Rod Mitchell
@rodtmitchell.bsky.social
Research lead for male fertility preservation in children with cancer. Professor & Paediatric Endocrinologist. Family 🧑🧑🧒🧒 & ⚽️ (usually in that order🤣)
Environmental exposures in-utero are very likely to affect reproductive function in males…but which ones and how much?
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Glad to have been able to contribute to this piece in @washingtonpost along with Terje Svingen, Leonardo Trasande and others.
wapo.st/47YJpWS
Glad to have been able to contribute to this piece in @washingtonpost along with Terje Svingen, Leonardo Trasande and others.
The health risks from plastics almost nobody knows about
Researchers have linked phthalates, chemicals found in plastics, to premature birth, infertility and ADHD.
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September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Environmental exposures in-utero are very likely to affect reproductive function in males…but which ones and how much?
wapo.st/47YJpWS
Glad to have been able to contribute to this piece in @washingtonpost along with Terje Svingen, Leonardo Trasande and others.
wapo.st/47YJpWS
Glad to have been able to contribute to this piece in @washingtonpost along with Terje Svingen, Leonardo Trasande and others.
Well all things have to come to an end 😢
It has been an absolute pleasure to perform ‘Talking Bollocks’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thanks to @suziemo The Provocateurs and @StandComedyClub teams for making a little boys dream come true 🙏
It has been an absolute pleasure to perform ‘Talking Bollocks’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thanks to @suziemo The Provocateurs and @StandComedyClub teams for making a little boys dream come true 🙏
August 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Well all things have to come to an end 😢
It has been an absolute pleasure to perform ‘Talking Bollocks’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thanks to @suziemo The Provocateurs and @StandComedyClub teams for making a little boys dream come true 🙏
It has been an absolute pleasure to perform ‘Talking Bollocks’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thanks to @suziemo The Provocateurs and @StandComedyClub teams for making a little boys dream come true 🙏
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🌟 Partner spotlight: @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, Centre for Reproductive Health. In #PredictAYA, the team (@rodtmitchell.bsky.social and Richard Anderson) co-leads work on late effects of #cancertreatment in males and supports research on #reproductivehealth in female #cancer patients. #HorizonEU
August 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
🌟 Partner spotlight: @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, Centre for Reproductive Health. In #PredictAYA, the team (@rodtmitchell.bsky.social and Richard Anderson) co-leads work on late effects of #cancertreatment in males and supports research on #reproductivehealth in female #cancer patients. #HorizonEU
Delighted to say that registration is now open for this years UK Fertility Preservation Annual conference. Clinical Frontiers in Fertility Preservation is organised by @BritFertSoc and has a great programme. Check it out and register here 👉 www.britishfertilitysociety.org.uk/civicrm/even...
August 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Delighted to say that registration is now open for this years UK Fertility Preservation Annual conference. Clinical Frontiers in Fertility Preservation is organised by @BritFertSoc and has a great programme. Check it out and register here 👉 www.britishfertilitysociety.org.uk/civicrm/even...
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Are you a parent/carer of a young man who has had cancer?
We are keen to hear your views on a new resource designed to raise awareness of the ways in which cancer treatment can affect fertility.
Interested? Contact d.musson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Please share!
We are keen to hear your views on a new resource designed to raise awareness of the ways in which cancer treatment can affect fertility.
Interested? Contact d.musson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Please share!
July 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Are you a parent/carer of a young man who has had cancer?
We are keen to hear your views on a new resource designed to raise awareness of the ways in which cancer treatment can affect fertility.
Interested? Contact d.musson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Please share!
We are keen to hear your views on a new resource designed to raise awareness of the ways in which cancer treatment can affect fertility.
Interested? Contact d.musson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Please share!
Super-excited that the incredible Ria Lina ⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @rialina.com will be hosting #TalkingBollocks 🍒 & #ChildrensMoney 💰 at the @standcomedyclub.bsky.social on 5th August.
Tickets now available for this Edinburgh Fringe Festival @edfringe.bsky.social show 👇
🎟️ www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 🎟️
Tickets now available for this Edinburgh Fringe Festival @edfringe.bsky.social show 👇
🎟️ www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 🎟️
July 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Super-excited that the incredible Ria Lina ⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @rialina.com will be hosting #TalkingBollocks 🍒 & #ChildrensMoney 💰 at the @standcomedyclub.bsky.social on 5th August.
