Professor Joyce Harper is going to start each new podcast season with a podcast by herself where she will update you on what she has been up to in the previous year. In 2023 she started the podcast and had 25 guests, plus herself, talking about many health topics, but mainly reproductive health. The podcast has been listened to in 72 countries.
Joyce explains her main research projects. Her work as chair of the International Reproductive Health Education Collaboration (IRHEC) has resulted in 6 videos of personal stories, the teachers educational resource, an update of the fertility education poster and the preparation of 12 public information leaflets (www.eshre.eu/IRHEC).
In 2023 her research on menopause led her to set up the development of the UK menopause education and support programme with Shema, Polly, Nicky and Florrie. The project will be inclusive and co-designed with the public. Joyce also shares how difficult juggling our work/life balance can be. In 2024, she will be interviewing 50 women over 50 who feel they are (mostly) happy to discuss a range of topics which she will share in her next book.
Professor Joyce Harper
Podcast Episodes

Episode 6 – Professor Helen O’Connell: The clitoris; The great unknown
Season 3 / Episode 5 - 19 Mar...

Episode 5 – Dr. Pippa Sangster: Understanding the penis and testicles
Season 3 / Episode 5 - 5 Mar Dr. Pippa...

Episode 4 – Dr. Anita Mitra the Gynae Geek: Understanding the womb, fallopian tubes and ovaries
Season 3 / Episode 4 - 19 FEB Dr....

Episode 3 – Dr. Tasha Gandamihardja: Understanding breasts
Season 3 / Episode 3 - 5 FEB Dr. Tasha...

Episode 2 – Dr. Aziza Sesay: Understanding the vulva, vagina and cervix
Season 3 / Episode 2 - 22 January Dr....

Episode 1 – Professor Joyce Harper: Nurturing your good health and happiness
Season 3 / Episode 1 - 8 January...

Episode 27 – Sheree Hargreaves – Life of POI – Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
Season 2 / Episode 27 - 30 December...

Episode 26 – Professor Helena Teede – Understanding polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Season 2 / Episode 26 - 18 December...

Episode 25 – Professor Ertan Saridogan – Understanding endometriosis
Season 2 / Episode 25 - 11 December...

Episode 24 – Dr Jackie Maybin – Understanding your menstrual cycle and period
Season 2 / Episode 24 - 27 November Dr...

Episode 23 – Eleanor Mills: Much more to come
Season 2 / Episode 23 - 13 November...

Episode 22 – Bukky Ayoade: Your Vibrant Midlife
Season 2 / Episode 22 - 30 October...

Episode 21 – Dr. Stella Duffy, What is it like to be postmenopausal?
Season 2 / Episode 21 - 16 October...

Episode 20 – Rachel Peru: Liberte: Free to Be
Season 2 / Episode 20 - 2 October...

Episode 19 – Kate Codrington: Second Spring
Season 2 / Episode 19 - 18 September...

Episode 18 – Jody Day: Childlessness
Season 2 / Episode 18 - 4 September...

Episode 17 – Dr Zeynep Gurtin: Motherhood over 40
Season 2 / Episode 17 - 21 August Dr...

Episode 16 – Dr Lucy van de Wiel: Freezing fertility: is egg freezing the answer?
Season 2 / Episode 16 - 8 August Dr...

Episode 15 – Mel Johnson: Solo motherhood
Season 2 / Episode 15 - 24 July Mel...

Episode 14 – Professor Tim Child: How to get pregnant naturally and with assisted conception
Season 2 / Episode 14 - 11 July...

Episode 13 – Athena Lamnisos: Making the 5 (yes, FIVE) gynaecological cancers more visible
Season 2 / Episode 13 - 27 June Athena...

Episode 12 – Susan Saunders: How to age well
Season 2 / Episode 12 - 12 June Susan...

Episode 11 – Mel Berry: Her Spirit – getting women fit and healthy
Season 2 / Episode 11 - 29 May Mel...

Episode 10 – Laura Spoelstra: Mental health: more than just a buzz word
Season 2 / Episode 10 - 15 May Laura...

Episode 9 – Dr Tessa Copp: Is women’s health tech empowerment or exploitation?
Season 2 / Episode 9 - 1 May Dr Tessa...

