Description: Joyce started working on preimplantation genetic diagnosis in 1992, originally at the Hammersmith Hospital with Alan Handyside and Robert Winston and then she
When Joyce was in her twenties she started working in the field of fertility and she often had conversations with friends about their bodies and their fertility. At this time she read ‘Ourbody, ourselves’ and felt it was a book that every woman should read…
Joyce started working on preimplantation genetic diagnosis in 1992, originally at the Hammersmith Hospital with Alan Handyside and Robert Winston and then she set up UCL Centre for PGD with Joy Delhanty. Joyce ran her first PGD workshop as a joint venture with the Hammersmith Hospital and UCL in 1996 as she felt it was important to give hands on training in these highly specialized techniques.
Since 1996 she has run annual or bi-annual workshops at UCL covering hands on lab techniques involved in PGD and IVF. She has run over 40 workshops in many countries, including South Africa, Australia, Egypt and India. Over the years she has trained hundreds of people in embryology and PGD.