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Male Infertility: Today's Insights, Tomorrow's Treatments
May 18, 2026
1h 01m 19s
Fertility Treatment and Stress: Patients, Practitioners and Outcomes
Apr 29, 2026
1h 21m 26s
Ancestry, Ethnicity, IVF Outcomes: Why Do Some Patients Fare Better than Others?
Apr 13, 2026
1h 30m 02s
Understanding Egg Donation: The Give and Take
Mar 23, 2026
1h 27m 02s
Fertility and the Workplace: Can Employers Help? Should They?
Mar 9, 2026
1h 30m 31s
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| 5/18/26 | Male Infertility: Today's Insights, Tomorrow's Treatments | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast features researchers and practitioners at the forefront of tackling male infertility.Aspects discussed include current best practice, the latest insights, and pioneering research that could transform treatment of male infertility in future.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Kevin McEleny (Chair of the British Fertility Society)⚫ Professor Joris Veltman (Director of the Institute of Genetics and Cancer at the University of Edinburgh)⚫ Professor Rod Mitchell (Principal Investigator of a pioneering fertility restoration project funded by the charity Children with Cancer UK)⚫ Professor Sarah Martins da Silva (Professor of Reproduction and Fertility Medicine at the University of Dundee)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 and the Society for Reproduction and 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. | 1h 01m 19s | ||||||
| 4/29/26 | Fertility Treatment and Stress: Patients, Practitioners and Outcomes | 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. | 1h 21m 26s | ||||||
| 4/13/26 | Ancestry, Ethnicity, IVF Outcomes: Why Do Some Patients Fare Better than Others? | 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. | 1h 30m 02s | ||||||
| 3/23/26 | Understanding Egg Donation: The Give and Take | 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. | 1h 27m 02s | ||||||
| 3/9/26 | Fertility and the Workplace: Can Employers Help? Should They? | 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. | 1h 30m 31s | ||||||
| 3/2/26 | Donor Conception and Genomics: Sperm, Eggs, Embryos, Mitochondria | 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. | 52m 49s | ||||||
| 2/23/26 | Polygenic Risk, Polygenic Scores, Polygenic Indices: What Are They? What Should Be Done with Them? | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses the science and ethics of PGT-P – a controversial form of preimplantation genetic testing that uses polygenic scores, rather than using more traditional forms of genomic data.The discussion – which originally took place at the PET Annual Conference – is chaired by Dr Philip Ball (science writer and broadcaster), with contributions from:⚫ Dr Emma Meaburn (Behavioural Geneticist at Birkbeck University of London)⚫ Dr Dorit Barlevy (Senior Researcher at Baylor College of Medicine)⚫ Professor Angus Clarke (Emeritus Professor of Clinical Genetics at Cardiff University)PET is grateful to the British Fertility Society 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. | 34m 36s | ||||||
| 2/16/26 | The Origins of Preimplantation Genetic Testing | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast features Professor Alan Handyside – a pioneer of preimplantation genetic testing – explaining how and why it became scientifically possible, and also legally permissible, to test the DNA of IVF embryos.This discussion – which originally took place at the PET Annual Conference – is introduced by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET) and chaired by Dr Philip Ball (science writer and broadcaster).PET is 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. | 14m 33s | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | PGT-A as an IVF Add-On: 25 Years of Controversy | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses longstanding controversies surrounding PGT-A (preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy) – an 'add-on' to IVF treatment whose use has been the subject of lively debate for the past 25 years.The discussion – which originally took place at the PET Annual Conference – is introduced by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET) and chaired by Dr Deborah Cohen (science writer and broadcaster), with contributions from:⚫ Professor Karen Sermon (former Chair of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)⚫ Dr Justin Chu (Medical Director of TFP Oxford Fertility)⚫ James Lawford Davies (Partner at LDMH Partners)⚫ Professor Manuela Perrotta (Leader of the Remaking Fertility initiative)PET is grateful to Remaking Fertility – an initiative based at Queen Mary University of London – 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. | 52m 39s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | Expanded Carrier Screening: How Is It Used? What Are the Ethical Implications? | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses the use of expanded carrier screening to test prospective parents, and/or donors of sperm or eggs, for gene variants that could potentially lead to ill health in future children.The discussion – which originally took place at the PET Annual Conference – is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Sara Levene (Consultant Genetic Counsellor and founder of Guided Genetics)⚫ Professor Jackson Kirkman-Brown (Science Lead at the Birmingham Women's Fertility Centre)⚫ Dr Heidi Mertes (Chair of Belgium's Federal Commission for Medical and Scientific Research on Embryos In Vitro)⚫ Professor Cathy Herbrand (Principal Investigator at PRECAS)PET is grateful to Reproduction in the Age of Genomic Medicine: The Emergence, Commercialisation and Implications of PReconception Expanded CArrier Screening (PRECAS) – a project based at De Montfort University – 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. | 51m 08s | ||||||
