The CRR research team

 

  1. Professor Nicky Hudson, Centre Director and Professor of Medical Sociology

    Professor Nicky Hudson, Centre Director and Professor of Medical Sociology

    T: +44 (0)116 207 8766

    E: nhudson@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: (in)fertility, assisted reproduction, gamete donation, sociology of medicine

  2. Professor Cathy Herbrand, Deputy Centre Director and Professor of Medical and Family Sociology

    Professor Cathy Herbrand, Deputy Centre Director and Professor of Medical and Family Sociology

    T: +44 (0)116 250 6422

    E: cathy.herbrand@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: reproductive technologies, mitochondrial donation, LGBT kinship, new genetics

  3. Professor Lorraine Culley, Emeritus Professor

    Professor Lorraine Culley, Emeritus Professor

    T: +44 (0)116 257 7735

    E: lac@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: diversity in health care, (in)fertility, reproductive technologies, endometriosis

  4. Abena Addo, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery

    Abena Addo, Senior Lecturer Midwifery

    T: +44 (0)116 257 7817

    E:  aaddo@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: midwifery, pregnancy, HIV

  5. Mrs Sharon Anyiam

    Mrs Sharon Anyiam, Lecturer in Health and Wellbeing in Society

    T: N/A;

    E: sharon.anyiam@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise:  Qualitative research, Maternal health and wellbeing of minoritized ethnic groups, Intersectional social (in)justices, Activism and Resistance

  6. Dr Kylie Baldwin, Senior Lecturer

    Dr Kylie Baldwin, Senior Lecturer

    T: +44 (0)116 257 7735 

    E:  kbaldwin@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: (in)fertility, reproductive ageing, social egg freezing

  7. Dr Sara Bamdad, Lecturer in Global Health

    Dr Sara Bamdad, Lecturer in Global Health

    E: sara.bamdad@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: assisted reproductive technologies, religion (Islam), mixed-method research

  8. Mrs Grace Dawson, Lecturer in Midwifery

    Mrs Grace Dawson, Lecturer in Midwifery

    T: +44 (0)116 366 4732

    E: grace.dawson@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: perinatal care, neonatal screening, inclusive health care

  9. Dr Rowena Doughty, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery

    Dr Rowena Doughty, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery

    T: +44 (0)116 207 8757 

    E:  rdoughty@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: midwifery-led care, antenatal care, obesity

  10. Zaheera Essat, Lecturer in Midwifery

    Zaheera Essat, Lecturer in Midwifery

    T: +44 (0)116 250 6565

    E: zaheera.essat@dmu.ac.uk

  11. Dr Kriss Fearon, Research Fellow

    Dr Kriss Fearon, Research Fellow

    E:  kriss.fearon@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: reproductive decision making, medical egg freezing, intrafamilial donation

  12. Dr Esmee Hanna, Associate Professor/Reader in Health and Wellbeing in Society

    Dr Esmee Hanna, Associate Professor/Reader in Health and Wellbeing in Society

    T: 0116 257 7119

    E:  esmee.hanna@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: male infertility, men’s reproductive experiences, health and gender

  13. Dr Tina Hamilton, Senior Lecturer

    Dr Tina Hamilton, Senior Lecturer

    T: +44 (0)116 3664387

    E: tina.hamilton@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: mental health, patient and carers experiences of services, qualitative and mixed-methods

  14. Dr Tina Harris, Associate Professor/Senior Clinical Lead in Midwifery

    Dr Tina Harris, Associate Professor/Senior clinical lead in Midwifery for the national maternity and perinatal audit

    T: +44 (0)116 257 7804 

    E:  tiharris@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: midwifery practice, practice variation and clinical decision making in clinical caredecision making in clinical care, maternal and perinatal audit ethnicity 

  15. Dr Zara Hooley, Senior Lecturer for CLaSS

    Dr Zara Hooley, Senior Lecturer for CLaSS

    E: zara.hooley@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: same-sex parenting, family sociology, qualitative research

