UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health

15/09/2025

Join UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health for Professor Jane Hirst's Invited Lecture as part of The Edward Holme Public Lecture Series: Protecting pregnant women and babies from extreme heat in a warming planet.

Professor Jane Hirst is an academic consultant obstetrician, Chair of Global Women’s Health at Imperial College London, and Director of Women’s Health at the The George Institute for Global Health

📆 Thursday 18 September 2025
⏰ 17.00 - 19.00
📍 UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

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Join Professor Jane Hirst for a lecture addressing the growing threat of extreme heat to pregnant women and newborns, which is part of the Edward Holme Public Lecture Series 2025.

25/08/2025

Fantastic discussion from Professor Joyce Harper (UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health) on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour about removing the stigma of menstruation and why she’s calling for schools to educate boys & girls on periods together.

Catch up now (from 39 mins, 15 seconds) ⬇️

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20/08/2025

A new UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health study, co-authored by Professor Joyce Harper, Caroline Musulin and Natania Yesh*tila, examines how schoolchildren are being given insufficient information about periods.

The study argues that lessons focus too narrowly on basic biological facts, with not enough information about how menstruation can affect wellbeing, problems with menstrual bleeding, and its impact on physical and academic performance.

While some schools still choose to separate boys and girls to allow for sensitive discussions, the study says mixed lessons are important for developing a broader understanding and helping boys better understand and support their friends and future partners.

Professor Joyce Harper (UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health), who led the research said: “Educating pupils about periods may now be compulsory in schools in England and Wales, but we know that for many of them that still only amounts to two lessons in their entire school career. Our survey suggests that those lessons are still very much concerned with the basic biological facts around menstruation."

Learn more here:

🔗 http://bit.ly/4fHeHDA

Mixed classes would widen children’s understanding and reduce stigma and disinformation about periods, researchers say

20/08/2025

14/08/2025

Congratulations to everyone receiving their A-Level results today!
If you’re joining us this September, welcome to UCL. 💜

Got questions about Results Day, visit our website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/your-results

08/08/2025

“Testosterone is certainly a hot topic at the moment…it certainly does in women help our s*xual function, it also contributes to our muscles, our mood, our bone health and our vitality,” said Professor Joyce Harper (UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health) to BBC Radio 4 'Woman's Hour'.

Listen here (from 5 mins):

🔗 http://bit.ly/4lha18s

Listener Week continues as we bring your stories, ideas and dilemmas to the air.

07/08/2025

In her latest article, Professor Bola Grace (UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health) discusses how ideas can be crosspollinated across sectors to advance women's health. The article also includes the E3 framework for tech maturity in women's health.

Learn more here:

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