Lynne Sykes BSc, MBBS, PhD, MRCOG

Dr Lynne Sykes is an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer at the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London. She also holds an honorary contract at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust where she looks after women at high risk of preterm labour.

Her main research interest is in the role of inflammation/infection in spontaneous preterm labour and the adverse effects to the neonate, and has been working in this area for the last decade. Lynne's doctoral research explored the potential use of anti-inflammatory agents as a therapeutic strategy for the prevention of preterm labour.