Lunch Hour Lecture: Disorders of Human Reproduction in the Anthropocene

UCL Minds

The Anthropocene is the new period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. In my presentation, I will discuss the diseases of human reproduction resulting from major changes in: our mode of giving birth with caesarean section rates having risen from 15% in the last century to over 50% in many countries of the world; in exposure to different types of environmental pollution on pregnancy outcomes and in our new eating habits on parental obesity, fetal development and childhood diabetes. I will present the increasing strong epidemiological evidence showing how these 21st human-influenced changes have impacted perinatal morbidity and mortality reversing many of the gains made possible by the scientific discoveries and development in health care provision during the previous century. Date: 4th May 2021 About the speaker: Professor Eric Jauniaux, Professor in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, EGA Institute for Women Health, Faculty of Live Science, UCL Free to attend, live stream or watch online: Visit Lunch Hour Lectures YouTube page. More info : events.ucl.ac.uk/lhl Join the conversation on Twitter at #UCLMinds #MadeAtUCL