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| 12/15/25 | Rare Metabolic Diseases: Advancing Understanding, Improving Outcomes | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses how to improve diagnosis, treatment and support for people affected by rare and inherited metabolic diseases.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Jonathan Gibson (Lead for Campaigns and Communications at the charity Metabolic Support UK)⚫ Dr Srividya Sreekantam (Consultant in Paediatric Metabolic Medicine at Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Trust)⚫ Professor Evangeline Wassmer (Consultant in Paediatric Neurology at Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Trust)⚫ Professor Frances Platt (Professor of Biochemistry and Pharmacology at the University of Oxford)⚫ Dr Julien Baruteau (Consultant in Paediatric Metabolic Medicine at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children)All of us who live, breathe, eat and think are able to do so thanks to our metabolism – the set of chemical reactions via which substances are transformed inside our bodies, in order to sustain the functioning of our cells, tissues, organs and systems.Our metabolism enables us to obtain usable energy from the food that we consume, and then get rid of toxins that are left over. All of this is in turn dependent on our DNA, which tells our body how to manufacture certain molecules that make metabolism possible.A vast range of diseases can disrupt human metabolism, and thousands of these diseases can be inherited. Such inherited metabolic diseases are rare, in the sense that the precise cause and consequence of each disease occurs in a relatively small number of people. Collectively, however, inherited metabolic diseases are common.Many inherited metabolic diseases affect the central nervous system, but such diseases can potentially affect any of our bodily systems. The impact of such diseases – on children, adults and families – can be devastating.In this podcast, experts and advocates – including the pioneers of relevant medications, and of a gene therapy that involves genome editing – discuss how best to address challenges posed by rare and inherited metabolic diseases.Aspects discussed include diagnosis, treatment, support and broader public understanding.PET is grateful to Amicus Therapeutics 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. | 1h 31m 50s | ||||||
| 11/24/25 | Rare Disease Genomic Testing: How Do We Make Access Equitable and Timely? | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses how we might improve access to genetic and genomic testing, and related services, for people and families affected by rare disease.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Dr Sarah Wynn (Chief Executive of Unique)⚫ Miranda Durkie (Head of Rare Disease at the North East and Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub)⚫ Professor Emma Baple (Professor of Genomic Medicine at the University of Exeter)⚫ Dr Ellen Thomas (Chief Medical Officer at Genomics England)⚫ Adam Clatworthy (Co-Founder of CRELD1 Warriors)A disease that affects fewer than one in 2,000 people is generally considered 'rare'. However, such rare diseases are so common in the aggregate that they affect around one in 17 people at some point during their lives.Four-fifths of rare diseases are known to have a basis in people's genomes, either in inherited DNA or in de novo variants (differences in DNA that owe nothing to the previous generation). For this reason, genetic and genomic testing – ideally, whole genome sequence analysis – can be crucial in establishing diagnoses, and guiding treatment, for those who are thought to have a rare disease.In the UK, these facts have been emphasised in official documents and Government statements going back more than a decade. The Rare Diseases Strategy of 2013 committed 'all four countries of the UK' to 'making high quality diagnostic tests accessible'. The Rare Diseases Framework of 2021 identified 'helping patients get a final diagnosis faster' as the first of the UK's 'priorities for the next five years'. Those five years have almost elapsed, so where do we stand now?Several services and resources seek to make rare disease genomic testing more accessible and useful. These include NHS England's Genomic Medicine Service and National Genomic Test Directory, the Scottish Genomic Test