The Progress Educational Trust podcast

This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses causes and consequences of stress, in the context of (in)fertility and assisted conception.

The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:

⚫ Dr Sinéad Currie (Lead at the Scottish Preconception Health Research Network)

⚫ Angela Pericleous-Smith (Chair of the British Infertility Counselling Association)

⚫ Dr Angela Lawson (Clinical and Forensic Psychologist)

⚫ Emma Haslett (Co-Host of the infertility/IVF podcast Big Fat Negative)

Topics discussed in this podcast include:

⚫ Stress experienced by current and prospective fertility patients.

⚫ Stress experienced by practitioners/professionals in the fertility sector.

⚫ What can and should be done to address, or to avoid, stress-related problems.

PET is grateful to the Scottish Government for supporting this discussion.

PET is also grateful to Jon Nicoll, who created the opening and closing music for its podcast.

Register at https://www.progress.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/ for upcoming PET events.

This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses disparities in IVF outcomes, and experiences of fertility treatment, between people with different ethnic backgrounds.

The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:

⚫ Baroness Geeta Nargund (Labour Peer in the House of Lords and Member of the HFEA)

⚫ Dr Patricia Hamilton (Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York)

⚫ Professor Asif Muneer (Professor of Urology and Surgical Andrology at University College London)

⚫ Jonathan Luwagga (Ambassador and Peer Advocate at the Fertility Alliance)

⚫ Dr Edmond Edi-Osagie (Medical Director of Aurora Reproductive Healthcare)

⚫ Yvonne John (activist and author of the book 'Dreaming of a Life Unlived')

Topics discussed in this podcast include data on ethnic diversity in fertility treatment published by the UK's fertility regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).

PET is grateful to IBSA for supporting this discussion.

PET is also grateful to Jon Nicoll, who created the opening and closing music for its podcast.

Register at https://www.progress.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/ for upcoming PET events.

This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses the needs and interests of everyone involved in egg donation – including donors, recipients, donor-conceived people, fertility professionals, regulators and policymakers.

Aspects discussed include the current Parliamentary inquiry into egg donation and egg freezing, launched by the Women and Equalities Committee of the UK's House of Commons.

The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:

⚫ Dr Jane Stewart (previously Head of the Newcastle Fertility Centre and Chair of the British Fertility Society)

⚫ Professor Nicky Hudson (Professor of Medical Sociology at Loughborough University)

⚫ Angela Pericleous-Smith (Chair of the British Infertility Counselling Association)

⚫ Sophie Cook (donor-conceived person, conceived with an egg from an anonymous donor)

⚫ Professor Mark Hanson (Emeritus Professor of Human Development and Health at the University of Southampton)

PET is grateful to London Egg Bank for supporting this discussion.

PET is also grateful to Jon Nicoll, who created the opening and closing music for its podcast.

Register at https://www.progress.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/ for upcoming PET events.

This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses what employers can and should do, for employees who are receiving fertility treatment or who are dealing with infertility.

The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:

⚫ Becky Kearns (Chief Executive of Fertility Matters at Work)

⚫ Seema Duggal (Coordinator of the Fertility in the Workplace initiative at Fertility Network UK)

⚫ Dr Krystal Wilkinson (Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at Manchester Metropolitan University)

⚫ Dr Michael Carroll (Reader in Reproductive Science at Manchester Metropolitan University)

⚫ Sandy Christiansen (EMEA Consultant at Carrot Fertility)

⚫ Natalie Sutherland (Trustee at PET, and Partner at the International Family Law Group)

PET is grateful to Carrot Fertility for supporting this discussion.

PET is also grateful to Jon Nicoll, who created the opening and closing music for its podcast.

Register at https://www.progress.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/ for upcoming PET events.

This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses the genetics and genomics of various forms of donor conception, and related scientific and ethical issues.

The discussion – which originally took place at the PET Annual Conference – is introduced by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET) and chaired by Professor Karen Sermon (former Chair of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology), with contributions from:

⚫ Professor Stéphane Viville (founder of the Genetics of Infertility Unit at the University Hospitals of Strasbourg)

⚫ Professor Dagan Wells (Professor of Reproductive Genetics at the University of Oxford and Director of Juno Genetics)

⚫ Professor Michael Parker (Director of the Ethox Centre and of the Global Health Bioethics Network)

⚫ Debbie Kennett (Genetic Genealogist)

PET is grateful to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology for supporting this discussion.

PET is also grateful to Jon Nicoll, who created the opening and closing music for its podcast.

Register at https://www.progress.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/ for upcoming PET events.