Laura is an experienced applied health researcher and her research focusses on undertaking qualitative and mixed-methods research to answer challenging questions around women’s and maternal health and within maternity care. She is the chief investigator of a large qualitative study funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) exploring female genital mutilation-survivors, their male partners’, and healthcare professionals’ preferences for the timing of deinfibulation (opening surgery) and their views on how NHS care provision could be improved.