We are exceptionally fortunate that three leading experts in the areas of fertility, oncology and psychology have offered to run this webinar for us. This webinar will focus on fertility preservation for patients with a brain tumour diagnosis. They will also present on the recently published resource Cancer, Fertility and Me which was developed to support people to make fertility preservation decisions in the wake of a cancer diagnosis and treatment. As well as being an information giving session, this is a unique opportunity for you to have an audience with three experts in this area who will be able to answer any questions that you have.
About our expert spreakers
Professor Georgina Jones:Georgina Jones is a Professor of Health Psychology at Leeds Beckett University and a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. Her expertise is in developing questionnaires to measure patients quality of life and developing patient decision aids. Over the last twenty years she has developed these tools for the NHS to help patients to report the ways in which conditions and treatment impact upon their quality of life and which can better support them to make healthcare decisions that are best for them. The overall goal is to improve the care and treatment that patients receive. As part of this she leads the Cancer, Fertility and Me programme of work which focuses upon developing resources to help cancer patients decide whether to preserve their fertility or not before starting cancer treatment.
Professor Richard Anderson:
Richard Anderson is Elsie Inglis Professor of Clinical Reproductive Science at the University of Edinburgh Centre for Reproductive Health, and works clinically in Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology. He has interests in both female and male fertility, with a major aspect of this being fertility preservation and the effects of cancer treatments on fertility. He was Chair of the ESHRE Guideline group on Fertility Preservation in women, published in 2000. He is also a member of the HFEA Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee.
Professor Rod Mitchell:
Rod is Professor of Developmental Endocrinology at the Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) in Edinburgh.
His research interests are focused on the role of the germ-stem cell niche in prepubertal testis development and function. This includes research into the effects of exposure to environmental exposures and pharmaceuticals (including chemotherapy) on germ cell development and future fertility potential. Rod is clinical and research lead for fertility preservation in prepubertal boys with cancer. His work combines the clinical service for gonadal tissue cryopreservation with research aimed at developing clinical strategies to protect or restore fertility in patients receiving gonadotoxic therapies.
Website: www.ed.ac.uk/centre-reproductive-health/dr-rod-mitchell
E-mail: rod.mitchell@ed.ac.uk
Twitter: @RodTMitchell
