We have three overarching research themes at the CRH: Gonadal health and fertility, pregnancy and early life, and translational gynaecology. Gonadal health and fertilityIncluding 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 website Pregnancy 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 websiteTranslational gynaecology Including pelvic pain and heavy menstrual bleeding; endometriosis, adenomyosis and fibroids; sexual health; and reproductive cancer Our research into Translational Gynaecology This article was published on 2024-09-10
