Vivette Glover on a project visit to the Gambia in November 2019.
Vivette Glover, Born 1942
professor of perinatal neuropsychology
Vivette Glover is a British Professor of Perinatal Psychobiology at Imperial College London. She studies the effects of stress in pregnancy on the development of the fetus and child. Her first degree was in biochemistry at Oxford University, and she undertook her PhD in neurochemistry at University College London. Glover has worked at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, London where she became head of the Fetal and Neonatal Stress Research Group. Her projects include studies showing that maternal prenatal stress, depression or anxiety increase the probability for a range of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes for the child. Recently she has become interested in both global maternal perinatal mental health and methods for intervention that may be helpful in low income counties. She has been involved in a study showing how music and dancing can help reduce symptoms of stress in antenatal women in The Gambia.
Click below to view her life story: