The Research Team

The study is led by Professor Lorraine Culley at De Montfort University in Leicester, and is being carried out by an interdisciplinary team with expertise from the areas of sociology, nursing, reproductive science, social work and health services research.

Principal Investigator

Professor Lorraine Culley

Professor of Social Science and Health, Deputy Director Mary Seacole Research Centre De Montfort University t: +44 (0) 116 2757753 e: lac@dmu.ac.uk

Project researcher and co-applicant:

Dr Nicky Hudson

Senior Research Fellow, School of Applied Social Sciences, De Montfort University. T: +44 (0) 116 2078766, e: nhudson@dmu.ac.uk

Co-applicants:

Professor Eric Blyth

Professor of Social Work, University of Huddersfield t: +44 (0) 1484 472457 e: e.d.blyth@hud.ac.uk

Dr Allan Pacey

Senior Lecturer in Andrology, University of Sheffield. T: 44 (0) 114 226 8290 e: a.pacey@sheffield.ac.uk

Ms Wendy Norton

Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing, De Montfort University T:+44 (0)116 2013810 E: WNorton@dmu.ac.uk

Professor Frances Rapport

Professor of Qualitative Health Research, University of Swansea. T: +44 (0) 1792 513497 e: f.l.rapport@swan.ac.uk