PET presents a series of talks celebrating the 100th birthday of the late IVF pioneer Professor Sir Robert Edwards. This first talk is by Edwards' daughter Dr Jenny Joy.
Dr Joy previously worked at Bourn Hall Clinic (the IVF clinic that Edwards established), and was responsible for cataloguing the bulk of what is now the extensive Robert Edwards Archive (at the Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge).
Dr Joy is introduced by Sarah Norcross, director of PET. This talk was originally given at the event 'Robert Edwards at 100: Remembering an IVF Visionary', produced by PET in partnership with the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists.
The film of the talk was made by Video Production Edinburgh. If you can't see the film embedded above, you can watch it on YouTube.
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