Dr Valerie Shaikly

Dr Valerie Shaikly is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews and a Volunteer at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). She is a clinical embryologist, and is also a consultant clinical scientist specialising in genomic medicine within reproductive science. She is a founding Partner at Fertility Genetics, Chair of Examiners for Reproductive Science at the Royal College of Pathologists (where she is also a Fellow), Training Lead for support staff at the Association of Reproductive Clinical Scientists, and a Fellow of the Academy for Healthcare Science and the Institute of Biomedical Science. She has a PhD in Reproductive Immunology from the University of Essex, and an MSc in Health Promotion from the University of East London. She originally studied Molecular Biology at the University of York, and went on to train in Embryology at Hammersmith Hospital under the tutorship of Professor Lord Robert Winston.
BioNews Comment articles written by Dr Valerie Shaikly:
Lessons from Lockdown: How to Improve Support for Fertility Patients |
9 November 2020 - by Dr Valerie Shaikly |
On the day England went into its second national lockdown the Progress Educational Trust (PET), the charity that publishes BioNews, held a timely online event, provided a poignant review and discussion on the experience of fertility patients during the first national lockdown... [Read More] |
IVF: A Test Case – Whether, When and How Clinics Should Test Patients and Staff for COVID-19 |
3 August 2020 - by Dr Valerie Shaikly |
A timely review and discussion of best practice, guidelines and practical realities surrounding COVID, with an emphasis on testing... [Read More] |
Beyond Regulation: Shining a Light on Fertility Treatment |
6 January 2020 - by Dr Valerie Shaikly |
The third session of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) 2019 annual conference, 'Beyond Regulation: Shining a Light on Fertility Treatment', was chaired by Alastair McLellan, the editor of the Health Service Journal... [Read More] |
Q&A with Sally Cheshire |
17 December 2018 - by Dr Valerie Shaikly |
A summary of the Q&A session with Sally Cheshire, Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, at the Progress Educational Trust's 2018 Annual Conference... [Read More] |
The 14-day rule: calling time on embryo research |
9 January 2017 - by Dr Valerie Shaikly |
The second session of the Progress Educational Trust's annual conference 'Rethinking the Ethics of Embryo Research: Genome Editing, 14 Days and Beyond', looked at new embryo images that have potential to challenge the 14-day rule and discussed the potential benefits of extending the rule beyond the existing time limit... [Read More] |
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