Ginny Mounce
PhD
Research Midwife
Ginny is Research Midwife for the UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS), the UK-wide infrastructure which supports national observational studies and surveys of practice in midwifery units across the UK, and part of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care. She has worked at the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health for several years, mainly involved in studies that focus on infertility and fertility treatments, such as the STAR PGS study, HABSelect, Endometrial Scratch and E-Freeze
In 2017 she was awarded her PhD from the University of Surrey for her thesis, an ethnography of couples’ experiences of the early ‘infertility journey’. She is particularly interested in using qualitative methodologies as an alternative research paradigm, for example in investigating patient experiences, to complement traditional clinical research. Prior to this she worked as a hospital based midwife in several settings, including time in the midwife-led birthing unit in Oxford.
Recent publications
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Successful integration of newborn genetic testing into UK routine screening using prospective consent to determine eligibility for clinical trials.
Journal article
Bendor-Samuel OM. et al, (2022), Arch Dis Child
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'Just have some IVF!': A longitudinal ethnographic study of couples' experiences of seeking fertility treatment.
Journal article
Mounce G. et al, (2022), Sociol Health Illn
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The use of phospholipase C zeta (PLC) analysis to identify candidates for artificial oocyte activation (AOA): a case series of clinical pregnancies and a proposed algorithm for patient management
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COWARD K. et al, (2020), Fertility and Sterility
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An integrative literature review of psychosocial factors in the transition to parenthood following non-donor-assisted reproduction compared with spontaneously conceiving couples
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Allan HT. et al, (2019), Human Fertility, 1 - 18
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In vitro decidualisation of human endometrial stromal cells is enhanced by seminal fluid extracellular vesicles.
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Rodriguez-Caro H. et al, (2019), J Extracell Vesicles, 8