Tickets now available for this Edinburgh Fringe Festival @edfringe.bsky.social show 👇
🎟️ www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 🎟️
Tickets now available for this Edinburgh Fringe Festival @edfringe.bsky.social show 👇
🎟️ www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 🎟️
We will be collecting donations for Children with Cancer UK at our Edinburgh Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social preview @StandComedyClub.bsky.social all about #FertilityPreservation in #ChildhoodCancer.
Even if you aren’t at the show you can still donate 👉 www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/make-a-donat...
Even if you aren’t at the show you can still donate 👉 www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/make-a-donat...
Make A Donation | Cancer Donation | Children with Cancer UK
Please donate today. Your cancer donation will help fund vital childhood cancer research which is currently being undertaken by medical reserachers.
www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk
July 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We will be collecting donations for Children with Cancer UK at our Edinburgh Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social preview @StandComedyClub.bsky.social all about #FertilityPreservation in #ChildhoodCancer.
Even if you aren’t at the show you can still donate 👉 www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/make-a-donat...
Even if you aren’t at the show you can still donate 👉 www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/make-a-donat...
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Take top academics, thought-provoking ideas, add one comedian… introducing The Provocateurs at EdFringe! 🧠
Join IRR researchers Rod Mitchell, Rana Fetit and Rosie Townsend as they unravel the mysteries of testicles, brains, and life as a fetus.
🎟️ More info and tickets: edin.ac/469Vsjw
Join IRR researchers Rod Mitchell, Rana Fetit and Rosie Townsend as they unravel the mysteries of testicles, brains, and life as a fetus.
🎟️ More info and tickets: edin.ac/469Vsjw
July 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Take top academics, thought-provoking ideas, add one comedian… introducing The Provocateurs at EdFringe! 🧠
Join IRR researchers Rod Mitchell, Rana Fetit and Rosie Townsend as they unravel the mysteries of testicles, brains, and life as a fetus.
🎟️ More info and tickets: edin.ac/469Vsjw
Join IRR researchers Rod Mitchell, Rana Fetit and Rosie Townsend as they unravel the mysteries of testicles, brains, and life as a fetus.
🎟️ More info and tickets: edin.ac/469Vsjw
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Today @rodtmitchell.bsky.social and I had the chance to practice the material we prepared for our Fringe shows at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social. Thanks to all those who showed up, and for your support and feedback! Check out the programme - tickets are now on sale: www.thestand.co.uk/whats-on/sho...
July 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Today @rodtmitchell.bsky.social and I had the chance to practice the material we prepared for our Fringe shows at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social. Thanks to all those who showed up, and for your support and feedback! Check out the programme - tickets are now on sale: www.thestand.co.uk/whats-on/sho...
An impressive erection 😳 and a sperm still intent on chasing the egg… even in 35 degrees of heat. Paris is the perfect setting for #ESHRE2025. Safe travels and see you tomorrow @ESHRE 🇫🇷
June 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
An impressive erection 😳 and a sperm still intent on chasing the egg… even in 35 degrees of heat. Paris is the perfect setting for #ESHRE2025. Safe travels and see you tomorrow @ESHRE 🇫🇷
📚ESHRE Good Practice Recommendations on #FertilityPreservation in boys receiving gonadotoxic therapies📚- Open access paper published today & will be presented at #ESHRE2025. #ChildhoodCancer. Thanks to the Working Group for their huge effort 👉 bit.ly/4lr3bOe
ESHRE good practice recommendations on fertility preservation involving testicular tissue cryopreservation in children receiving gonadotoxic therapies†
AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. How should fertility preservation in child and adolescent males receiving gonadotoxic therapies be managed?SUMMARY ANSWER. There we
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June 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📚ESHRE Good Practice Recommendations on #FertilityPreservation in boys receiving gonadotoxic therapies📚- Open access paper published today & will be presented at #ESHRE2025. #ChildhoodCancer. Thanks to the Working Group for their huge effort 👉 bit.ly/4lr3bOe