Directories, and guidance such as the Association for Clinical Genomic Science's Best Practice Guidelines for Variant Classification in Rare Disease and the British Society for Genetic Medicine's guidance Managing Incidental Findings.However, challenges remain. Turnaround times for various parts of the genomic testing process – patient access to the relevant test, receipt of test results from an appropriate clinician and in an appropriate fashion, and follow-up and referral (where these are necessary) – are not always consistent, and can be overly long. This can then extend the 'diagnostic odyssey' that is too often experienced by rare disease patients and their families.A Working Group spanning various professions and organisations has published a Position Statement detailing these and other challenges, and making recommendations to address them. In this podcast, experts and advocates including authors of the Position Statement explore rare disease genomic testing, and discuss how to make it equitable and timely.PET is grateful to the NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre 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. | 1h 34m 54s | ||||||
| 11/3/25 | Mitochondrial Donation: Does It Work? What Next? | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses the use of mitochondrial donation to avoid mitochondrial disease, with speakers including two of the pioneers whose work has resulted in the birth of eight UK babies with donated mitochondria.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Professor Mary Herbert (pioneer of mitochondrial donation, and lead author of the first study reporting embryological and reproductive aspects of the use of mitochondrial donation in treatment in the UK)⚫ Professor Sir Doug Turnbull (pioneer of mitochondrial donation, and lead author of the first study reporting maternal and child health outcomes following the use of mitochondrial donation treatment in the UK)⚫ Liz Curtis (established the Lily Foundation after losing her daughter to mitochondrial disease)⚫ Professor Catherine Mills (Patient and Community Engagement Lead at the mitoHOPE pilot programme for mitochondrial donation in Australia)At least eight children with donated mitochondria have been born in the UK. All of the children are reported to have made normal developmental progress, and none of them show any sign of mitochondrial disease.The announcement of this news came 10 years after a successful campaign – by PET, the Lily Foundation and others – to change UK law, in order to permit the use of mitochondrial donation to avoid transmission of mitochondrial disease from mother to child.A similarly successful campaign in Australia has led to the introduction of Maeve's Law, named in honour of a young Australian girl who has mitochondrial disease. As in the UK, the Australian legislation permits the carefully regulated use of mitochondrial donation in treatment.In this podcast pioneers, experts and advocates at the forefront of mitochondrial donation explain what has been achieved to date, and discuss what should happen next.PET is grateful to the Adelphi Genetics Forum, the British Fertility Society, CooperSurgical and the Senior Infertility Nurse Group 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. | 1h 24m 42s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 | Robert Edwards at 100: Remembering an IVF Visionary | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast marks the 100th birthday of the late IVF pioneer Professor Sir Robert Edwards, known widely (and affectionately) as 'Bob'.The podcast explores Bob's life and legacy, including the dramatisation of his work with Patrick Steptoe and Jean Purdy in the film Joy.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Dr Jenny Joy (Bob's daughter)⚫ Professor Barry Bavister (the first person ever to witness IVF in humans, while working alongside Bob in 1968)⚫ Alastair MacDonald (the second person ever born who was conceived via IVF)⚫ Grace MacDonald (Alastair's mother, who gave birth to him in 1979)⚫ Professor Geraldine Hartshorne (completed her PhD under Bob's supervision in 1988, and is now Scientific Director of the Coventry Centre for Reproductive Medicine)⚫ Jane Blower (President of the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists)⚫ Professor Alfonso Martínez Arias (Research Professor at the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies and at Pompeu Fabra University)⚫ Professor Nick Hopwood (Professor of History of Science and Medicine at the University of Cambridge)PET is grateful to the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists 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. | 1h 45m 13s | ||||||
| 9/4/25 | 40 Years of the Surrogacy Arrangements Act: What Next for Surrogacy? | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast marks 40 years since the UK introduced dedicated legislation to govern surrogacy, and explores whether and how this law might be updated.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Kim Cotton (founder of Childlessness Overcome Through Surrogacy)⚫ Sarah Jones (Chief Executive of Surrogacy UK)⚫ Paul Morgan-Bentley (Head of Investigations at The Times)⚫ Professor Kirsty Horsey (Professor of Law at Loughborough University)⚫ Natalie Sutherland (Partner at the International Family Law Group)⚫ Dr Katherine Wade (Principal Investigator at the Children's Voices in Surrogacy Law project)PET is grateful to the British Fertility Society and CooperSurgical 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. | 1h 33m 02s | ||||||