  16. Dr Caroline Law, Senior Research Fellow

    Dr Caroline Law, Research Fellow

    T: +44 (0)116 250 6124

    E:  claw@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: sociology of health, illness and medicine; in/fertility and reproduction; men, men's health, masculinities and reproduction; chronic illness; endometriosis; qualitative methods

  17. Dr Sasha Loyal, Lecturer in Health and Wellbeing in Society/Research Fellow

    Dr Sasha Loyal, Lecturer in Health and Wellbeing in Society/Research Fellow

    T: +44 (0)116 201 3896 

    E: sasha.loyal@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: reproductive timing, fertility trends, ethnicity and religion

  18. Miss Jessica MacLeod, Research Assistant

    Miss Jessica MacLeod, Research Assistant

    T: N/A

    E: P2729577@my365.dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: women's health, maternity care inequalities, chronic illness

  19. Dr Diane Menage, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery

    Dr Diane Menage, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery

    E: diane.menage@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: The nature and value of compassion in midwifery, evidence-based midwifery, qualitative research methodologies

  20. Mrs Jessica Turner, Research Assistant

    Jessica Turner, Research Assistant

    T: +44 (0)116 207 8306

    E:  jessica.turner@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: women’s health, reproduction, qualitative research methods

  21. Dr Christina Weis, Senior Lecturer

    Dr Christina Weis, Senior Lecturer

    T: +44 (0)116 250 6576

    E: christina.weis@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: surrogacy, feminist ethnography, reproductive health, gamete donation

  22. Dr Amanda Wilson, Lecturer in Psychology

    Dr Amanda Wilson, Lecturer in Psychology

    T: 0116 2078 815

    E: amanda.wilson@dmu.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise: men and family planning, marginalisation, health

 

PhD researchers

 

  1. Sumaira Rashid, PhD research student

    Sumaira Rashid, PhD research student

    Areas of expertise: Medical anthropology (infertility, menopause, population control and body politics), gender studies, South Asia, women's health and reproduction

  2. Sitira Williams, PhD research student

    Sitira Williams, PhD research student

    Areas of expertise: Transgender studies, intersectionality, quantitative and qualitative research methods. 

  3. Andrew Coutts, PhD research student

    Andrew Coutts, PhD research student

    Areas of expertise: Male (in)fertility, cross border reproduction, gamete donation. 

  4. Kelly Da Silva, PhD research student

    Kelly Da Silva, PhD research student

    Areas of expertise: Assisted conception, IVF, fertility support. 

  5. Kate Pleace, PhD research student

    Kate Pleace, PhD research student

    Areas of expertise: Fertility, menopause, women's health. 

  6. Sophia McCully, PhD research student

    Sophia McCully, PhD research student

    Areas of expertise: (In)fertility, fertility treatment, qualitative research methods. 

  7. Sally Butcher, PhD research student

    Sally Butcher, PhD research student

    Areas of expertise: (In)fertility, women’s health, practice research. 

  8. Fahad Hossain, PhD research student

    Fahad Hossain, PhD research student

    Areas of expertise: couples' desires and plans to have children, impact of chronic illness on reproductive decision making, semi-structured interviews, interviewing couples. 

 

 

Associate members

  1. Dr Catherine Coveney, Lecturer in Sociology in the Social and Policy Studies Unit, Loughborough University

    Dr Catherine Coveney, Lecturer in Sociology in the Social and Policy Studies Unit, Loughborough University

    E: C.M.Coveney@lboro.ac.uk

  2. Dr Manjiri Khare, University Hospitals Leicester, Leicester

    Dr Manjiri Khare, University Hospitals Leicester, Leicester

    E: manjiri.khare@uhl-tr.nhs.uk

  3. Dr Wendy Norton, Associate Professor/Reader in Health and Social Care

    Dr Wendy Norton, Associate Professor/Reader in Health and Social Care

    Areas of expertise: assisted reproduction, surrogacy, sexuality, sexual health

  4. Dr Priya Davda, Honorary Research Fellow, The Centre for Reproduction Research, De Montfort University

    Dr Priya Davda, Honorary Research Fellow, The Centre for Reproduction Research, De Montfort University

    E: priya.davda@dmu.ac.uk