- 5 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on 8 октября 2019
- Ends on 12 ноября 2019
Human Reproduction: Sex, Science and Society
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10 h
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Syllabus
Week 1: Gametes, Fertilization & Conception
- Sex hormones & reproductive systems
- Eggs & sperm
- Fertilisation & implantation
- Obstacles to conception
- Social policy and fertility rates: global trends in fertility
- Projection of Australia’s population
- Policy options to decrease or increase fertility
- Historical changes in fertility rates
- Placentation
- Fetal development/maternal adaptation to pregnancy/ Labour
- Pregnancy and complications
- Developmental origins of health & disease
- Sociological approaches to the intergenerational cycle of disease
- Social aspects of pregnancy and childbirth
- The history and importance of contraception
- Methods of Contraception
- Effectiveness and Health Risks
- New technologies in male contraception
- Contraceptive use in Australia
- Biological sexual differentiation
- The social construction of sex and sexuality
- Psychiatry and homosexuality
- Infertility
- Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs)
- ARTs: now and the future
- Ethics of ARTs
- Surrogacy case study
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
John Aitken
Laureate Professor, Pro Vice-Chancellor Health and Medicine (Biological Sciences), Director of Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Jessie Sutherland
NHMRC Early Career Fellow, School of Biomedical Science & Pharmacy
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Alan Hayes AM
Distinguished Professor of Family Studies and Director, Family Action Centre School of Health Sciences
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Kirsty Pringle
ARC Future Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy (Pharmacy and Experimental Pharmacology)
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Ann Taylor
Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science (Sociology and Anthropology)
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Catherine Chojenta
Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Health and Medicine
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Jacqueline Coombe
PhD Candidate Research, School of Medicine and Public Health
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Marguerite Johnson
Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Science (Classics)
The University of Newcastle, Australia
James Bennett
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science (History)
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Daniela Heil
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science (Sociology and Anthropology)
The University of Newcastle, Australia
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