This film documents the PET event 'Ancestry, Ethnicity, IVF Outcomes: Why Do Some Patients Fare Better than Others?', supported by IBSA.
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 | |
| 0:01:27 | Baroness Geeta Nargund Member, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority |
| 0:17:42 | Dr Patricia Hamilton Lecturer in Sociology, University of York |
| 0:29:51 | Professor Asif Muneer Professor of Urology and Surgical Andrology, University College London |
| 0:43:33 | Jonathan Luwagga Ambassador and Peer Advocate, Fertility Alliance |
| 0:54:54 | Dr Edmond Edi-Osagie Medical Director Aurora Reproductive Healthcare |
| 1:04:26 | Yvonne Hector-John Activist and author of the book Dreaming of a Life Unlived |
| Discussion | |
| 1:13:38 | Responses to audience questions and comments |
This film was made by Video Production Edinburgh.
Register for these upcoming PET events:
- Accessing Fertility Treatment: Challenges and Solutions for LGBTQ+ Communities, taking place online this coming Wednesday (Wednesday 10 June 2026) – register here.
- Donor Conception and Genetic Disease: Lessons to Be Learned from Donor 7069, taking place online this month (on Wednesday 24 June 2026) – register here.
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