| 8/4/25 | Genomes, Feedback and Follow-On: The Long-Term Impact of Our Future Health | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast features leading figures in health-related policy, research and ethics discussing the long-term impact of the UK's Our Future Health programme, and what can be learned from the experience of the USA's All of Us programme.Topics explored include whether, when, why and how participants in these programmes might be re-contacted, following their initial participation.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Professor Sir John Bell (Chair of Trustees at Our Future Health)⚫ Dr Cosima Gretton (Executive Director of Digital Health, and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, at Our Future Health)⚫ Nicola Perrin (Chief Executive of the Association of Medical Research Charities)⚫ Professor Michael Parker (Director of the Ethox Centre and of the Global Health Bioethics Network)⚫ Dr Geoffrey Ginsburg (Chief Medical and Scientific Officer at the All of Us programme, at the USA's National Institutes of Health)PET is grateful to Our Future Health 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. | 1h 32m 51s | ||||||
| 7/14/25 | Diversity in Health Data: Achieving Benefit for All | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast explores what needs to be done – and why – to ensure that people of diverse ancestries and social backgrounds are represented in genomic data, and in health-related data more generally.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Anika Ladva (Head of Community Engagement at Our Future Health)⚫ Sasha Henriques (Researcher at Wellcome Connecting Science and at the Wellcome Sanger Institute)⚫ Professor Segun Fatumo (Professor and Chair of Genomic Diversity at Queen Mary University of London)⚫ Dr Divya Shanmugam (Researcher at Cornell Tech)PET is grateful to Our Future Health 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. | 1h 35m 40s | ||||||
| 7/4/25 | Lifestyle, Obesity, Diabetes: Optimising IVF Outcomes for Patients | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses implications – for patients, practitioners and policymakers – of health conditions, and aspects of lifestyle, that can affect fertility treatment outcomes.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Dr Antony Nicoll (Senior Medical Officer for Maternal and Women's Health for the Scottish Government)⚫ Professor Rebecca Reynolds (Professor of Metabolic Medicine at the University of Edinburgh)⚫ Professor Colin Duncan (Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Science at the University of Edinburgh)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. | 1h 00m 12s | ||||||
| 6/16/25 | IVF and Miscarriage: Reducing Risks, Providing Support | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses pregnancy loss in relation to fertility treatment, including how to identify and reduce risks and how to provide appropriate support.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Dr Andrea Woolner (Early Pregnancy Lead for NHS Grampian)⚫ Dr Cheryl Dunlop (Consultant in Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh)⚫ Dr Matthew Prior (Head of Department at the Newcastle Fertility Centre)⚫ Katy Schnitzler (Information, Research and Training Lead at the Miscarriage Association)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. | 1h 35m 49s | ||||||
| 6/5/25 | Our Future Health, UK Biobank, Genomics England: Exploring the Impact | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast explains and explores the different approaches of the UK's largest genomics projects, and the impact of these projects on healthcare, research and society.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Professor Dame Sue Hill (Chief Scientific Officer for England)⚫ Dr Adam Lewandowski (Deputy Chief Scientist at UK Biobank)⚫ Chris Schonewald (Chief of Staff, and Director of Strategy, at Genomics England)⚫ Dr Raghib Ali (Chief Executive, and Chief Medical Officer, at Our Future Health)PET is grateful to Our Future Health 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. | 1h 38m 18s | ||||||
| 5/1/25 | Fertility in Flux: What Can State-Funded IVF Do for Population Growth? | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast is the second instalment in a two-part discussion exploring whether assisted conception can address challenges posed by falling birthrates, and by decreasing population sizes.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Professor Ann Berrington (Director of the Fertility and Family research group at the Centre for Population Change)⚫ Professor David Bell (Principal Investigator for the Healthy Ageing in Scotland study)⚫ Professor Søren Ziebe (Senior Scientist at Rigshospitalet's Laboratory of Reproductive Biology)⚫ Satu Rautakallio-Hokkanen (General Director of Fertility Europe)⚫ Professor Roger Gosden (biographer of the IVF pioneer Robert Edwards)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. | 1h 32m 29s | ||||||
