WHO WE ARE
Our Ethos & History
The Centre for human Reproductive Science (ChRS) motto is “Future Generations”. This encompasses our focus as a team who are passionate about scientifically understanding fertility problems and engaging with patients and public in informed debate about reproduction. 
ChRS has a multidisciplinary team of scientists, clinicians, and researchers based at the University of Birmingham.
Established in 2006, we act as the collaborative research partner of clinical fertility services, working closely with the Birmingham Women’s Fertility Centre at Birmingham Women’s Hospital and University of Birmingham’s Medical School.
Our research interests unite to discover incisive answers in our field. This encompasses creating internationally-leading understanding of the sperm tail through to improving the support and information to individuals, couples, offspring and donors.
Our role is to study how human reproduction works and improve fertility treatments, rather than directly treating patients.
WE FOCUS ON:
- Understanding male factor infertility
- Guiding how male fertility is assessed for contraception
- Investigating causes of infertility and miscarriage, and the role of sperm
- Developing new diagnostic tools and IVF techniques
- Running clinical trials to improve success rates of fertility treatments (e.g.HABSelect and UNiTY)
- Bridging lab research with real-world care (“translational medicine”)
- Engaging with patients and the public to create resources which improve public education on fertility, particularly non-English speaking communities
We are licensed to conduct research involving human reproductive material (including sperm and eggs) under strict ethical regulation.
Our motto is “Future Generations” as a big part of what we do aims to ensure the health of not just our children but understanding the impact on their children too – enabling and protecting the health of our future generations.
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We are passionate about making fertility and reproductive education accessible and freely available to the public. Everyone deserves to understand their body, their rights and any potential treatment processes they may go through, not only so they know what to expect but also so they can give fully informed consent.
We are committed to ensuring educational resources are available in multiple languages, with a focus on visual and audible content so that written language is not a barrier.
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History of fertility at the University of Birmingham
Birmingham and the University of Birmingham in particular, has a rich and notable history of reproduction research.
We are lucky to count in our history: