Marianne joined the Unit in March 2022 to work as a Research Assistant on the NIHR funded Supporting MumS (SMS) randomised controlled trial, looking at the effectiveness of a text message intervention for weight management in postpartum women with overweight or obesity.
Marianne previously worked as a family nurse in the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) in Fife and prior to this was a midwife in London. She obtained her MSc in Health Promotion and Health Information from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen in 2010. She is currently working on her Clinical Doctorate of Midwifery at the University of Stirling due for completion in 2023, looking at intervention development in the FNP.