Sally L. Collins BSc BMBCh DPhil FRCOG is a Professor of Obstetrics in the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford and a Consultant Obstetrician subspecializing in Feto-Maternal Medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. She is also a lecturer in Medical Sciences at St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford.Collins was formerly a researcher in the Oxford Pain Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, University of Oxford (1996-1999) and a professional actress (1990-1996).She is the lead author of Oxford Handbook of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2nd, 3rd Editions) and co-wrote Obstetric Medicine, one of the first books in the Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Obstetrics and Gynaecology series for which she is Series Editor.