HeyReprotech's February roundup of events and good reads
HeyReprotech's February roundup of events and good reads
Here’s your monthly roundup of some interesting upcoming events and ongoing studies, plus a few good reads. If you are interested in some casual news updates, please follow @HeyReprotech on Twitter, where I'm trying to send out news as I come across it.
Upcoming events and studies
22 Feb - ESHRE webinar - Psychosocial Care in Medically Assisted Reproduction
23 Feb - HIM fertility, online support group - HIM fertility support group meeting for men
24 Feb - Reproductive Justice Research Network online event - Reproductive Justice: Geographies of Abortion
02 Mar - Progress Educational Trust free online event - Editing the Human Genome: Where Are We Now? What Happens Next?
10, 11, 14 Mar - Joyce Harper, public lecture series - Sex in Three Cities: Your Fertile Years - What you need to know to make informed choices
11-12 Mar - Joint meeting of the Association of Reproductive Managers and Nurses' Professional Group, in person, Atlanta - ARM&NPG 2022
16 Mar - Progress Educational Trust free online event - Whole Genome Sequencing at Birth: Workforce Implications for Healthcare Professionals and Beyond
25 Mar - Men Having Babies in-person conference - Surrogacy Options for Israeli Gay Men
26 Mar - Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society in-person Embryology Summit - Eggs and Embryos: Everything from Quality to Transportation
Ongoing - ConnecteDNA, University of Manchester - One-on-one interviews with donors, parents and donor-conceived adults
Ongoing - University of Birmingham - Survey of LGBTQ+ parents
Ongoing - ESHRE - Embryo Transfer Survey
Ongoing - University College London study - Evaluation of how women under 40 learn, and their attitudes to, the menopause
Ongoing - anonymous online survey Fathers and Partners - Mental Health and Emotional Well Being During the Perinatal Period
A few good reads
Akhil Jarma. "A Passage to Parenthood." The New Yorker. 24 Jan 2022.
Emma Haslett. " 'Just relax!' and other infuriating fertility advice." The New Statesman. 26 Jan 2022.
George Estreich. "Deletions of Concern: Noninvasive Prenatal Screening and Disability, Part One." Biopolitical Times. 27 Jan 2022
Anna Louie Sussman. "Tinder Drove Me to Freeze My Eggs." 1843 Magazine. 14 Feb 2022.