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Becky’s spectacular trek through the Knuckles mountains
Supporting our long and continuing research journey, Becky Honour scaled Sri Lanka’s Knuckles mountain range – and you can help her hit her fundraising goal here ! Below,…
20 Years of Baby Loss Awareness and Research
For 20 years, Baby Loss Awareness Week has opened up conversations about pregnancy loss and infant mortality, developing the understanding of how we can process our grief…
Charity Update
We are grateful for Dyan Sterling for her 2 years’ service as CEO of the Trust, which came to an end as a result of the decision to restructure the charity. We thank her …
“Future Focus” Fundraiser
The Covid-19 pandemic has been tough for all of us and we hope that you and your families are managing to cope in your circumstances. We mainly raise funds through events…
Infant Mental Health Awareness Must Begin Before Birth
During this year’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (7-13 June), we should remember that a baby’s mental health begins before birth, with the mother’s; both in pregnan…
Council gives leave to staff suffering baby loss
Barking and Dagenham is the first UK council to offer full-paid leave to employees who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth. The new policy offers a week off work to…
Black Maternal Death raised in Parliament
Yesterday, the House of Commons acknowledged racial inequality in relation to maternal deaths. The discussion came about in response to a petition started by Tinuke Awe a…
Mental health hubs to support new and bereaved mothers
We are delighted to learn that new mental health centres will support new, expectant and bereaved mothers. The hubs will offer maternity services, reproductive health and…
The Gut Microbiome and PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome)
Comment from Genesis Trustee and leading PCOS expert, Professor Stephen Franks, following publication of The Gut Microbiome in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Its Associati…
International Women’s Day 2021: Choose To Challenge
This year’s International Women’s Day theme – “Choose To Challenge” – is especially appropriate for Genesis. For many years, many women have chosen to take on our fundrai…
Lord Winston Invites Doctors to Improve Diagnosis on Fertility
Professor Lord Winston is hosting a ground-breaking conference for GPs and family doctors to help them improve diagnosis around fertility problems. Infertility is extreme…
Baby Loss Awareness Week 2020
Baby Loss Awareness Week (9 th -15 th October) encourages us all to acknowledge both individual tragedies as well as the broader scale of fatal problems with pregnancy. T…
Online Memoir Writing Course
Wednesday 9 th September 2020, 17:30 On Wednesday 9th September, we were delighted to once again welcome Emma Darwall Smith from Communication Collective as she led us th…
Genesis Research Trust restructuring announcement
Our events have been extraordinarily successful over years and we raised substantial sums as many of our supporters will know personally. Genesis Research Trust is deeply…
My Prudential Ride Supporter story
Despite the loss of various exciting challenges from this year’s calendar, including the long-anticipated Cycle Northern Vietnam, our fantastic supporters remain active. …
Sell, Shop and Support Online
Love Shopping? You can now support Genesis Research Trust when shopping online. AmazonSmile 0.5% of your spend on AmazonSmile purchases will be donated to us if you selec…
Online Mask Making Video
Make your own mask demonstration On Thursday 21st May we were pleased to offer a free mask making demonstration by Genesis supporter, Nancy Lee. As some of you may know, …
Janet’s 2.6 Challenge
The 2.6 Challenge is a nationwide virtual fundraiser, encouraging people across the UK to dream up an activity based on the numbers 2.6 or 26 and complete it on or after …
COVID-19’s heartbreaking impact on IVF treatment
Many women have been trying to come to terms with the news that their IVF clinic has been forced to close, meaning cancelled treatment cycles. While this pause is necessa…
Political Parties’ Promising Perinatal Health Pledges: Win for PCBN
The four main political parties’ freshly published manifestos each includes commitments to reduce baby loss and increase neonatal care. This is a wonderful result for the…
Ask Robert – Live #2
Following much positive feedback for our first Ask Robert — Live webinar (below) , we’ll host another on: Wednesday 22 nd January, 13:00-14:00 GMT The webinar can be foun…
Celebrating Our Long-Running Obstetrics Conference
We recently hosted the 25th “Medical Complications In Pregnancy” conference at the Royal College of Physicians, London. The course presented the latest obstetric research…
The State of IVF: Comments from Lord Winston during Fertility Week
Professor Robert Winston (Photo – Murray Sanders) Professor Robert Winston, Chairman of the Genesis Research Trust, has warned doctors are failing to diagnose the real ca…
40 Years of Fertility Research
Fertility Week (28th October – 3rd November 2019) is a fantastic campaign from Fertility Network UK to open up the conversation about various aspects of conception. Each …
Croatian Cycle Challenge Success!
