About the Authors

Helena A. Watson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

helenawatson85@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Women and Children’s Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King’s College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Naomi Carlisle

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Women and Children’s Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King’s College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Paul T. Seed

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Women and Children’s Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King’s College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Jenny Carter

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Women and Children’s Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King’s College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Katy Kuhrt

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Women and Children’s Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King’s College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Rachel M. Tribe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Women and Children’s Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King’s College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Andrew H. Shennan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Women and Children’s Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King’s College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests. AS is Principal Investigator on Hologic funded science grants, which are paid directly to institute. NC received financial assistance to cover expenses only, paid directly to institution, to provide educational talks and an article on preterm birth from Hologic, USA. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.