Miss Kristina Goh


Miss Kristina Goh
NameMiss Kristina Goh
Job titleLecturer - Midwifery Education Fellow
Research institute
Primary appointmentAdult, Child & Midwifery
Email addressk.goh@mdx.ac.uk
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9866-2173
Contact categoryAcademic staff

Biography

Biography

Kristina is a Lecturer in Midwifery at Middlesex University and is also studying for her PhD at Anglia Ruskin University. 

She obtained her BSc(Hons) in Midwifery at the University of Greenwich where she achieved the merit award for outstanding achievement. She subsequently completed her MSc in Global Health and Development at UCL, where her final project focused on improving mental health for postnatal women in Malaysia. She has completed her PGCert in Medical and Healthcare Education, and has FHEA status. 

Kristina gained ESRC funding under the CAM-DTP studentship for her PhD. She is investigating intercultural communication in NHS maternity care to identify how care can be improved for ethnically minoritised women. 

Teaching

  • Module leader for MWY3902 Examination of the Newborn Part 2 for the 20-month BSc Midwifery programme
  • Module leader for MWY2802 Complexities in Labour and Birth for the 3-year BSc Midwifery programme 

Supervision

Employment

Lecturer- Midwifery Education Fellow
Middlesex University
04 Sept 2023
Midwife
University College London Hospital
06 Sept 2021

Education and qualifications

PhD in Intercultural Communication within NHS maternity services

UKRI funded PhD studentship under CAM-DTP

01 Oct 2025
Anglia Ruskin University
PGCert in Medical and Healthcare Education

FHEA gained via Middlesex pathway

01 May 2025
Anglia Ruskin University
Systematic Holistic Examination of the Newborn

Received NIPE/EoN qualification

30 Jul 2024
Middlesex University
MSc Global Health and Development

Modules include: health systems, concepts and controversies in global health, research methods, power and politics, anthropology, migration & ethnicity and health management

30 Sept 2023
University College London
BSc(Hons) Midwifery

Received the Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement

30 Aug 2021
University of Greenwich

Grants

Improving access to Continuity of Care for Black women and women of minoritised ethnic groups in London: What are the views and experiences of Black and minoritised midwives? A qualitative study.

£2500 from the EGA charity to carry out qualitative research

23 Jan 2023
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Charity

Prizes and Awards

Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement

2025-10-27

University of Greenwich

Funded PhD in Intercultural Communication under the CAM-DTP studentship

2025-10-01

UKRI (ESRC)

APP interventions funding

2026-05-31

Middlesex University

Jean Davies Award

2026-06-04

Iolanthe Midwifery Trust

External activities

Student Advisory Board Member
Elsevier

Providing reviews of midwifery textbooks

01 Jan 2021
01 Oct 2021

RCM Branch Secretary
University College London Hospital

Management of meetings, supporting midwives and MSWs within the unit

01 Feb 2023

Student Lead
London Network of Nurses and Midwives

Student lead within the LNNM homelessness group to support students interested within the inclusion health area

01 Feb 2021

Research outputs

Navigating cultural ambiguity in antenatal consultations: a qualitative study to inform culturally competent birth plan discussions with ethnically minoritised women in the United Kingdom [Presentation]

Goh, K. and Knight-Davidson, P. 2026. Navigating cultural ambiguity in antenatal consultations: a qualitative study to inform culturally competent birth plan discussions with ethnically minoritised women in the United Kingdom [Presentation]. Semmelweis Medical Linguistics Conference 2026: Ambiguity and Risk in Healthcare Communication. Budapest, Hungary 05 - 06 Jun 2026

Decolonising a midwifery curriculum

Goh, K., Ornato, L., Duncan, N. and Mohsin, I. 2025. Decolonising a midwifery curriculum. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest. 35 (2), pp. 125-126.

Who slips through?

Goh, K. and Simon, B. 2025. Who slips through? Royal College of Midwives.

A midwifery department's social media presence

Goh, K. 2024. A midwifery department's social media presence. The Student Midwife. 7 (4), pp. 20-21. https://doi.org/10.55975/PZDX2995

Decolonising midwifery education: shaping the future of midwifery [Presentation]

Ornato, L., Goh, K. and Duncan, N. 2024. Decolonising midwifery education: shaping the future of midwifery [Presentation]. Royal College of Midwives Annual Conference 2024. Liverpool, UK 08 - 09 May 2024

Improving access to Continuity of Care for Black women and women of minoritised ethnic groups in London: What are the views and experiences of Black and minoritised midwives?

Goh, K., Neiman, S., Folorunsho, M. and Thorpe, D. 2023. Improving access to Continuity of Care for Black women and women of minoritised ethnic groups in London: What are the views and experiences of Black and minoritised midwives? UCLH Festival of Excellence in Clinical Practice Conference 2023. London, UK 09 - 09 Mar 2023

Mental health context for minoritised ethnic individuals

Goh, K. 2023. Mental health context for minoritised ethnic individuals. The Practising Midwife. 26 (10), pp. 37-39. https://doi.org/10.55975/IDQY3744

Cultural postpartum practices in Asia: implications for UK midwives

Goh, K. 2021. Cultural postpartum practices in Asia: implications for UK midwives. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest. 31 (4), pp. 485-489.

Voice of a student midwife

Goh, K. 2021. Voice of a student midwife . Royal College of Midwives.
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