Dr Adam Devall BMedSc (Hons), PhD

Dr Adam Devall

Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Professor of Maternal Health Clinical Trials
Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research and WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women鈥檚 Health

Contact details

Email
a.j.devall@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
黑料吃瓜网
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Adam's primary research focus is clinical trials in early pregnancy care, with a particular focus on miscarriage, infertility and global women’s health. As Professor of Maternal Health Clinical Trials, he collaborates with the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit to manage a portfolio of national and international clinical trials. He is also a senior consortium member of the Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research, led by Professor Arri Coomarasamy.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Neuropharmacology, 黑料吃瓜网, 2007
  • BMedSc (Hons) Pharmacology, 黑料吃瓜网, 2003

Biography

Adam Devall qualified with a BMedSc (Hons) in Medical Sciences from the 黑料吃瓜网 in 2003. He went on to study for a PhD in the Department of Pharmacology at Birmingham, which he was awarded in 2007. Following this, he took a position as a Research Fellow at the 黑料吃瓜网 in the Department of Neurobiology and Neuropharmacology before taking up the role of Trial Coordinator at the Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit, 黑料吃瓜网 in 2011. In 2014, Adam moved to the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, working initially as a Senior Trial Manager for the . In 2016, Adam transitioned to the role of Trials Management Team Leader/Senior Clinical Trials Fellow, before moving to his current academic lecturer post in January 2021. 

Teaching

Adam teaches on the Clinical Trials MSc course.

Research

Adam Devall has a wide range of large research programs within his portfolio, which are listed below:

Principal Investigator 

Progestogens for preventing miscarriage: a network meta-analysis. £10,000. NIHR Incentive Awards Scheme. 2020-2022

Co-applicant

  • Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research. £2,500,000 plus institutional investment. Tommy’s. 2021-2026.
  • Development, Field-Testing and Piloting of a refractory postpartum haemorrhage management package: the PPH ReAct (PPH Refractory Action) study. £749,869.31. MRC 2020-2022.
  • Early detection and treatment of post-partum hemorrhage using the MOTIVE bundle: a World Health Organization cluster randomized trial with health economic analysis (the E-MOTIVE study). $10,915,588 USD. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 2019-2022.
  • A 2x2 factorial design trial of letrozole versus clomiphene and metformin versus placebo for ovulation induction in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (LOCI). £2,100,000. NIHR. 2019-2023
  • Tommy's Reproductive Health Biobank. £1,445,074. MRC. 2017-2021.
  • Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research. £6,300,000 including institutional investment. Tommy’s. 2016-2021.
  • A randomised trial of mifepristone and misoprostol versus misoprostol alone for management of missed miscarriage (MifeMiso). £1,769,322. NIHR HTA. 2016-2020.
  • Progesterone in Spontaneous Miscarriage (PRISM). £1,756,618. NIHR HTA. 2014-2018.

Research groups and centres

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Muriithi, FG, Easter, C, Osoti, A, Qureshi, Z, Devall, A & Coomarasamy, A 2025, '', Frontiers in Global Women鈥檚 Health, vol. 6, 1481495.

Bohren, MA, Miller, S, Mammoliti, K-M, Galadanci, H, Fawcus, S, Moran, N, Hofmeyr, GJ, Qureshi, Z, Alwy Al-Beity, F, Forbes, G, Akter, S, Osoti, A, Gwako, G, Melo Santos, T, Evans, C, Wakili, AA, Bakari, M, Takai, IU, Umar, M, Singata-Madliki, M, Muller, E, Mandondo, S, Okore, J, Banda, A, Sambusa, M, Sindhu, KN, Beeson, L, Easter, CL, Devall, A, G眉lmezoglu, AM, Althabe, F, Oladapo, OT, Gallos, I, Coomarasamy, A & Lorencatto, F 2025, '', Lancet Global Health, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. e329-e344.

Devall, AJ, Nausheen, S, Muhammad, S, Soofi, S, Karmaliani, R, Lakhani, A, Sajid, K, Ahmed, I, Raza, A, Ashraf, A, Shahid, N, Mubeen, K, Wahab, S, Liaquat, R, Evans, C, Martin, JT, Middleton, LJ, Beeson, LE, Sindhu, KN, Podesek, M, Horne, I, Aswat, A, Oladapo, OT, Gallos, ID, Hemming, K, Yunas, I, Sheikh, L & Coomarasamy, A 2025, '', The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women's Health.

