Biography
Before joining Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) Helen Alliott had a long career as a clinician. She worked in the NHS for 36 years, 22 as a Consultant Obstetrician. Helen was also a Foundation Training Programme Director with responsibility for the postgraduate education of more than 80 resident foundation doctors annually and a coach for doctors experiencing personal and career challenges.
Helen is the founding chairperson of UK Charity, Kisiizi Partners supporting the work of a private not for profit hospital and she travels regularly to Uganda. Helen was awarded an MBE in the 2025 New Years honours in recognition for this work. Her clinical experience has informed her work in diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis researching behaviour change in clinicians following training in obstetric surgical skills in low- and middle-income countries.
Research interests
Helen’s main research interests are behaviour change and sustainability of training interventions for maternal health workers, especially obstetric surgical providers in low- and middle-income countries. She is also interested in mentorship of health workers and training of clinical mentors, and blended learning techniques and effectiveness of blended learning. She has co-authored several training courses developed for multidisciplinary maternal health workers.
Teaching
Helen was previously co-convenor of the Sexual and Reproductive Health module for the Master of International Public Health programme and continues to teach on the module. She has led the obstetric and gynaecology teaching and provided clinical obstetric skills training for the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. She also provided dissertation supervision for master’s students.
Selected research publications
An individual-based modelling study estimating the impact of maternity service delivery on health in Malawi – Journal: Nature Communications – Published: 25th April 2025
Improving capacity for advanced training in obstetric surgery: evaluation of a blended learning approach – Journal: BMC Medical Education – Published: 17th January 2025
An evaluation of the effectiveness of an updated pre-service midwifery curriculum integrated with emergency obstetric and newborn care in Kenya: a cluster randomised controlled trial – Journal: BMC Medical Education – Published: 31st December 2024
Experiences, barriers and perspectives of midwifery educators, mentors and students implementing the updated emergency obstetric and newborn care-enhanced pre-service midwifery curriculum in Kenya: a nested qualitative study – Journal: BMC Medical Education – Published: 31st August 2024
The effect of emergency obstetric and newborn care training interventions on knowledge and skills of midwifery students prior to graduation in Kenya: A quasi-experimental study using a non-randomised controlled study design – Journal: International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences – Published: 1st June 2024
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