HeyReprotech's May roundup

Read, listen, attend, participate...

Focus group

Participate in an ESHRE focus group

"The European Society of Human Reproduction (ESHRE) has established an International Reproductive Health Education Initiative who have drafted 12 educational information leaflets for the public on various aspects of reproductive health, such as endometriosis, female and male fertility, egg freezing, menstrual cycle, etc.

"We are looking for 10 members of the public who would like to take part in a number of virtual focus groups to work on the leaflets to ensure that they are suitable as public information leaflets. They need to be able to read and speak English. The members of the focus groups will need to attend at least 3 focus group meetings, maybe more."

Academic papers

M Sousa-Leite et al. "Discussing the possibility of fertility treatment being unsuccessful as part of routine care offered at clinics: patients’ experiences, willingness, and preferences." Human Reproduction. 17 May 2023.

Joseph Chervenak et al. "The promise and peril of using a large language model to obtain clinical information: ChatGPT performs strongly as a fertility counseling tool with limitations." Fertility and Sterility. 20 May 2023.

Diane Tober et al. "Eggonomics: Vitrification and bioeconomies of egg donation in the United States and Spain." Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 25 May 2023.

Hannah Pierson et al. "A novel system for rapid conversion of Gardner embryo grades to linear scale numeric variables." Reproductive Biomedicine Online. May 2023.

Listens

Ryan Craig. "First of Millions." BBC Radio 4. 13 May 2023. (Medical drama, 57 minutes.)

Rob Stein. "Creating a sperm or egg from any cell? Reproduction revolution on the horizon." NPR. 27 May 2023. (7 minutes.)

Events

30 May - Kings College London, Strand, in person - Reproduction Salon

01 Jun - in-person film and discussion - The Baby Question

07 Jun - Progress Educational Trust free online event - NHS Fertility Treatment: Wouldn't It Be NICE to Have a Workable Guideline?

07-10 Jun - Midwest Reproductive Symposium International in-person meeting - Lucky 21: Celebrating Victories in IVF

08-09 June - 2nd International Surrogacy Forum, in-person - ‘Global Surrogacy in a Changing World - Ethical, Practical and Legal Developments in Assisted reproduction and Cross-Border Parenthood’’

22 Jun - British Sociological Association Human Reproduction Study Group Annual Conference - Reproduction and Progress? Reflections and Revisions

25-28 Jun - European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology annual meeting, in-person - ESHRE

08 July - interdisciplinary postgraduate network dedicated to the study of reproduction, free, in-person and online conference - Broadly Conceived Conference

Studies

Universite du Quebec en Outaouais - Experience of sperm or egg donors who have been contacted by a donor offspring

University of Kent - Egg freezing for social reasons

Institute for Women's Health, University College London - Let's talk menopause

Toronto Metropolitan University and University of Waterloo - Elective egg freezing in Canada: Towards appropriate legislation governing consent

University College London - Patient and public involvement group on male subfertility and long-term health

Leeds Beckett University - The online sperm donation project

University of Waterloo, University of Ottawa and Toronto Metropolitan University - Ova obscura: Egg donors in Canada

University of Leicester - Children's voices in surrogacy law

University of Ottawa - Surrogacy laws in Canada: Exploring intended parents' experiences and perspectives

University of Birmingham - Survey of LGBTQ+ parents