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ashley.younger@reuben.ox.ac.uk

Ashley Younger

Postdoctoral Research Scientist

  • PI group: Prof Aris Papageorghiou

Research

Ashley Younger is a postdoctoral research scientist in the Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Institute. Ashley's research focuses on improving maternal healthcare delivery and addressing inequalities in access and quality of care.

Within the PROMISE study, she examines how biases in medical technologies and healthcare systems affect access to antenatal care, particularly for ethnic minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. By engaging diverse stakeholders including patients, clinicians, engineers and regulators, her work seeks to redesign and implement inclusive maternal health solutions. Ashley also leads Patient and Public Involvement initiatives to incorporate user perspectives into person-centred implementation of maternal health services.

Her background includes clinical experience as a nurse practitioner and global health work on midwife led health promotion projects in low- and middle-income countries. Ashley received her BA from Duke University and her MSN degree from Boston College. She received her MPH degree in Global Health from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Prior to attending Oxford, Ashley completed a PhD at the University of California, San Francisco where her dissertation work environmental factors impacting maternal health.