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Aris is an Academic, Clinician-Scientist and Inventor. He divides his time between Oxford University where is is Professor of Fetal Medicine and the Clinical Research Director of the Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute; and St George’s Hospital, where he works clinically as Profesor of Fetal Medicine.

He is an expert in fetal medicine and obstetric ultrasound; non-invasive and invasive prenatal diagnosis; and fetal therapy. His research is focused in the area of maternal, fetal and perinatal health using diverse methods, including basic science, clinical epidemiology, trials, knowledge transfer and implementation science. These have included large global projects in low resource settings using ultrasound, biomarkers and clinical methods to improve phenotyping and outcomes of fetal and newborn growth and development, including the INTERGROWTH project. Aris is a prolific academic with over 350 original articles, over 18,000 citations and an h-index of 73.

He leads a number of research projects in these areas at both institutions. His work in Oxford focuses on large scale global projects in ultrasound (and clinical methods) for assessment of fetal and newborn growth and development; these include the INTERGROWTH-21st and INTERBIO-21st projects . Another major research interests is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in pregnancy imaging and screening, and for several years he has worked with biomedical engineers on these problems. Through this work, Aris co-founded the Oxford University spin-out, Intelligent Ultrasound.

He studied medicine at the University of Sheffield; he was a Research Fellow at the Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine at King’s College, from where he obtained his MD on large scale population screening for the prediction of pre-eclampsia. He completed his obstetric training in London with specialisation in both Obstetrics & Gynaecology; and Subspecialist training in Maternal & Fetal Medicine, whilst a lecturer at St George's, University of London.

He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief for BJOG; National Chair of the Expert Working Group in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the UK; and a visiting Professor at Capital Medical University in Beijing. At ISUOG he served as Trustee, Chair of the Scientific Committee and as Honorary Secretary, and he was awareed the ISUOG fellowship in 2019.

He has received the prestigious Honorary Membership of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, and a Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Athens.