Very much looking forward to this public webinar with my fantastic colleague Mark Brougham and @cclguk.bsky.social to talk about how #Fertility is affected by #ChildhoodCancer treatment. We plan to leave lots of time at the end so if you have a burning 🔥 question…here’s your chance 😊
How can #ChildhoodCancer affect #fertility and what can be done to help? 🧬 Join our free webinar with Prof Rod Mitchell & Dr Mark Brougham to find out 👨⚕️
🗓️ 9 July 2025 ⏰ 1:30 - 2:30 pm 🌍 Open to all
Register now for free at bit.ly/3T3i7WM
🗓️ 9 July 2025 ⏰ 1:30 - 2:30 pm 🌍 Open to all
Register now for free at bit.ly/3T3i7WM
June 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Very much looking forward to this public webinar with my fantastic colleague Mark Brougham and @cclguk.bsky.social to talk about how #Fertility is affected by #ChildhoodCancer treatment. We plan to leave lots of time at the end so if you have a burning 🔥 question…here’s your chance 😊
KICK-OFF ⚽️ for this exciting new @EU_Commission project. The PREDICT-AYA study is a €6.4M project to identify predictive factors for future reproductive health & #fertility in AYA/TYA with cancer. Delighted to be leading the male WP with Csilla Krausz. #FertilityPreservation
June 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
KICK-OFF ⚽️ for this exciting new @EU_Commission project. The PREDICT-AYA study is a €6.4M project to identify predictive factors for future reproductive health & #fertility in AYA/TYA with cancer. Delighted to be leading the male WP with Csilla Krausz. #FertilityPreservation
The Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social is just around the corner. Rana @ranafetit.bsky.social will be deconstructing brains, while I am talking bollocks (nothing new there 😂). Check out all the great Provocateurs shows ➡️ www.thestand.co.uk/whats-on/sho.... Tickets are available now 🕺💃
June 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social is just around the corner. Rana @ranafetit.bsky.social will be deconstructing brains, while I am talking bollocks (nothing new there 😂). Check out all the great Provocateurs shows ➡️ www.thestand.co.uk/whats-on/sho.... Tickets are available now 🕺💃
Wow!!!!!
Male mouse fetuses can develop female organs in utero if their mother is iron deficient during pregnancy
https://go.nature.com/43N7f4s
https://go.nature.com/43N7f4s
Male mice can grow ovaries if their pregnant mums are iron deficient
The study is the first to show that low iron levels can affect fetal sexual development.
go.nature.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Wow!!!!!
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Male mouse fetuses can develop female organs in utero if their mother is iron deficient during pregnancy
https://go.nature.com/43N7f4s
https://go.nature.com/43N7f4s
Male mice can grow ovaries if their pregnant mums are iron deficient
The study is the first to show that low iron levels can affect fetal sexual development.
go.nature.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Male mouse fetuses can develop female organs in utero if their mother is iron deficient during pregnancy
https://go.nature.com/43N7f4s
https://go.nature.com/43N7f4s
Looking forward to chairing today’s @ESHRE webinar by Peter Schlegel on TESE for young males as part of the Addressing Today’s Biggest Challenges series. @SIGFertPreser. You can find out more about this series here 👉 www.eshre.eu/Education/We...
May 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Looking forward to chairing today’s @ESHRE webinar by Peter Schlegel on TESE for young males as part of the Addressing Today’s Biggest Challenges series. @SIGFertPreser. You can find out more about this series here 👉 www.eshre.eu/Education/We...
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Congratulations to researchers Kathleen Duffin, Emma Kearney, and Emily Walshe who are winners of the Nigel and Val Shepherd Memorial Award!
This award is an early career researcher grant for fertility preservation in young people with cancer.
Read our article: edin.ac/4jft2ay...
This award is an early career researcher grant for fertility preservation in young people with cancer.
Read our article: edin.ac/4jft2ay...
Winners of the Nigel and Val Shepherd Memorial Award
Researchers Kathleen Duffin, Emma Kearney, and Emily Walshe have been awarded an early career researcher grant for fertility preservation in young people with cancer.
edin.ac
May 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Congratulations to researchers Kathleen Duffin, Emma Kearney, and Emily Walshe who are winners of the Nigel and Val Shepherd Memorial Award!
