We have four overarching research themes at the CRH: Gonadal function, sexual health, pregnancy and early life, and menstrual health. Gonadal function Including prenatal gonad and germ cell development; spermatogenesis; oocyte maturation and competence; and fertility preservation.Co-leadsRod Mitchell and Evelyn TelferPrincipal InvestigatorsRichard Anderson, Roseanne Rosario, Lance Lin, Niki Gray, Colin Duncan, Gunes TaylorClinical lecturersMichael RimmerPartnershipsEdinburgh Fertility PreservationEdinburgh Fertility Preservation aims to develop procedures for fertility preservation in children and young adults, usually cancer patients, who are due to undergo treatment which may compromise their long-term fertility.Visit the Edinburgh Fertility Preservation websiteSexual health Including contraception; abortion care; and cervical cancer screeningCo-leadsSharon Cameron (NHS) and Kate CuschieriPrincipal InvestigatorsRichard Anderson, Chelsea MorroniClinical lecturersJohn Reynolds-WrightPregnancy and early life Including stillbirth and preterm birth; and in-utero programmingCo-LeadsJames Boardman and Rebecca GentekPrincipal InvestigatorsRosie Townsend, Sarah MurrayClinical lecturersKayhee HorPartnershipsEdinburgh Pregnancy Research TeamThe Edinburgh Pregnancy Research Team are committed to promoting and supporting perinatal research in order to improve pregnancy outcomes and experiences for pregnant women and families. Visit the Edinburgh Pregnancy Research Team websiteJennifer Brown Research LaboratoryThe Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory aims to improve the lives of women and children who suffer complications in pregnancy and the newborn period.Visit the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory pagePregnancy Advisory GroupThe Pregnancy Advisory Group advise us on our research by bringing the patient/public view to the research.Visit the Pregnancy Advisory Group pagePRENCOG (Preterm Neurodevelopment Cognition)PRENCOG is a programme of research consisting of four interlinked studies. It aims to discover how and why premature birth affects the developing brain in order to develop new treatments to help children who are born early.Visit the PRENCOG websiteTheirworld Edinburgh Birth CohortTheirworld Edinburgh Birth Cohort (TEBC) aims to be a world-leading research platform for improving life-course outcome after perinatal brain injury caused by preterm birth. It comprehensively studies a unique collection of mothers and infants, and follow children as they grow older, to study the causes and consequences of, and develop novel treatments for perinatal brain injury.Visit the Theirworld websiteMenstrual healthIncluding pelvic pain and heavy menstrual bleeding; endometriosis, adenomyosis and fibroids; and reproductive cancerCo-LeadsJackie Maybin and Tak KitamuraPrincipal InvestigatorsAndrew Horne, Hilary Critchley, Lucy Whitaker, Philippa Saunders, Doug Gibson, Neil Roberts, Florent PetitprezClinical lecturersNeil Ryan, Varsha JainPartnershipsEXPPECTThe EXPPECT Pelvic Pain Service consists of a multidisciplinary team that aims to provide high quality, evidence-based and patient-centred management of pelvic pain.The EXPPECT Endometriosis Service consists of a multidisciplinary team that aims to provide state-of-the-art, high quality, evidence based and patient-centred treatment for the management of all grades of endometriosis.Visit the EXPPECT websiteHOPE Healthy Optimal Periods for EveryoneHOPE is a website all about periods and menstrual health. It provides accurate, accessible information for those who menstruate, their families, doctors, employers and policy makers. In addition, the website provides resources for educators to facilitate the conversation about menstruation with both boys and girls at a young age to increase awareness and destigmatise this physiological process. Visit the HOPE website This article was published on 2024-09-10
