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
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
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
Abena Addo, Senior Lecturer Midwifery
T: +44 (0)116 257 7817
E: aaddo@dmu.ac.uk
Areas of expertise: midwifery, pregnancy, HIV
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
Dr Kylie Baldwin, Senior Lecturer
E: kbaldwin@dmu.ac.uk
Areas of expertise: (in)fertility, reproductive ageing, social egg freezing
Dr Sara Bamdad, Lecturer in Global Health
E: sara.bamdad@dmu.ac.uk
Areas of expertise: assisted reproductive technologies, religion (Islam), mixed-method research
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
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
Zaheera Essat, Lecturer in Midwifery
T: +44 (0)116 250 6565
E: zaheera.essat@dmu.ac.uk
Dr Kriss Fearon, Research Fellow
E: kriss.fearon@dmu.ac.uk
Areas of expertise: reproductive decision making, medical egg freezing, intrafamilial donation
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
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
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
Dr Zara Hooley, Senior Lecturer for CLaSS
E: zara.hooley@dmu.ac.uk
Areas of expertise: same-sex parenting, family sociology, qualitative research
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sitira Williams, PhD research student
Areas of expertise: Transgender studies, intersectionality, quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Andrew Coutts, PhD research student
Areas of expertise: Male (in)fertility, cross border reproduction, gamete donation.
Kelly Da Silva, PhD research student
Areas of expertise: Assisted conception, IVF, fertility support.
Kate Pleace, PhD research student
Areas of expertise: Fertility, menopause, women's health.
Sophia McCully, PhD research student
Areas of expertise: (In)fertility, fertility treatment, qualitative research methods.
Sally Butcher, PhD research student
Areas of expertise: (In)fertility, women’s health, practice research.
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.
Dr Catherine Coveney, Lecturer in Sociology in the Social and Policy Studies Unit, Loughborough University
E: C.M.Coveney@lboro.ac.uk
Dr Manjiri Khare, University Hospitals Leicester, Leicester
E: manjiri.khare@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Dr Wendy Norton, Associate Professor/Reader in Health and Social Care
Areas of expertise: assisted reproduction, surrogacy, sexuality, sexual health
Dr Priya Davda, Honorary Research Fellow, The Centre for Reproduction Research, De Montfort University
E: priya.davda@dmu.ac.uk