This film documents the PET event 'What Is the Impact of Fertility Treatment on the Health of Resulting Children?', produced in partnership with the Scottish Government.
If you can't see the film embedded above, you can watch it on YouTube.
| Introduction | |
| 0:00:00 | Sarah Norcross Director, Progress Educational Trust |
| Presentations | |
| 0:01:52 | Professor Barbara Luke Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Michigan State University |
| 0:15:21 | Professor Alastair Sutcliffe Professor of General Paediatrics, University College London |
| 0:25:35 | Dr Faiza Afzal Senior Research Fellow, University College London |
| 0:36:48 | Professor Vasanti Jadva Leader of the Reproduction and the Family Research Group, City St George's, University of London |
| Discussion | |
| 0:51:37 | Responses to audience questions and comments |
This film was made by Video Production Edinburgh.
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- Under the Influence: Fertility, Advertising and Social Media, taking place online next month on Wednesday 4 November 2026 – register here.
- Risk Assessment: The Dangers of Creating a Family via Unregulated Donation, taking place online next month on Wednesday 25 November 2026 – register here.
- AI and Automation in Fertility and Genomics: Pipeline? Or Pipe Dream?, the PET Annual Conference, taking place in central London on Wednesday 9 December 2026 – register here.
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