Mary Josephine Renfrew OBE FRSE (born 1955)[citation needed] is a British midwife and academic.
She obtained a PhD on breastfeeding in 1982, while at the Medical Research Council's reproductive biology unit in Edinburgh.
[1] As of 2017, she is professor of mother and Infant health and an associate dean of research, at Dundee University.
[1] In 2014 she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) - the first midwife or nurse to receive that honour.
[3] Renfrew was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to midwifery.