In October twelve of our dedicated supporters took on an epic challenge to cycle Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast to raise vital funds for our work at the leading edge of obstet…
Our #FakeSmileSelfie Campaign
#FakeSmileSelfie: What is the campaign and Why join in? With 1 in 4 pregnancies ending in miscarriage and 9 babies stillborn every day, many women are privately grieving …
Ask Robert – Live: Facebook Webinar with Prof Robert Winston
We are excited to announce our free of charge webinar giving you the opportunity to see Professor Robert Winston answer your fertility questions. Tuesday 3 rd September a…
We Now Stream Our Conferences Worldwide
For 29 years, the medical conferences hosted by Genesis Research Trust’s Symposium Office have welcomed tens of thousands of delegates from across the world to hear from …
Breakthrough Could Reduce Stillbirth
Clinical research part-funded by GRT and led by GRT trustee Professor Catherine Williamson (pictured) , has found a better way to measure the risk of stillbirth for women…
Raising the Profile of Perinatal Mental Health
Our conference, Begin Before Birth, spotlighted various important, interesting and sometimes sensitive issues relating to mental health for expectant mothers and their ch…
Baby Loss Awareness Week: A United Voice
Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15 October 2019) offers a platform for all charities who work towards improving rates of healthy births, such as Genesis Research Trust, to wo…
ONS Publishes Stillbirth / Neonatal Mortality / Infant Mortality Statistics
Today the government published the latest figures stillbirth in England; for 2017. Key points, comparing with equivalent 2016 figures: 1 Infant mortality (under one-year-…
Moving forwards from the first pre-eclampsia parliamentary debate
Pre-eclampsia was discussed in parliament for the first time on 9 th May, coinciding with world pre-eclampsia awareness month. Pre-eclampsia inhibits the blood supply to …
Cycle Northern Vietnam 2020 challenge on Mumsnet.com
We are delighted that Mumsnet have offered to promote our fundraising initiatives. Mumsnet has created a wonderful community, truly leveraging the power of the internet, …
Leading the Way in Obstetrics
Expert Pregnancy Imaging 2019 featured a fair few “firsts” as part of presenting leading-edge thinking and research, chaired by highly-experienced and -esteemed clinician…
Argentina to Chile Cycle 2019
In February, 38 of our wonderful supporters completed the Argentina to Chile cycle – one of our toughest challenges ever! The demanding adventure through Patagonia took o…
Celebrating Inspirational Women
We’re celebrating #InternationalWomensDay all week by showcasing inspirational women – champions of Genesis, plus this year’s theme; #BalanceForBetter. Follow our Twitter…
Challenge Event Reunion
Our Chairman, Professor Robert Winston, recently hosted our first ever reunion event to celebrate the incredible people who have taken part in our challenges over the yea…
March Of Dimes Opens Prematurity Research Centre At Imperial College London
Led by Professor Phil Bennett of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Imperial’s Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, the new centre, which opened in November 20…
Star Supporters Speak Out On IVF In Evening Standard
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Thank you, Barrett&Coe
At Genesis Research Trust, we would like to express our most sincere thanks and appreciation to Barrett & Coe for their most generous donation of £5000. Presented to our …
Baby Loss Awareness Week 2018
The UK’s biggest fertility research charity, Genesis Research Trust, warns the causes of baby loss are ‘under-researched’ with a ‘hidden psychological burden’ that’s not …
Effects of repeated pregnancy loss on maternal depression and anxiety
Written by: Vivette Glover, Professor of Perinatal Psychobiology In the UK, 1 in 4 pregnancies end in loss during pregnancy or birth, with 684 babies miscarried and 9 bab…
Special Issue of Reproduction Guest Edited by Professor Robert Winston
As guest editor of a special issue of Reproduction celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first successful human IVF baby, Professor Robert Winston highlights concerns t…
40th Anniversary of IVF a “moment for most serious reflection”
Professor Lord Winston , Chairman of Genesis Research Trust, has said the anniversary of the birth of the world’s first IVF baby, Louise Brown, should mark a ‘moment for …
Half of premature births could be prevented
Pioneering research has unlocked a possible prevention for up to half of all premature births, the biggest cause of death for children under five worldwide. Scientists fr…
International Day of the Midwife 2018
This fantastic video was made by Alison Perry, Research Midwife at Women’s Health Research Centre , Imperial College London.…
Thank You Card to our research participants
Written by: Hanine Fourie On International Women’s Day, a Thank You Card to our research participants My name is Hanine and I am a doctor specialising in women’s health. …
Celebrating women
Written by: Lynn Sykes Thursday 8 th March marks International Women’s day, which provides an opportunity to highlight the diverse roles and achievements of women through…
Antenatal depression and anxiety
Written by: Vivette Glover, Professor of Perinatal Psychobiology Although most women bloom during pregnancy, a sizeable minority do not. About 15% of women suffer from di…
#PressforProgress
Written by: Julia Margo, CEO of Genesis Research Trust This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first IVF baby. Since then, so many critical breakthroughs have been de…