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Our custom built training suite in Manchester
CARE Fertility’s training suite is a state of the art facility for training and educating in IVF technologies.
The training suite is flexible and facilitates customisable training as well as structured short courses and workshops. It has a large laboratory area, for technical and hands-on training as well as a lecture zone and focus groups with 4K audio visual equipment, including a live link up to our onsite clinical laboratory.
The primary focus of all short training courses is practical hands-on training. This is complimented with expert demonstrations, observation of clinical practice and theoretical training.
CARE Fertility has a world-class innovative pedigree. Our Group employs over 60 scientists who conduct around 8,000 fresh and frozen treatments per year.
We consider training and development of scientists very important and offer short group courses from the very basic, essential skills to the most technically advanced.
We’ve had more than 2,000 babies born from time lapse technology and have published several papers
and an Atlas on time lapse embryology. We have well established programs for chromosome and genetic disease (PGT-M) testing of embryos; having pioneered and reported the first live birth using full comprehensive (24) chromosome screening.
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Louise Best
Louise Best is CARE Fertility’s Group Embryology Support and Improvement Lead. Louise also coordinates CARE Fertility’s training courses. Louise has vast experience in trouble-shooting, teaching and training and is a very experienced embryo biopsy practitioner and assessor.
She has worked in the field of embryology for over 20 years, in several settings. Louise is a key member of CARE’s Laboratory Management team, leads our witnessing and traceability focus group and is a member of the UK’s regulatory body’s (HFEA) licensed centres panel.
Alison Campbell
Alison Campbell is CARE’s Director of Embryology. Alison has 25 years experience in IVF and has worked at several clinics across the world during her career and has played a key role in establishing and improving IVF laboratories. Alison leads the team of 60 embryologists, across the eight CARE Fertility clinics in the UK and Ireland. Her role involves driving standards, best practice and leading research and development across the sites, where embryology practice is aligned and continuous improvement a priority.
Alison is an experienced registered clinical embryologist, a member of the Alpha executive board and a Diplomate of the Royal College of Pathologists. She was instrumental in the first clinical application of time-lapse microscopy in the UK and is well published in the field. Alison Campbell and Prof. Simon Fishel recently edited the first monograph on time lapse embryology – Atlas of time lapse embryology. Alison has a passion for training and development of embryologists and is very much involved in the short course and workshop design in this training facility.
Kathryn Berrisford
Kathryn Berrisford is the Laboratory Manager at CARE Nottingham, and has been part of the CARE team since 1999. Kathryn is a state registered clinical scientist and has a wealth of experience in all aspects of clinical embryology and was involved in the development of the CARE genetic testing service and the implementation of ICSI and biopsy practitioner training and assessment programs at CARE. She has also been and continues to be a licensee and Person Responsible for a number of HFEA research projects at CARE Nottingham.
Simon Fishel
Professor Simon Fishel is the Founder and President of the CARE Fertility Group – the UK’s largest independent provider of fertility services. He began his research career at the University of Cambridge in 1975 with Bob Edwards, who was responsible with Patrick Steptoe for the birth of the first IVF baby in 1978.
He has published over 200 papers and three books and, with Alison Campbell, the first atlas of time-lapse images of the human embryo.
His pioneering work in the field of IVF has resulted in many honorary awards from around the world. In 1997 he was awarded a Personal Professional Chair in Human Reproduction, is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and in 2009 was honoured by the Liverpool John Moores University with their highest award of ‘University Fellow’ for “outstanding contribution to science and to humanity”. Simon’s interests span all elements of Human Reproduction, fertility and embryology and IVF technologies in particular.
Louise Best
Louise Best is CARE Fertility’s Group Embryology Support and Improvement Lead. Louise also coordinates CARE Fertility’s training courses. Louise has vast experience in trouble-shooting, teaching and training and is a very experienced embryo biopsy practitioner and assessor.
She has worked in the field of embryology for over 20 years, in several settings. Louise is a key member of CARE’s Laboratory Management team, leads our witnessing and traceability focus group and is a member of the UK’s regulatory body’s (HFEA) licensed centres panel.
Alison Campbell
Alison Campbell is CARE’s Director of Embryology. Alison has 25 years experience in IVF and has worked at several clinics across the world during her career and has played a key role in establishing and improving IVF laboratories. Alison leads the team of 60 embryologists, across the eight CARE Fertility clinics in the UK and Ireland. Her role involves driving standards, best practice and leading research and development across the sites, where embryology practice is aligned and continuous improvement a priority.
Alison is an experienced registered clinical embryologist, a member of the Alpha executive board and a Diplomate of the Royal College of Pathologists. She was instrumental in the first clinical application of time-lapse microscopy in the UK and is well published in the field. Alison Campbell and Prof. Simon Fishel recently edited the first monograph on time lapse embryology – Atlas of time lapse embryology. Alison has a passion for training and development of embryologists and is very much involved in the short course and workshop design in this training facility.
Kathryn Berrisford
Kathryn Berrisford is the Laboratory Manager at CARE Nottingham, our original centre and central office location. Kathryn is a state registered clinical scientist and has a wealth of experience in all aspects of clinical embryology and is renowned for her patient and supportive style of training.
Kathryn has a special interest in culture media and environments and monitoring of clinical results.
Simon Fishel
Professor Simon Fishel is the Founder and President of the CARE Fertility Group – the UK’s largest independent provider of fertility services. He began his research career at the University of Cambridge in 1975 with Bob Edwards, who was responsible with Patrick Steptoe for the birth of the first IVF baby in 1978.
He has published over 200 papers and three books and, with Alison Campbell, the first atlas of time-lapse images of the human embryo.
His pioneering work in the field of IVF has resulted in many honorary awards from around the world. In 1997 he was awarded a Personal Professional Chair in Human Reproduction, is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and in 2009 was honoured by the Liverpool John Moores University with their highest award of ‘University Fellow’ for “outstanding contribution to science and to humanity”. Simon’s interests span all elements of Human Reproduction, fertility and embryology and IVF technologies in particular.