Our Faculty

Learn From the Experts Behind Babyem’s Evidence-led Training

Our courses are shaped by clinicians, researchers and experienced practitioners working with real families every day.

Explore the faculty behind each programme and see the expertise that informs your training.

30+
Active Specialists
L 3–6
Accreditation Levels
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Faculty experience Cochrane ContributorsNICE Guidelines ContributorsNHS Clinical Practice

Holistic Sleep Coaching Programme

Level 6
Programme Leads
Dr. Lyndsey Hookway
Co-Founder & Clinical Director

Dr. Lyndsey Hookway

IBCLCSCPHNPaediatric NurseAuthor
Paediatric Nurse · SCPHN · IBCLC · Researcher & Author

Oversees curriculum design, clinical standards and methodology, and leads live supervision and Q&A sessions. Integrates advanced sleep biology, responsive care and relational dynamics into complex sleep practice - strengthening clinical reasoning and ethical decision-making throughout the programme.

Emma Dewey
Programme Co-Founder & Director

Emma Dewey

Programme DirectorBusiness Development
Director, Babyem · Co-founder HSCP

Leads programme structure, professional standards and business development components, including live mentoring on positioning, ethics and building a sustainable sleep consultancy.

Infant Feeding & Lactation

Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Texas Tech

APA Fellow in Health and Trauma Psychology. Extensive publications on maternal mental health, trauma and breastfeeding. Clinical Associate Professor, Texas Tech University.

Laurel Wilson
Laurel Wilson
Int’l SpeakerCAPPA

Author and international speaker in integrative lactation education. Former Executive Director of Lactation Programs, CAPPA; Board Director, US Breastfeeding Committee.

Nekisha Killings
Nekisha Killings
IBCLCEquity AdvocateMPH

Founder of Lioness Lactation. Recognised international speaker on cultural humility and equitable lactation care.

Sejal Fichadia
Sejal Fichadia
IBCLCPostpartum Doula

Specialises in infant feeding, massage and early bonding in the fourth trimester.

Shel Banks
Shel Banks
IBCLCCochraneAuthor

Contributes specialist infant feeding and research methodology content.

Psychology & Child Development

Professor Amy Brown
Professor Amy Brown
ProfessorSwanseaMSc Director

Research spans infant nutrition, normal baby behaviour, sleep and postnatal mental health. Director, MSc in Child Public Health.

Leona Tucker
Leona Tucker
Trauma SpecialistAttachment

Grounds sleep coaching within a relational developmental framework through work in trauma, attachment and therapeutic life story.

Professor Helen Ball
Professor Helen Ball
ProfessorDurhamSIDS Research

Leads the Parent-Infant Sleep Lab at Durham. Internationally recognised for research on infant sleep, bed-sharing and SIDS risk.

Clinical & Physical Health

Anna Richardson
Anna Richardson
OTSensory IntegrationBobath NDT

Advanced training in Bobath NDT, Sensory Integration and SCERTS. Works with under-fives with complex neurodevelopmental needs.

Nicole Murray
Nicole Murray
RCSLT Gold MedalDysphagia

Expertise in paediatric dysphagia and sensory-behavioural feeding difficulties. Holder of the RCSLT Gold Medal for Clinical Excellence.

Dr. Robin Fawcett
Dr. Robin Fawcett
NHS GPDuke University MD

NHS family doctor with a background in lifestyle medicine. Medical doctorate, Duke University; MA in History of Medicine, UCL.

Dr. Adele Cowper
Dr. Adele Cowper
NHS PaediatricianEmergency Medicine

NHS family doctor with a background in lifestyle medicine. Medical doctorate, Duke University; MA in History of Medicine, UCL.

Nutrition & Practice

Paula Hallam
Paula Hallam
Registered Dietitian20+ Years NHS

Over 20 years in paediatric nutrition across NHS and private settings, with advanced postgraduate training in paediatric dietetics.

Andrea Strang
Andrea Strang
Sleep CoachInternational

Extensive international experience supporting families and mentoring sleep professionals.

Equity & Inclusion

Paula Hallam
Paula Hallam
LGBT+ AdvocateDEI Educator

Delivers training on inclusion, equity and youth wellbeing - ensuring the programme reflects the diversity of families practitioners will serve.

Yasmin Khalil St-Rose
Yasmin Khalil St-Rose
CEO, Birthing ReformCultural SafetyDEI

CEO of Birthing Reform, specialising in cultural safety and equity within maternal and infant healthcare systems.

