2024

The latest news and public engagement updates from the Centre for Reproductive Health.

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Endometriosis Awareness Month (March 2022)

01 April, 2022

Extensive awareness raising and fundraising activity took place over the month of March.

Telemedicine Abortion – editorial in BMJ

30 March, 2022

Ahead of the vote in the Commons on 30.03.22 to make a decision to approve home abortions in…

CRH contributes to the Global Research and Learning Agenda for Contraceptive Induced Menstrual Changes

29 March, 2022

CRH's Professor Hilary Critchley and Dr Jackie Maybin are two members of the contraceptive…

CRH researchers contribute to acclaimed BBC Sounds series

22 March, 2022

A brilliant new series has been created for BBC Sounds called 28(ish) Days Later which focuses on…

Dr Jackie Maybin features on Long Covid Podcast

17 March, 2022

​​​​​​​MRC CRH’s Dr Jackie Maybin spoke to the Long Covid Podcast about the research she is doing…

CRH creates workshop activity for EISF 2022

03 March, 2022

Vaccine-building workshops, a guide to the mathematics of pizza, and hands-on activities exploring…

Research Insights event with Dr Maybin: Too much blood - when periods are a problem

02 March, 2022

In her work as a gynaecologist, MRC CRH’s Dr Jackie Maybin helps people whose menstrual bleeding is…

Edinburgh Pregnancy Research Team launches new website

01 March, 2022

Edinburgh Pregnancy Research Team (EPRT) is a group of health/science professionals working…

CRH success at 2022 RCOG / Blair Bell meeting

25 February, 2022

​​​​​​​The RCOG holds an Annual Academic Meeting each year to showcase the best of research in…

Obituary for Professor Emeritus David Baird

24 February, 2022

David Tennent Baird CBE, BA, MBChB, DSc, FRCOG, FRCP Edin, FMedSci, FRSE

Tam Dalyell prize win

16 February, 2022

Andrew Horne, Professor of Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences in the MRC Centre for Reproductive…

Why talking more about periods benefits everyone

14 February, 2022

A crippling taboo still hangs over periods. Women are constantly adjusting their lives in the face…

Awareness raising: periods

03 February, 2022

On 26 January 2022, CRH’s Dr Varsha Jain was a panelist in the popular Wellbeing of Women event…

New guidelines launched for diagnosis and management of Endometriosis

02 February, 2022

The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) publishes today its new clinical…

​​​​​​​Ferring Corporate Giving Programme funds CRH research

27 January, 2022

The CRH’s Professor Richard Anderson has been awarded €345,000 by the Ferring Reproductive Medicine…

Endometriosis care in Scotland

26 January, 2022

CRH’s Professor Horne works tirelessly to improve diagnosis times and treatment options for…

Obituary: Dr Rodrigo Rodrigues

25 January, 2022

Dr Rodrigo Rodrigues, a member of Professor Jeffrey Pollard’s group at the Medical Research Council…

Fertility 2022

20 January, 2022

Fertility 2022 was the 15th Joint Fertility conference hosted by the Association of Reproductive…

Covid-19 linked to complications during pregnancy

19 January, 2022

Women who have Covid-19 towards the end of their pregnancy are vulnerable to birth-related…

Obituary: Professor Fiona Denison

17 January, 2022

The CRH remembers with great fondness the many attributes and achievements of our colleague…

Death of Professor Fiona Denison

13 January, 2022

We are very saddened at the passing of our much-loved colleague.

Wearable technology could improve future healthcare

10 December, 2021

Professor Andrew Horne hopes that innovative wearable technology will improve treatment options for…

CRH researchers named winners of FSRH competition

03 December, 2021

CRH’s Professor Sharon Cameron and Dr John Reynolds-Wright won the FSRH’s David Bromham Seed…

Future treatment for male infertility

02 December, 2021

​​​​​​​CRH’s Professor Rod Mitchell spoke to the press about revolutionary fertility transplants in…

Fertility Preservation animation launches

01 December, 2021

​​​​​​​MRC Centre for Reproductive Health is delighted to share our latest animation with you.

Endometriosis discussion in ‘Bun in the oven’ podcast

18 November, 2021

Professor Andrew Horne features in this episode of the popular ‘Bun in the Oven’ podcast, talking…

Engagement for Impact programme – CRH session

17 November, 2021

The CRH’s Ginnie Clark was invited to create and run a session with the students involved in the…

Dr Jackie Maybin contributes to article on periods

28 October, 2021

Commentary educates and informs on the topic of menstruation.

Covid-19 in pregnancy : Dr Sarah Stock (15.10.21)

19 October, 2021

Read CRH’s Dr Stock’s expert commentary in this important BBC article discussing Covid-19 and…

CRH takes part in the 2021 Midlothian Science Festival schools programme

15 October, 2021

CRH’s Ginnie Clark and Rocío Martínez Aguilar ran a ‘Meet the scientist’ session with S3 Chemistry…

CRH involvement in PET events

08 October, 2021

The Progress Educational Trust (PET), in partnership with the Scottish Government, is currently…

Unequal fertility services access for cancer survivors

23 September, 2021

Young people who survive cancer are at risk of missing out on the chance of one day having children…

Covid19 vaccine causing a possible (transient) disruption to the menstrual cycle

16 September, 2021

Dr Maybin appears on Good Morning Scotland speaking about the Covid-19 vaccine

Drug repurposing to treat endometriosis

08 September, 2021

CRH’s Professor Horne recently spoke to a journalist from Pharmacology Matters about the…

Reassuring data from COPS study

02 September, 2021

The latest figures gathered as part of the COPS study, a partnership between Dr Sarah Stock and…

Menstruation animation launches

26 August, 2021

MRC Centre for Reproductive Health is delighted to share our latest animation with you.

No long term effect on fertility from vaccines

09 August, 2021

CRH’s Dr Jackie Maybin appears on BBC Scotland’s ‘The Seven’ news programme to alleviate concerns…

Sunshine in early pregnancy can reduce premature birth risk

06 August, 2021

A new study from Dr Sarah Stock and Tommy’s Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health at the CRH…

Common steroid could reduce heavy menstrual bleeding

03 August, 2021

Women who experience heavy menstrual bleeding could have their blood loss reduced by treatment with…

National coverage highlights Dr Stock’s vital maternal and fetal health research

21 July, 2021

Almost 4,000 pregnant women have taken up a Covid-19 vaccine in Scotland, with no adverse effects…