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South Asia Group

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Location: AO23 Social Studies Building

Wednesday 16 April 2008 

9:00 am- 9:30 am: Coffee 

Morning Session: 9:30 am- 1:15 pm

Theme: Science, Health and Society: South Asians & Reproductive Health

Prof Mark Johnson (Chair) 

Session 1 – Prenatal Health, Fertility Treatment & Sex Selection 

9:30am     Prenatal health of South Asian women and the effect on offspring 

                 Dr. Sara Saravanan, ÌÇÐÄTV Medical School 

10:00am   British South Asians: Social meanings of infertility and son preference

                  Prof. Lorraine Culley, De Montfort University 

10:30am    General Discussion:
                 
Key issues associated with South Asians & prenatal health/ fertility treatment 

11:00 am   Coffee break 

Session 2 – Prenatal Sex Selection 

11:15am    Birth gender patterns in India: Current status

                  Dr. Sabu George, New Delhi 

11:45am    Non-invasive fetal DNA tests: New tool for sex selection?

                  Dr. Leeza Osipenko, ÌÇÐÄTV Medical School 

12:15am     Legal issues associated with sex selection

                   Dr. Dania Thomas, Keele 

12:45pm     General Discussion: Key issues associated with prenatal sex selection 

Lunch:  1:15 pm-2:00 pm

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