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• Preconception health
• Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
• Maternal, paternal and child health
• Lifecourse epidemiology

Informing preconception care in the primary care setting: Dr Danielle Schoenaker was awarded a (2023-2028) to inform how primary care teams can better support their patients prepare for a healthy pregnancy. She will lead a new national cohort study that uses linked routine health datasets to examine the extent to which improved preconception health can reduce adverse pregnancy, birth and early childhood outcomes. This evidence will feed into multi-stakeholder activities to co-develop best practice guidance for preconception care, which will be implemented and pilot-tested in primary care settings and evaluated through a health economics analysis.

National surveillance of preconception health: a project led by Dr Danielle Schoenaker has identified that can be monitored using existing routine datasets to inform surveillance of preconception health in England. In collaboration with the and UK government Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), she produced a first national-level report card on women’s preconception health in England published by and in , and highlighted in an . Ongoing analyses and collaboration will inform the development and implementation of an infrastructure for ongoing national surveillance of preconception health.

International surveillance of preconception health: Dr Danielle Schoenaker co-leads the International Core Indicators for Preconception Health and Equity (iCIPHE) Alliance, bringing together academic, clinical, policy and public representation from low-, middle- and high-income countries. are conducting an international consensus study to reach agreement on a core set of preconception indicators for surveillance.