Sindhu Natarajan

I am a public health physician and epidemiologist with a special interest in maternal and child health.

Following my move from India to the UK in 2021, my interest in maternal health was kindled and established after joining Professor Coomarasamy’s team, where I worked on the landmark E-MOTIVE trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2023. Since then, I have continued to work extensively in the field of postpartum haemorrhage with Prof Coomarasamy, and conducted several systematic reviews and meta-analysis examining the prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of postpartum haemorrhage, which have been published across The Lancet journals in the last two years. Notably is The Lancet PPH series of three papers published in June, 2026, that I worked on closely with Professor Coomarasamy. Further, I continue to work on postpartum haemorrhage, with current focus on improving detection and management of postpartum haemorrhage at caesarean section births (E-MASTER).

After graduating in medicine (MBBS), I specialised in public health by completing an MD in Public Health at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. I subsequently worked at Christian Medical College, Vellore, progressing from Senior Resident (2015) to Assistant Professor, and then Associate Professor (until 2021). During this period, I was based in the Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory within the Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences. My role included teaching undergraduate medical students, allied health science students, and postgraduate public health trainees, alongside clinical outreach activities and research focused on child health. My research during this period focused on enteric fever and dengue epidemiology in children, as well as rotavirus vaccination in infants. I also obtained the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) from the Royal College of Physicians, London, further strengthening my training in global health. I then went on to complete a PhD that looked at Rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity in Indian infants under the guidance of Professor Gagandeep Kang. I received the Indian Journal of Medical and Pediatric Oncology (IJMPO) award for outstanding research conducted by a postgraduate student in Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, in 2015.