Award-winning professor to give menopause talk at University
An internationally renowned, award-winning educator will be a guest speaker at a University of Chester public lecture on September 16.
As part of the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology’s 46th Annual Conference, Professor Joyce Harper will give a talk titled ‘Towards a new understanding of menopause: Growth and empowerment’, from 4-5pm. The talk will take place at the Best Building on the University’s Exton Park campus.
Joyce is Professor of Reproductive Science at University College London, Institute for Women’s Health. She has worked in the fields of fertility, genetics and reproductive science since 1987, written over 240 scientific papers, and published four books. Her topics of interest are women’s health, menstruation, fertility, menopause, reproductive health education, health and lifestyle.
Her last book, Your Fertile Years: What you need to know to make informed choices, explores women’s health from puberty to menopause. Her new book, Your Joyful Years: Empowering good health and happiness beyond 50, is an Amazon bestseller and shares the wisdom of 50 women over 50 who are thriving. She is currently writing her final book in the series, Your Final Years, about death and grief.
Joyce is also an ambassador for Wellbeing of Women and is working on establishing support for mothers and daughters suffering from endometriosis and education about periods in schools. Additionally, she is an ambassador for Pads on a Roll, a product which gives free period pads in toilet cubicles.
Tickets for the public lecture are free and placed can be reserved via Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/society-for-reproductive-and-infant-psychology-public-lecture-2026-tickets-1998215629739?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Founded in 1980, the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology is an international organisation and charity which recognises that reproduction is a complex, challenging and multifaceted area which is of social, scientific and medical concern. For more information, visit https://www.srip.org/.
The annual conference has been organised by Psychology Senior Lecturer Dr Liane Hayes, who said: “We are delighted that Professor Harper will be giving the public lecture at our SRIP conference this year, and I look forward to welcoming her to the University of Chester. The conference and this lecture will be of great interest to those studying – or looking to study – our MSc Family and Child Psychology programme.”