Episode 8 – Prof Dame Lesley Regan, The Women’s Health Strategy
Season 2 / Episode 8 - 16 April Prof...

Episode 7 – Lavina Mehta MBE: The Feel Good Fix
Season 2 / Episode 7 - 3 April Lavina...

Episode 6 – Professor Mike Tipton: Cold water swimming, The Benefits & Dangers
Season 2 / Episode 6 - 20 March...

Episode 5 – Dr Philippa Kaye: A better world for women
Season 2 / Episode 5 - 8 March Dr...

Episode 4 – Dr. Neil Stanley: How to sleep well
Season 2 /Episode 4 - 28 February Dr....

Episode 3 – Dr Naomi Sutton: The Sex Clinic
Season 2 /Episode 3 - 14 February Dr...

Episode 2 – Baz Moffat – The Female Body Bible
Season 2 /Episode 2 - 31 JanUary Baz...

Episode 26 – Clare Fone: Exercise is just movement with purpose.
Episode 26 - 20 December Clare Fone...

Episode 25 – Dr Nicky Keay – Exercise 4 Woman’s Health
Episode 25 - 6 December Dr Nicky...

Episode 24 – Claire Dale: Physical Intelligence
Episode 24 - 22 November Claire Dale:...

Episode 23 – Dr Elina Berglund Scherwitzl: The power of big data in women’s health
Episode 23 - 8 November Dr Elina...

Episode 22 – Rachel Lankaster: Magnificent Midlife
Episode 22 - 18 October Rachel...

Episode 21 – Mr Vikram Talaulikar : A clinicians perspective on current menopause treatment
Episode 21 - 11 October Mr Vikram...

Episode 20 – Sian Richardson, The Bluetits Chill Swimmers
Episode 20 - 1 October Sian...

Episode 19 – Professor Isaac Manyonda: Menopause and HRT – medicalising a natural transition or addressing a vast unmet need in women’s health!?
Episode 19 - 27 September Professor...

Episode 18 Professor Susan Davis – Making sense of the Menopause
Episode 18 - 13 September 2023...

Episode 17 Dr Karin Hammarberg – Lets talk about reproductive health education
Episode 17 - 30 August Dr Karin...

Episode 16 David Wood: The Abolition of Aging
Episode 16 - 16 August David Wood:...

Episode 15 – Dr Nighat Arif, The Knowledge Your Guide to Female Health – From Menstruation to the Menopause
Episode 15 - 2 August 2023 Dr Nighat...

Episode 14 – Dr Liz O’Riordan: Under The Knife – Life Lessons From The Operating Theatre
Episode 14 - 19 July 2023 Dr Liz...

Episode 13 – Toby Trice: Racing for fertility
Episode 13 - 5 July Toby Trice: Racing...

Episode 12: Dr Shema Tariq: Mothering against the odds: surviving infertility, baby loss and postnatal
Episode 12 - 21 JUNE Dr Shema Tariq:...

Episode 11: Dr Jen Gunter: From Vagina Bible to Menopause Manifesto.
Episode 11 - 7 June Dr Jen Gunter:...

Episode 10: Siobhan Daniels: Pro-age campaigner and Retirement Rebel.
Episode 10 - 24 May Siobhan Daniels:...

Episode 9 – Dr Marieke Bigg: This won’t hurt: how medicine fails women
Episode 9 - 10 May 2023 Dr Marieke...

Episode 8 – Dr. Heather Massey: A dip into nature; swimming outdoors
Episode 8 - 26 April Dr Heather...

Episode 7 – Professor Mats Brännström: Transplanting wombs
Episode 7 - 12 April Professor Mats...

Episode 6 – Karen Newby, The Natural Menopause Method
Episode 6 - 29 March Karen Newby,The...

Episode 5 – Jo Moseley, The Joy of Post Menopause
Episode 5 - 15 March Jo Moseley, The...

Episode 4 – Hannah Vaughan Jones, Finding your identity
Episode 4 - 1 March Hannah Vaughan...

Episode 3 – Dr Annice Muckherjee: Your essential menopause toolkit
Episode 3 - 15 February Dr Annice...

Episode 2 – Jessica Hepburn: Turning Life into an Adventure
Episode 2 - 1 February Jessica...

Episode 1 – Professor Joyce Harper: This is me
Episode 1 - 17 JanUary Professor Joyce...