This award is an early career researcher grant for fertility preservation in young people with cancer.
Read our article: edin.ac/4jft2ay...
This award is an early career researcher grant for fertility preservation in young people with cancer.
Read our article: edin.ac/4jft2ay...
Lovely evening with the testis and ovary teams 😆, welcoming new team members. Team testis were lost in space but managed to escape 🚀 …just 😉
May 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Lovely evening with the testis and ovary teams 😆, welcoming new team members. Team testis were lost in space but managed to escape 🚀 …just 😉
Fantastic ‘How do I manage…’ session on Graves Disease from Tim Cheetham @EuroSPE today. Always provides a common sense approach to managing patients and even a nod to the ‘Toon Army’ at the end ⚽️
#ConnectingEndocrinology2025 #EndocrinologyAcrossTheLifeCourse
#ConnectingEndocrinology2025 #EndocrinologyAcrossTheLifeCourse
May 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Fantastic ‘How do I manage…’ session on Graves Disease from Tim Cheetham @EuroSPE today. Always provides a common sense approach to managing patients and even a nod to the ‘Toon Army’ at the end ⚽️
#ConnectingEndocrinology2025 #EndocrinologyAcrossTheLifeCourse
#ConnectingEndocrinology2025 #EndocrinologyAcrossTheLifeCourse
Heading to #espe2025 in Denmark 🇩🇰 after a short trip to Latvia 🇱🇻 to speak at the International Workshop
Andrology and Reproductive Medicine in Riga. My Latvian may not be up to much but I think I can work out what this room is for 😉 #ConnectingEndocrinology2025
Andrology and Reproductive Medicine in Riga. My Latvian may not be up to much but I think I can work out what this room is for 😉 #ConnectingEndocrinology2025
May 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Heading to #espe2025 in Denmark 🇩🇰 after a short trip to Latvia 🇱🇻 to speak at the International Workshop
Andrology and Reproductive Medicine in Riga. My Latvian may not be up to much but I think I can work out what this room is for 😉 #ConnectingEndocrinology2025
Andrology and Reproductive Medicine in Riga. My Latvian may not be up to much but I think I can work out what this room is for 😉 #ConnectingEndocrinology2025
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A fantastic talk from Grace about #chemotherapy exposure in the #testis 👏🏼👏🏼 So important for protection of #fertility in #ChildhoodCancer 🎗️
Lovely talk from @GraceForsyth13 on an in-vivo model for chemotherapy exposure in the #testis. Important work for developing strategies for #FertilityPreservation 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
April 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
A fantastic talk from Grace about #chemotherapy exposure in the #testis 👏🏼👏🏼 So important for protection of #fertility in #ChildhoodCancer 🎗️
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Very proud of Emma for this fantastic talk at #ETW2025! Check out her paper to learn more about germ cell quantification in the immature testis 👇🏼
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 a huge well done to @Emma_Kearney2 for a great presentation on germ cell quantification methods at #ETW2025 today…1/2
April 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Very proud of Emma for this fantastic talk at #ETW2025! Check out her paper to learn more about germ cell quantification in the immature testis 👇🏼
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Back in rainy Scotland 🏴 reflecting on a fantastic #EuropeanTestisWorkshop. What a great few days sharing science and fun with friends. Thank you to @andronet.bsky.social, the ETW committee and the local organizing committee 🇳🇱 for putting together such a special conference. #ETW2025 #TestesBesties
April 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Back in rainy Scotland 🏴 reflecting on a fantastic #EuropeanTestisWorkshop. What a great few days sharing science and fun with friends. Thank you to @andronet.bsky.social, the ETW committee and the local organizing committee 🇳🇱 for putting together such a special conference. #ETW2025 #TestesBesties
Rounding off the talks from the Edinburgh team, we have @kathleensuffin.bsky.social with a great talk on in-vitro exposure to chemotherapy in the testis 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #FertilityPreservation.
April 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Rounding off the talks from the Edinburgh team, we have @kathleensuffin.bsky.social with a great talk on in-vitro exposure to chemotherapy in the testis 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #FertilityPreservation.