Aims and objectives

To perform qualitative and quantitative studies (epidemiological investigations and clinical trials) aiming to answer well-specified research questions for improving the best clinical practise within the gynaecological and obstetrical speciality.

To help achieve this goal user involvement in research and point-of-care patient applications are a priority. 

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Focus areas

• Reproductive medicine
  • Optimising ART outcome.
  • Ovarian ageing and biomarkers for cycle and embryo quality.
  • PCOS and comorbidity.
  • Life style and reproduction.
• Urogynaecology
  • Adult stem cell, urinary and anal incontinence.
  • Epidemiology.
  • Database research.
  • Urethral pressure measurement.
  • Reflectometry.
  • Testing the effect of new uropharmaca.
  • Development and testing of a new urethral device.
• Obstetrics
  • Gestational diabetes
  • Pregnancy and delivery complications.
• Epidemiology
  • Alcohol and foetal outcome
  • Neuropsychological sequelae according to life-style or C-section.
• Robot-surgery
  • Fluorescent imaging

Disciplines, methods and tools

• Reproductive Medicine
  3D ULS, IVF/CSI, TESA, egg donation programme, tropectoderm biopsies, PGD-a, cryopreservation, hysteroscopy with endometrial scratching, endocrine mapping and metabolomics in PCOS
• Urogynaecology
  Urethral pressure reflectometry.

Useful links

Research, Urogynaecological clinic
PhD projects
Research projects