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Meet the Study Team<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The study \u2018Maternal well-being, infant feeding and return to paid work\u2019 <\/a><\/strong>was funded by the Nuffield Foundation and was led by Professor Sarah Jewell,<\/a>\u00a0with co-investigators of\u00a0Dr Sam Rawlings<\/a>,\u00a0Professor Marina Della Giusta<\/a>,\u00a0Professor Grace James<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Professor Sylvia Jaworska <\/a>and Dr Fari Aftab.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sally Rickard IBCLC joined the study as a lactation expert to help develop the toolkit[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”357″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Professor Sarah Jewell<\/a> was the study lead.\u00a0 Sarah is an applied labour economist who <\/span>i<\/span>s interest<\/span>ed<\/span>\u00a0in gender equality in the labour market with a particular interest in women\u2019s health and fertility in the workplace.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”358″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Dr Fari Aftab<\/a> was a research assistant on the study and is now a Research Associate at Cardiff University.\u00a0 Fari is an applied economist whose interest extends across sociology, psychology, and behavioural economics.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”363″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Professor Marina Della Giusta<\/a>\u00a0is based at the University of Turin and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics.\u00a0 Her research focus on behavioural and labour economics, with a focus on gender, stigma and social norms[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”362″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Professor Grace James<\/a>\u00a0 is based in the school of law and has expertise in employment law and pregnancy discrimination in the workplace.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”361″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Professor Sylvia Jaworska<\/a>\u00a0is an applied linguist with expertise in health communication, and played an instrumental role in the development of the toolkits.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”360″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Dr Sam Rawlings<\/a> is an applied economist who focuses on the economics of the household, gender and health.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”389″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Sally Rickard IBCLC is a board-certified lactation consultant and specialises in helping businesses develop breastfeeding-friendly workplaces and supporting breastfeeding parents transitioning from parental leave. Sally, drawing on her breastfeeding expertise, helped develop the toolkits.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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The Nuffield Foundation is an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance social wellbeing. It funds research that informs social policy, primarily in Education, Welfare, and Justice. The Nuffield Foundation is the founder and co-funder of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the Ada Lovelace Institute and the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. The Foundation has funded this project, but the views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily the Foundation.
\n<\/em>Bluesky: @nuffieldfoundation.org |\u00a0LinkedIn: Nuffield Foundation |\u00a0Website:\u00a0nuffieldfoundation.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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