Williams, EV, Goranitis, I, Oppong, R, Perry, SJ, Devall, AJ, Martin, JT, Mammoliti, K-M, Beeson, LE, Sindhu, KN, Galadanci, H, Al-beity, FA, Qureshi, Z, Hofmeyr, GJ, Moran, N, Fawcus, S, Mandondo, S, Middleton, L, Hemming, K, Oladapo, OT, Gallos, ID, Coomarasamy, A & Roberts, TE 2024, '', Nature Medicine.

Chung, Y, Melo, P, Easter, C, Price, MJ, Dhillon鈥怱mith, R, Quenby, S, Devall, A & Coomarasamy, A 2024, '', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

Dhillon-Smith, RK, Melo, P, Devall, AJ, Smith, PP, Al-Memar, M, Barnhart, K, Condous, G, Christiansen, OB, Goddijn, M, Jurkovic, D, Lissauer, D, Maheshwari, A, Oladapo, OT, Preisler, J, Regan, L, Small, R, Stephenson, M, Wijeyaratne, C, Quenby, S, Bourne, T & Coomarasamy, A 2023, '', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

Forbes, G, Akter, S, Miller, S, Galadanci, H, Qureshi, Z, Fawcus, S, Hofmeyr, GJ, Moran, N, Singata-Madliki, M, Dankishiya, F, Gwako, G, Osoti, A, Thomas, E, Gallos, I, Mammoliti, K-M, Devall, A, Coomarasamy, A, Althabe, F, Atkins, L, Bohren, MA & Lorencatto, F 2023, '', Implementation Science, vol. 18, no. 1, 1.

Dhillon-Smith, RK, Melo, P, Kaur, R, Fox, E, Devall, A, Woodhead, N & Coomarasamy, A 2023, '', Fertility and Sterility.

Devall, AJ, Easter, CL, Price, MJ, Islam, MA & Coomarasamy, A 2023, '', Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, vol. 50, no. 11, 236.

Gallos, I, Devall, A, Martin, J, Middleton, L, Beeson, L, Galadanci, H, Alwy al-Beity, F, Qureshi, Z, Hofmeyr, GJ, Moran, N, Fawcus, S, Sheikh, L, Gwako, G, Osoti, A, Aswat, A, Mammoliti, K, Sindhu, KN, Podesek, M, Horne, I, Timms, R, Yunas, I, Okore, J, Singata-Madliki, M, Arends, E, Wakili, AA, Mwampashi, A, Nausheen, S, Muhammad, S, Latthe, P, Evans, C, Akter, S, Forbes, G, Lissauer, D, Meher, S, Weeks, A, Shennan, A, Ammerdorffer, A, Williams, E, Roberts, T, Widmer, M, Oladapo, OT, Lorencatto, F, Bohren, MA, Miller, S, Althabe, F, G眉lmezoglu, M, Smith, JM, Hemming, K & Coomarasamy, A 2023, '', New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 389, no. 1, pp. 11-21.

Review article

Yunas, I, Islam, MA, Sindhu, KN, Devall, AJ, Podesek, M, Alam, SS, Kundu, S, Mammoliti, K-M, Aswat, A, Price, MJ, Zamora, J, Oladapo, OT, Gallos, I & Coomarasamy, A 2025, '', The Lancet, vol. 405, no. 10488, pp. 1468-1480.

Cheshire, J, Garg, A, Smith, P, Devall, AJ, Coomarasamy, A & Dhillon-Smith, RK 2025, '', American journal of obstetrics and gynecology.

Gallos, I, Yunas, I, Devall, AJ, Podesek, M, Tobias, A, Price, MJ, Oladapo, OT & Coomarasamy, A 2025, '', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2025, no. 4, CD011689.

Muriithi, FG, Banke-Thomas, A, Forbes, G, Gakuo, RW, Thomas, E, Gallos, ID, Devall, A, Coomarasamy, A & Lorencatto, F 2024, '', PLOS Global Public Health, vol. 4, no. 2, e0002950.

Melo, P, Dhillon-Smith, R, Islam, MA, Devall, A & Coomarasamy, A 2023, '', Fertility and Sterility, vol. 120, no. 5, pp. 940-944.