Luisa is a post-doctoral researcher investigating pre-eclampsia, a disorder of pregnancy in which maternal blood pressure drastically rises. She works jointly with the Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, and is trying to identify underlying mechanisms of vascular function within maternal arteries. One of her main research areas includes using confocal spinning disc microscopy to examine differences in calcium activity between normal and pre-eclamptic pregnancies. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Nottingham, her MRes in Reproduction and Pregnancy from the University of Manchester, and her PhD in Maternal Foetal Health, also at the University of Manchester. She has previously worked in reproductive genetics in London and Oxford. When not waiting for women to give birth, Luisa spends her free time climbing, hiking, and attempting not to fall off a paddleboard.
Microvascular @ Manchester 