Fiona Charlotte Denison[1] (1970 – 9 January 2022) was a Scottish doctor and academic.
She was the Professor and Honorary Consultant in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at the University of Edinburgh,[2] founder of Birthing Solutions Ltd, and creator of the Birth Mirror.
[6] In 2011, Denison was awarded a research grant from Action Medical Research for £96,450 to investigate new imaging techniques to predict pregnancy complications.
[8][9][10] She died by suicide after contracting COVID-19 for the second time, which deteriorated her health.
[11] In 2017, Denison won a number of awards for her Birth Mirror, an adjustable, waterproof mirror to assist midwives in water births: Denison was a finalist in the 2013 NHS Lothian Health Hero awards, nominated by one of her patients for Denison's concern for patient wellbeing.