Past projects and completed PhDs
Projects
Global perspectives on governing assisted reproductive technologies
Dr Lucy Frith (PI)
CIs: Professor Marie Fox and Professor Nicky Hudson
Funded by the Wellcome Trust Small Grant Project scheme
(2018-2019)
Contact: Dr Lucy Frith, L.J.Frith@liverpool.ac.uk
Digitising reproduction: new technologies, intersectionality and the politics of inclusion
Dr Nicola Mackintosh (PI)
Funded by the Foundation for Sociology of Health and Illness
CI: Professor Nicky Hudson, De Montfort University
(2017-2018)
Contact: Dr Nicola Mackintosh, njm35@leicester.ac.uk
Understanding Klinefelters syndrome: genetics, gender and reproduction
Dr Esmee Hanna (PI)
CIs: Professor Nicky Hudson and Dr Cathy Herbrand, De Montfort University.
(2017 - 2018)
Funded by the Foundation for Sociology of Health and Illness.
Contact: Dr Esmee Hanna, esmee.hanna@dmu.ac.uk
Visualising reproduction in medical, social and historical contexts: an interdisciplinary inquiry
(2017 - 2018)
Dr Beatriz Pichel and Professor Nicky Hudson
Funded by the De Montfort University's Revolving Investment Fund
Contact: Dr Beatriz Pichel, beatriz.pichel@dmu.ac.uk
A Survey of the endometriosis clinical nurse specialist role in British society for gynaecological endoscopy registered centres
PI Wendy Norton
(2017)
Contact: Wendy Norton, wnorton@dmu.ac.uk
The changing role of elective egg freezing: A survey of the attitudes and experiences of clients at UK fertility clinics
Dr Kylie Baldwin
(2017)
Contact: Dr Kylie Baldwin, kbaldwin@dmu.ac.uk
Postponing childbirth, extending fertility? Biotechnologies and transformations of reproductive life
PI Professor Nicky Hudson
(2016)
Funded by the School of Applied Social Sciences, De Montfort University and the Wellcome Trust.
Contact: Professor Nicky Hudson, nhudson@dmu.ac.uk
ENDOPART 2: developing a knowledge exchange partnership and improving support in endometriosis
PI Professor Nicky Hudson
(2015 - 2016)
Funded by the Higher Education Investment Fund at De Montfort University
Contact: Professor Nicky Hudson, nhudson@dmu.ac.uk
Women’s experience of care in an Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU), following an early miscarriage
PIs Dr Lynn Furber and Wendy Norton
(2014 - 2016)
Contact: Wendy Norton, wnorton@dmu.ac.uk
The MITOFAMILY study: genetics, reproduction and biotechnologies in the context of mitochondrial disorders
PI Dr Cathy Herbrand
(2014-2016)
Funded by the De Montfort University Early Career Research Fellowship.
Contact: Dr Cathy Herbrand, cathy.herbrand@dmu.ac.uk
The experience and ethics of egg donation: an international workshop
PI Professor Nicky Hudson
(2014)
Funded by the De Montfort University's Revolving Investment Fund and the Foundation For Sociology of Health and Illness.
Contact: Prof Nicky Hudson, nhudson@dmu.ac.uk
The ENDOPART study: endometriosis: improving the wellbeing of couples
PI Professor Lorraine Culley
(2012-13)
Funded by the UK Social and Economic Research Council.
Contact: Professor Lorraine Culley, lac@dmu.ac.uk
Creating midwifery specific open educational resource materials
PI Bernadette Gregory and Jacqui Williams
(2011-2012)
Funded by Jisc.
Contact: Mrs Bernadette Gregory, bgregory@dmu.ac.uk
Exploring the experiences of Deaf women using maternity services
PI Bernadette Gregory
(2011)
Funded by De Montfort University.
Contact: Mrs Bernadette Gregory, bgregory@dmu.ac.uk
Delivery of deaf awareness and introduction to BSL classes
PI Bernadette Gregory and Dr Joanna Downes
(2010)
Contact: Mrs Bernadette Gregory, bgregory@dmu.ac.uk
The TRANSREP study: transnational reproduction: an exploratory study of UK residents who travel abroad for fertility treatment
PI Prof Lorraine Culley
CIs Professor Nicky Hudson, Professor Eric Blyth, Dr Allan Pacey, Wendy Norton, Professor Frances Rapport
(2009-2011)
Funded by the UK Social and Economic Research Council.
Contact: Prof Lorraine Culley, lac@dmu.ac.uk
The ENDOCUL study: endometriosis and cultural diversity: improving services for minority ethnic women
PI Professor Elaine Denny
CI Professor Lorraine Culley
(2008-2010)
Funded by Research for Patient Benefit grant.
Contact: Prof Elaine Denny, elaine.denny@bcu.ac.uk
Engaging local parents living with a disability
PI Bernadette Gregory
(2008)
Funded by the East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery
Contact: Mrs Bernadette Gregory, bgregory@dmu.ac.uk
The GAMDON study: public understandings of gamete donation in infertility treatment
PI Professor Lorraine Culley
(2005-2006)
Funded by the UK Social and Economic Research Council
Contact: Prof Lorraine Culley, lac@dmu.ac.uk
The ASFERT study: British South Asian communities and infertility services
PI Professor Lorraine Culley
(2002-2004)
Funded by the NHS Trent Region
Contact: Prof Lorraine Culley, lac@dmu.ac.uk
Completed PhD projects
An ethnographic study of the social, cultural and biomedical construction of menopause in Punjab, Pakistan - Sumaira Rashid
1st supervisor Professor Nicky Hudson
2nd supervisors Dr Cathy Herbrand and Dr Wendy Norton
2018 - 2023
Reproductive timings: exploring men's perceptions and intentions - Caroline Law
1st supervisor Professor Nicky Hudson
2nd supervisor Dr Sally Ruane
2013 – 2022
Exploring perceptions of reproductive timing in British South Asian communities - Sasha Loyal
1st supervisor Dr Helene Mitchell
2nd supervisors Professor Nicky Hudson and Dr Cathy Herbrand
2016-2021
Reproductive decision-making amongst women with Turner syndrome - Kriss Fearon
1st supervisor Dr Cathy Herbrand
2nd surpervisor Professor Nicky Hudson
2015 – 2020
Exploring women's and men's perspectives and experiences of female genital cutting - Paris Connolly
1st supervisor Dr Stephen Handsley
2nd supervisor Dr Cathy Herbrand
2014 – 2019
An exploratory study of gay men seeking surrogacy to achieve parenthood – Dr Wendy Norton.
1st supervisor Professor Nicky Hudson
2nd supervisors Dr Julie Fish and Prof Lorraine Culley
2011-2018
The influence of an educational programme on pregnancy outcomes among obese, pregnant women in Kurdistan region of Iraq – Dr Aveen Haji Mam
1st supervisor Dr Tina Harris
2nd supervisor Professor Mark Johnson
2011 – 2018
Reproductive migrations. Surrogacy workers and stratified reproduction in St Petersburg - Dr Christina Weis
1st supervisor Professor Nicky Hudson
2nd supervisor Dr Sally Ruane
2013 – 2017
An exploratory study of egg freezing for non-medical reasons – Dr Kylie Baldwin
1st supervisor Professor Nicky Hudson
2nd supervisors Dr Helene Mitchell and Professor Lorraine Culley
2011 – 2016