Danielle Schoenaker is a Research Fellow in the School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education at the University of Southampton. She is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the UCL Institute for Women’s Health. Danielle’s programme of work is focussed on the health and wellbeing of women and men leading up to pregnancy, and aims to inform how this may be improved to benefit the health of future mothers, fathers and their children. She received a Postdoctoral Career Track Award from the University of Southampton in 2022 to build evidence and develop resources to inform preconception care in primary care. Danielle also works with the UK government Office for Health Improvement and Disparities to develop an infrastructure for national surveillance of preconception health.