Howard Cuckle

Howard Cuckle is Visiting Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Adjunct Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA; Emeritus Professor, Reproductive Epidemiology, University of Leeds, UK. His other responsibilities include: Chinese University Hong Kong, Centre for Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids, Scientific Advisory Board; Genome Ltd, Director; International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis, Federation Co-Chair; Journal of Fetal Medicine, International Advisory Board; Journal of Medical Screening, Editorial Committee; NHS Central Research and Development Committee, Standing Group on Health Technology, Expert Advisory Network; Perinatal Quality Foundation, Nuchal Translucency Education and Quality Review (NTQR) program; Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, Advisory Board; Prenatal Diagnosis, Editorial Board. He currently has over 450 publications in medical journals and books. The central focus of his research is screening and current projects are largely concerned with screening for Down's syndrome and adverse outcome of pregnancy such as early pre-eclampsia. The principal research technique is the linked biological and data bank. Banked material (blood, urine, slides, cells and DNA) is collected from pathological pregnancies and routinely from large numbers of apparently normal pregnancies. Screening markers are investigated either prospectively on all samples or in retrospective case-control subsets.