Professor Charles Roehr

Professor Dr Charles Christoph Roehr, MD, PhD is a Research Fellow, Green Templeton College and an Associate Professor of Paediatrics, University of Oxford. He is Consultant Advisor to the Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) to the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Women and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford. Since September 2024, Charles is Professor and Chair for Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine at the University of Bristol.

Charles has a strong interest in research that helps answer clinically relevant questions to improve the lives of babies and their families. As avid proponent of evidence-based neonatology, he focuses on planning and conducting large-scale clinical trials at the fascinating cross-section of perinatology and neonatology. Charles is well published; his work (scientific papers, consensus statements and book chapters) has been cited over 36,000 times. Charles led on updating the European Training Requirements for Neonatology (ETR-III), providing the blueprint for Neonatal training throughout Europe.

Charles is the immediate past-president of the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR) and a senior editor (resuscitation section) for Pediatric Research (journal). He is a long-standing member of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) neonatal life support (NLS) task force, the immediate-past NLS Scientific Chair of the European Resuscitation Council, and a co-author of the European Consensus on Management of Respiratory Distress Syndrome guideline.

In February 2026, Charles was decorated with the Niilo Hallman Medal for his achievements for Paediatrics.