keith M. Godfrey University of Southampton
Scott M. Nelson
Scott M. Nelson University of Glasgow
Naveed Sattar
Naveed Sattar University of Glasgow
Frank J. Kelly
Frank J. Kelly Imperial College London
Stephen C. Robson
Stephen C. Robson Newcastle University

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