Dilly OC Anumba

​Professor Anumba is currently Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Sheffield and has worked as a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Sheffield Teaching hospitals for 22 years. He is Faculty Director of Clinical Academic Training in Sheffield. He serves on the Council of The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of GB as International Representative coordinating Sub-Sahara Africa. He is Honorary Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Cape Town.

Professor Anumba investigates the physiology of human parturition, particularly the role of immunity and inflammation in term/preterm labour and pregnancy complications such as hypertension, fetal growth restriction and stillbirth. He is also investigating new techniques to predict preterm birth by the detection of cervical remodelling changes as well as changes in the vaginal microbiome and metabolome. He runs specialist clinics in Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy, Prematurity Prevention, and High-Risk Pregnancy, all of which have research spin outs. One spin out is ECCLIPPx, a research programme that explores electrical impedance spectroscopy and several other innovative techniques and devices for predicting preterm birth. The NIHR Global Health Research Group on Preterm Birth Prevention and Management in LMICs PRIME is another spin out which brought together interdisciplinary researchers from the United Kingdom and South Africa amongst others to address the challenges of preterm birth management in low-middle income countries where its prevalence is highest.