| 4/25/25 | Is Fertility Treatment a Solution to Population Decline? | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast is the first instalment in a two-part discussion exploring whether assisted conception can address challenges posed by falling birthrates, and by decreasing population sizes.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Professor Geeta Nargund (Lead Consultant for Reproductive Medicine at St George's University Hospitals)⚫ Professor Bart Fauser (Scientific Director of the International Federation of Fertility Societies)⚫ Dr Chris Skedgel (Director of the Office of Health Economics)⚫ Dr Paul Morland (demographer, author and broadcaster)PET is grateful to Merck 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. | 1h 35m 50s | ||||||
| 3/10/25 | What Can the Fertility Sector Learn from the Infected Blood Scandal and Inquiry? | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses lessons for the fertility sector from the UK's infected blood scandal, and from the subsequent Infected Blood Inquiry.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Professor Abha Maheshwari (Lead Clinician at Fertility Scotland)⚫ Professor Marc Turner (Director of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service)⚫ Professor Emma Cave (Member of the Medical Ethics Expert Group at the Infected Blood Inquiry)⚫ Professor Bobbie Farsides (Member of the Medical Ethics Expert Group at the Infected Blood Inquiry)The UK's infected blood scandal is widely regarded as one of the country's worst ever treatment disasters. Between the 1970s and the 1990s, tens of thousands of people in the UK were infected – predominantly with HIV and Hepatitis C, in some instances with other infections including Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D – as a result of being given blood, or blood products or other tissue, that was contaminated.Most of the infections were contracted either from blood transfusions (in circumstances including childbirth, surgery and treatment for injury) or from treatments for bleeding disorders (such as haemophilia). More than 3,000 deaths have been attributed to these infections, and it has been reported that as many as 140,000 relatives of people infected could seek compensation under new laws.In this podcast, experts in assisted conception and in blood and tissue donation – plus members of the Medical Ethics Expert Group appointed to advise the Infected Blood Inquiry – explore what the fertility sector might learn from the infected blood scandal, from the Infected Blood Inquiry's final report and from the accompanying report focusing on medical ethics.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. | 1h 35m 22s | ||||||
| 2/20/25 | The Fertility Landscape for LGBTQ+ Communities: Barriers and Considerations | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses how to improve access to – and quality of – fertility treatment for LGBTQ+ people, families and communities.The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Dr Carole Gilling-Smith (founder, Medical Director and Chief Executive of the Agora Clinic)⚫ Professor Nick Macklon (Medical Director of the London Women's Clinic)⚫ Nancy Kelley (Executive Director of DIVA magazine)⚫ Laura-Rose Thorogood (founder of LGBT Mummies)⚫ Dr Marcin Śmietana (Research Fellow at Ca' Foscari University of Venice)⚫ Jacob Stokoe (founder of Transparent Change)⚫ Natalie Gamble (Director of NGA Law)PET is grateful to Merck and Born Donor 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. | 1h 37m 14s | ||||||
| 2/3/25 | Preimplantation Genetic Testing: Barriers to Access | This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses access to and funding for preimplantation genetic testing (PGT), specifically in relation to monogenic conditions (PGT-M) and chromosomal structural rearrangements (PGT-SR).The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:⚫ Charlotte Tomlinson (Clinical Genetics PGT Lead at Guy's Hospital)⚫ Dr Melanie Nana (Clinical Research Fellow at King's College London)⚫ Professor Frances Flinter (Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's Statutory Approvals Committee)⚫ Nick Meade (Director of Policy at Genetic Alliance UK)⚫ Diana Perry (founder and Chief Executive of the Ectodermal Dysplasia Society)PGT-M and PGT-SR both involve testing and selecting IVF embryos, in order to avoid – or reduce the risk of – genetic conditions that could jeopardise a pregnancy or affect the health of a future child.This podcast explains and explores:⚫ What PGT can – and should – be used for.⚫ Why it can be difficult for some patients to access PGT.⚫ What might be done to remove barriers to access.PET is grateful to the D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust 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. | 1h 32m 21s | ||||||
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