UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health
@UCL_IfWH
University College London (@UCL) Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health. Better lives for women and babies across the world.
📢 Apply to our IfWH BAME Master's / PhD Scholarship 2025. Master's Scholarship has one award available, with £10,000 towards tuition fees. PhD Scholarship offers £5,000 per year for 3 years towards tuition fees. 📅 Deadline: 31 July 2025 Apply now: bit.ly/3TNrvhN
Catch up with @ajogmfm's Pink Journal Club, who discuss the paper "Prediction of spontaneous preterm birth in women with previous full dilatation cesarean delivery" (bit.ly/4nmUFl4) with @UCL_IfWH's Prof Anna David @PrenatalTherapy Watch now ⬇️ bit.ly/3GjVbzL
“Sex and masturbation are good for us and can indeed become more satisfying as we age,” said Professor Joyce Harper (@UCL_IfWH), adding: “We should make it a priority in our lives.” Read more here ⬇️ @ProfJoyceHarper #WomensHealth #UCL bit.ly/3ID6cNr
Our new pre-print "AAV delivery of RNA editing machinery rescues SUDEP and seizure phenotype in a mouse model of Dravet Syndrome" is out! 🧬📷biorxiv.org/content/10.110… @Dr_RKarda @GOSHCharity @DravetUK @DSFeu @UCL_IfWH @_BSGCT
Professor Joyce Harper (@UCL_IfWH) describes the process and impacts of egg freezing procedures that more women are travelling overseas to undergo. Listen here (from 8 mins 47 secs): 🔗 bit.ly/4lXokQp @ProfJoyceHarper #WomensHealth
More than half of people who have given birth are not using contraception two months later despite the risk that back-to-back pregnancies can pose, a new UCL study shows by Catherine Stewart and Dr Neha Pathak (@UCL_IfWH). Learn more here ⬇️ bit.ly/40TFBSm
Dr Dawn Parris (@UCL_IfWH) and Dr Carmen Fernandez (@uclmecheng) describe their surgical gloves developed with force sensors to help train surgeons to apply the correct pressure when operating. Listen here (from 18 mins 45 secs): 🔗 bit.ly/3Tu7xsa #WomensHealth
📢 UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health invites prospective students to apply for the @UCL_IfWH BAME Master's Scholarship 2025. There is one award available, with £10,000 towards tuition fees. 📅 Deadline: 31 July 2025 Apply now ⬇️ bit.ly/3GAjPw7
Come and visit us at the @uclh Research Open Day! See the evolution of our NIRS devices to improve pregnancy outcomes and learn how to perform an ultrasound scan! @UCLResearch @UCL_IfWH
A great part of my job is that I get to teach some of the future leaders in our field. I’ve just been at the biggest fertility conference in the world @eshre and I’ve caught up with many of our alumni. I’m feeling the love and I’m very proud of them. And next year we…
It’s great to see @UCL_IfWH well represented at #ESHRE2025 in Paris. @ProfJoyceHarper @DrMelDavies @BolaGrace7 Brilliant talks, great science, excellent networking 👏👏#ScienceMovingPeopleMovingScience #researchimpact
Early-onset FGR has substantial costs, mostly incurred during infants' NNU admissions. Births <32+0 weeks have significantly higher costs than term births. There is an economic justification to research therapies that reduce iatrogenic preterm birth. @UCL_IfWH @uclh @FP7EVERREST
And that's a wrap! 🕺🏻🪩🍕 After a year of hard work, lectures, research, and growth, @UCL_IfWH and @uclpophealthsci students came together to celebrate the end of an incredible year 🎉 Many thanks to the IfWH Student Committee for planning this event to perfection!
Many congratulations to @UCL_IfWH's Dr Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj and the team for receiving the ROK-UK Smart Clinical Trials Collaboration award 👏 #WomensHealth #UCL #ClinicalTrials
7 UK-Republic of Korea research teams have secured funding from NIHR and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute for smart clinical trials. They will investigate: 🧩 AI for improved diagnoses, assurance processes and inclusive research 📲 Wearable technology for enhanced…
Proud #PhD supervisors at #UCLNeuroscienceSymposium2025 - fantastic #PhD research by Runci Li on #microglia in #brain and #eye during early #development - #biomarkerdiscovery #stroke #neuroscience with @MariyaHristov12 @UCL_IfWH @UniWestminster @PADs_CNS