Stephen Kennedy
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biography
I qualified at Guy’s Hospital, London, in 1984, having graduated from Keble College, Oxford, in Experimental Psychology. I trained at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital, London, and the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. I held the posts of Research Fellow (1986-89), Clinical Lecturer (1992-94), and Senior Fellow in Reproductive Medicine (1994-99) in NDOG, before being appointed as Clinical Reader in 1999 and Professor of Reproductive Medicine in 2011. I held the position of Head of Department from 2005 to 2020.
Stephen Kennedy
MA (Oxon), MD, MRCOG
Professor Emeritus
With Jose Villar, I jointly lead the INTERGROWTH-21st Project, a large-scale, multi-centre project involving health institutions in 11 geographically diverse countries around the world that aims to assess fetal and newborn growth under optimal, and various sub-optimal (e.g. exposure to malaria, HIV and malnutrition), conditions.
Sources of Funding
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Key publications
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The likeness of fetal growth and newborn size across non-isolated populations in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project: the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study and Newborn Cross-Sectional Study
Journal article
Villar J. et al, (2014), The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2, 781 - 792
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International standards for newborn weight, length, and head circumference by gestational age and sex: the Newborn Cross-Sectional Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project
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Villar J. et al, (2014), The Lancet, 384, 857 - 868
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International standards for fetal growth based on serial ultrasound measurements: the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project
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Papageorghiou AT. et al, (2014), The Lancet, 384, 869 - 879
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The Distribution of Clinical Phenotypes of Preterm Birth Syndrome
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Barros FC. et al, (2015), JAMA Pediatrics, 169, 220 - 220
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International standards for early fetal size and pregnancy dating based on ultrasound measurement of crown–rump length in the first trimester of pregnancy
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Papageorghiou AT. et al, (2014), Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 44, 641 - 648
Recent publications
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Vaccination in pregnancy
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Kennedy SH. et al, (2025), Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 5
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Postnatal growth of etiologically characterized preterm newborns according to gestational age at birth.
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Roggero P. et al, (2024), Pediatr Res
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Metabolomic signatures associated with fetal growth restriction and small for gestational age: a systematic review
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Conde-Agudelo A. et al, (2024), Nature Communications, 15
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Maternal vaccination against COVID-19 and neonatal outcomes during Omicron: INTERCOVID-2022 study.
Journal article
Barros FC. et al, (2024), Am J Obstet Gynecol, 231, 460.e1 - 460.e17
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Pregnancy vitamin D supplementation and offspring bone mineral density in childhood Follow-up of a randomised controlled trial.
Conference paper
Moon RJ. et al, (2024), Am J Clin Nutr