Hannah Blencowe is an Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is a clinician and epidemiologist by training, with twenty years of experience in global health. Her research has contributed to improvements in understanding in the epidemiology and impact of stillbirth globally, through national and global rates of stillbirths (2011, 2016, 2021), the Lancet Every Newborn series (2014), Every Newborn Action Plan (2014), Lancet Ending Preventable Stillbirths series (2016) and UNICEF stillbirth reports Neglected Tragedy (2020) and Never Forgotten (2023). She contributes to ongoing UN-led work to improve perinatal data through providing country technical support and supporting further research as part of the UN-IGME Core Stillbirth Estimation Group. She also focuses on improving both understanding of the impact of stillbirth and care for women and families affected by stillbirth globally. She is deputy director of the MARCH centre at LSHTM and has co-chaired the International Stillbirth Alliance’s Global Stillbirth Advocacy Working Group since 2017, including co-leading the Parent’s Voice initiative and Global Stillbirth Advocacy and Implementation guide.