Tina Prendeville, North Thames GMSA
Tina Prendeville
Lead Midwife
North Thames GMSA

Tina is the Lead Midwife for the North Thames Genomic Medicine Service Alliance (GMSA), hosted by Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust. In this role she undertakes operational leadership to support the implementation of national and local transformation projects ensuring the mainstreaming of genomics in midwifery activity. Working with other NHS GMS Alliances, bringing together providers, multi-disciplinary teams and diverse communities to work in partnership across geographies aligned to the NHS Genomic Laboratory Hub (GLH), including providing consistency with genomic testing pathways.  Tina also works as a Senior Research Midwife at Imperial College London, within the Women’s Health Research Centre and Imperial College NHS Trust.  Working with genetic counselling and fetal medicine colleagues, this research in prenatal diagnostic studies has included non-invasive prenatal testing and whole exome sequencing in pregnancy.  Currently she is also a co-applicant for a NIHR national study evaluating complex interventions in the maternity setting, developing from an interest in ‘burnout’ of midwives and exploring new ways of working in the labour ward setting. Tina also has a special interest in how genomics and other omics technologies can improve the detection, diagnosis and treatment of complications in pregnancy.  She is also part of Tommy’s Baby Charity providing expert midwife-led advice, pioneering research and evidence-based information for parents.