Dr Owen Vaughan

Owen Vaughan is a developmental physiologist and leads the Fetal and Placental Physiology Group at the EGA Institute for Women's Health. His research seeks to understand how fetal growth is regulated and to identify the mechanisms underlying pregnancy complications, with the aim of improving maternal and fetal health. He studies fetal growth and placental function in animal models and humans.

Owen studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge (BA, 2008) before completing a PhD in Physiology, Development and Neuroscience in 2012. He subsequently undertook postdoctoral research in Cambridge, at UCL and at the University of Colorado, where he was promoted to faculty in 2019. He joined UCL in 2021. His research is supported by the Medical Research Council, the Royal Society and the Physiological Society.