• Question: How long have you studied IVF?.

    Asked by krieb to Claire, Greg, Jane, Jo, Nuruz, Vicki on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by ndrayton07.
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      Nuruz Jaman answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      We do not do IVF in the Lab where I work, we do IUI’s instead which is less invasive. It involves washing the sperm with buffer solutions and then inseminating the female partner with the washed sperm sample.

      Visit http://www.hfea.gov.uk for information on IVF and fertility related issues, this the regulatory body.

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      Jo Broadbent answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Hi Krieb

      I worked for the HFEA (which oversees IVF) for about 5 years. See Nuruz’s link above.

      And then for another 5 years I have work for a PCT which buys health services for people – including IVF services.

      jo

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      Greg FitzHarris answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Hi there…
      for ten years. (4 as a PhD student, 3 as postdoctoral reaearcher, and 3 as a lecturer – my current job)

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      Claire O'Donnell answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      I worked on it intensively for about 4 years. When I started there was disagreement about which treatments worked best for whom and how much treatment the NHS should provide for people. You might have heard it referred to as a ‘postcode lottery’ – that means you get different treatments in different parts of the country even if you have the same problem.
      There was also disagreement on who should be able to get treatment ,whether it should only be for people who’d never had children or whether people who had chidren but were finding it difficult to have more should be able to have treatment too. Added to this there were some hospitals that did lots of this type IVF and got good results and others who only did a few treatments and got worse results (fewer babies born after treatment) so we had to sort all that out and try to to be as fair as we could to everyone – the people who needed fertility treatment but also to make sure that we diodn’t spend too much money on IVF leaving not enough for the people who needed other treatments. I do less now because the service is up and running- sorted out from my point of view. There are just bits and pieces to do as new treatments and testa appear and I have to decide whether we need to use them or change the services because of discoveries that people like Greg and Vicki might make

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      Vicki Onions answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Hi Kreib
      My job isn’t directly in IVF. However, my PhD was in reproductive biology and this took me 3 1/2 years. Then i have been in research in the area now for 3 years, so up to now, nearly 7 years

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