Maternity & Newborn Care Training

Levels 3 & 4 · OCN
Programme Lead
Shel Banks
Programme Lead

Shel Banks

Cochrane ReviewerNHS ClinicianFormer Vice-Chair, UKAMBAuthor
IBCLC · Infant Feeding Researcher · Cochrane Contributor · Author

Leads the Maternity Nurse Training and oversees infant feeding, colic and allergy education. NHS clinician with extensive tertiary and national infant feeding experience. Author of Why Formula Feeding Matters; Cochrane reviewer on Infantile Colic; Former Vice-Chair, UK Association of Milk Banking.

Teaching Faculty

Dr. Lyndsey Hookway
Dr. Lyndsey Hookway
IBCLCSCPHN

Contributes specialist sleep science and developmental teaching across the Maternity Nurse Training.

Tracey Twist
Tracey Twist
CACHE Panellist20+ Years

Over 20 years delivering accredited childcare qualifications. Former CACHE panellist; Highfield subject matter expert.

Dr. Louise
Dr. Louise
NHS Clinical DirectorImperial College

Clinical Director, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. Academic teaching roles at Imperial College London. Specialist maternal health and patient safety.

Dr. Penelope Law
Dr. Penelope Law
Consultant O&GImperialAuthor

Author of Expecting a Baby? Research into obesity in pregnancy and fibroid treatment has influenced international practice.

Christina Lenz
Christina Lenz
Cranial OsteopathyLondon & Hamburg

Traditional and cranial osteopathy; academic roles in London and Hamburg. Musculoskeletal development and cranial considerations in infancy.

Louise Beland
Louise Beland
Tongue-TieOsteopath

Specialist teaching on tongue-tie, feeding mechanics and musculoskeletal influences on infant feeding.

Mags Kirk
Mags Kirk
SLTDysphagiaOral Motor

Paediatric feeding, dysphagia and sensory-based feeding challenges. Oral motor development and early feeding complexities.

Kay Crotty
Kay Crotty
Doctoral DegreeInt’l Publications

One of the UK's leading pelvic floor physiotherapists with a doctoral degree and international publications. Maternal recovery and postnatal rehabilitation.

Vanessa Christie
Vanessa Christie
IBCLC16+ YearsAuthor

Over 16 years supporting families across neonatal, community and acute settings. Specialist lactation and infant feeding education.

Lynn Murphy
Lynn Murphy
Infant MassageMatrescence25+ Years

Over 25 years supporting mothers through pregnancy and early motherhood. Infant massage, attachment and matrescence.

Andrea Strang
Andrea Strang
Sleep CoachPostpartum Doula

Practical newborn sleep education contextualised within normal developmental patterns and responsive care.

Colic & Infant Allergies

Levels 3 & 4 · OCN
Programme Lead
Shel Banks
Programme Lead

Shel Banks

Cochrane — Infantile ColicNHS Clinician
IBCLC · Infant Feeding Researcher · Author

Also: Lead, Maternity & Newborn Care

Specialist Contributor

Maureen Minchin
Maureen Minchin
Int’l RecognitionMedical HistorianPolicy Influence

Internationally recognised medical historian whose work on infant feeding and food intolerance has influenced breastfeeding policy globally. Provides historical and immunological depth to the programme's treatment of allergy and feeding controversies.

Perinatal Mental Health

Specialist Programme
Programme Leads
Dr. Emma Svanberg
Programme Lead

Dr. Emma Svanberg

Clinical PsychologistNHS & PrivateAuthorNational Media
Clinical Psychologist · Perinatal Specialist · Author

Over a decade of clinical experience in NHS and private practice. Work integrates psychological formulation, attachment science and whole-family systems thinking. Published author and regular contributor to national media on maternal mental health.

Advanced Short Courses
Specialist Courses

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Specialist Contributors

Dr. Harriet Higgins
Dr. Harriet Higgins
14 Years NHSAIMH MemberBirth Trauma

14 years NHS experience; member of the Association for Infant Mental Health. Specialises in attachment, birth trauma and relationship dynamics in the perinatal period.

Dr. Rebecca Moore
Dr. Rebecca Moore
Consultant PsychiatristNHS Perinatal20+ Years

Over 20 years in psychiatry; nine years within one of London's leading NHS perinatal services. Specialist insight into anxiety, depression, PTSD and complex psychiatric presentations.

Accredited training since 2011

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