Dr Megha Singh

Dr Megha Singh

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Address
IOEM Building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

ORCiD: 0000-0003-3680-7124

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Birmingham - ongoing
  • MPH, Lucknow University, India, 2013
  • MBBS, HNBG University, India, 2007

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Singh, M, Subramanian, A, Wambua, S, Cockburn, N, Hanley, SJ, Lee, SI, Gonzalez-Izquierdo, A, Black, M, Reynolds, JA, Crowe, FL, Nirantharakumar, K & MuM-PreDiCT 2026, 'Autoimmune diseases and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a population-based cohort study of five million pregnancies in the UK', BMC medicine, vol. 24, no. 398, 398. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-026-04921-w

Hanley, SJ, McCann, S, Lee, SI, Schoenaker, D, Singh, M, Moss, N, Nishshanka, NMCL, Vowles, Z, Plachcinski, R, Nirantharakumar, K, Black, M, Locock, L & Taylor, B 2026, '‘It Was a Bit of a Now or Never Situation’: Experiences of Preconception Care and Support for Women With Multiple Long‐Term Health Conditions', Health Expectations, vol. 29, no. 1, e70583. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70583

Hanley, S, McCann, S, Singh, M, Vowles, Z, Lee, SI, Plachcinski, R, Nirantharakumar, K, Black, M, Locock, L & Taylor, B 2026, 'Maternity care bundle for UK women with multiple long-term health conditions: coproduction workshops', BMJ Open, vol. 16, no. 2, e103366. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103366

Phillips, K, Singh, M, Lee, SI, Sarween, N, Eastwood, K-A, Gonzalez-Izquierdo, A, Wakerley, B, Nishshanka, L, Cockburn, N, Crowe, FL & Nirantharakumar, K 2026, 'Migraine and risk of adverse obstetric outcomes: a matched cohort study of English linked electronic health records', BMC medicine. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-026-04991-w

Wambua, S, Singh, M, Mohammed, R, Sarween, N, Singh, P, Yau, C, Riley, RD, Adderley, NJ, Snell, KIE, Crowe, F, Nirantharakumar, K & MuM-PreDiCT Group 2026, 'Pregnancy complications and risk of cardiometabolic-renal conditions: a longitudinal study of 1.4 million women from England', BMJ Medicine.

Wang, J, Cooper, J, Hathaway, E, Singh, M, Su, L, Gokhale, K, Wambua, S, Crowe, FL, Adderley, NJ, Thomas, GN, Lipkin, G, Hill, LJ, Dasgupta, I, Hanif, W, Kempegowda, P, Subramonian, K, Cheng, KK, Jackson, T, Toulis, KA & Nirantharakumar, K 2026, 'SGLT-2 inhibitors and risk of 59 long-term health conditions, hospitalisation, and mortality', European Journal of Endocrinology . https://doi.org/10.1093/ejendo/lvag156

Singh, M, Phillips, K, Subramanian, A, Wang, J, Eastwood, K-A, Nirantharakumar, K & Crowe, F 2025, 'Trends in the prevalence of autoimmune diseases during pregnancy in the UK, 2000–21: a retrospective cohort study', The Lancet Rheumatology. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913(25)00039-6

MuM-PreDiCT Group 2024, 'Association between pregnancy-related complications and development of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in women: an umbrella review', BMC medicine, vol. 22, no. 1, 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03284-4

Wang, J, Nirantharakumar, K, Sainsbury, C, Moore, DJ, Sinclair, A, Thomas, GN, Hanif, W, Singh, M, Tan, L, Wang, Z, Simms-Williams, N, Yao, M, Gunathilaka, MN, Singh, P, Toulis, K, Tsapas, A, Coomar, D & Price, MJ 2024, 'The optimal second-line therapy for older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis using individual participant data (IPD)', Systematic Reviews, vol. 13, no. 1, 155. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02558-5

Subramanian, A, Lee, SI, Hemali sudasinghe, SPB, Wambua, S, Phillips, K, Singh, M, Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A, Cockburn, N, Wang, J, Fagbamigbe, A, Usman, M, Damase-Michel, C, Yau, C, Kent, L, Mccowan, C, Oreilly, D, Santorelli, G, Hope, H, Kennedy, J, Mhereeg, M, Abel, KM, Eastwood, K, Black, M, Loane, M, Moss, N, Brophy, S, Brocklehurst, P, Dolk, H, Nelson-Piercy, C & Nirantharakumar, K 2023, 'Detection and evaluation of signals associated with exposure to individual and combination of medications in pregnancy: a signal detection study protocol', BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 10, e073162. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073162

Lee, S, Hanley, S, VOWLES, Z, Plachcinski, R, Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A, Taylor, B, Nelson-Piercy, C, McCowan, C, O'Reilly, D, Hope, HF, Abel, KM, Eastwood, K-A, Locock, L, Singh, M, Moss, N, Brophy, S, Nirantharakumar, K, Thangaratinam, S & Black, M 2023, 'Key outcomes for reporting in studies of pregnant women with multiple long-term conditions and their children: a qualitative study', BMC pregnancy and childbirth, vol. 23, 551. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05773-5

Review article

Healey, J, Singh, M, Richards, C, Plachcinski, R, Moss, N, Ghalichi, L, Lee, SI, Hanley, S, Vowles, Z, Crowe, FL, Nirantharakumar, K & Black, M 2026, 'The association of pregnancy complications/risk factors with the development of cancer in women: an umbrella review', BMC medicine, vol. 24, 313. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-026-04844-6

Singh, M, Wambua, S, Lee, SI, Okoth, K, Wang, Z, Fayaz, FFA, Eastwood, K-A, Nelson-Piercy, C, Reynolds, JA, Nirantharakumar, K & Crowe, F 2024, 'Autoimmune diseases and adverse pregnancy outcomes: an umbrella review', BMC medicine, vol. 22, no. 1, 94. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03309-y

Singh, M, Ahamed Fayaz, FF, Wang, J, Wambua, S, Subramanian, A, Reynolds, JA, Nirantharakumar, K, Crowe, F & MuM-PreDiCT Group 2024, 'Pregnancy complications and autoimmune diseases in women: systematic review and meta-analysis', BMC medicine, vol. 22, no. 1, 339. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03550-5

Ayorinde, A, Ghosh, I, Ali, I, Zahair, I, Olarewaju, O, Singh, M, Meehan, E, Anjorin, SS, Rotheram, S, Barr, B, McCarthy, N & Oyebode, O 2023, 'Health inequalities in infectious diseases: a systematic overview of reviews', BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 4, e067429. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067429

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