Past event
Saints Talk: Professor Tom Kelsey Fertility preservation for survivors of cancer
Join Development colleagues for the next instalment of the Saints Talk series with Professor Tom Kelsey on ‘Fertility preservation for survivors of cancer'.
Tom is a researcher and data scientist in the School of Computer Science. He has a long-standing connection to the town, beginning his PhD in computational mathematics at the University of St Andrews in 1995. He is now Professor of Health Data Science and Scientific Director of the Wallace-Kelsey Research Foundation and also serves on the board of the NHS Scotland Managed Services Network for Children and Young People with Cancer.
Tom's primary research interest is the modelling of human fertility, working with data in collaboration with oncologists and fertility experts. He has a particular focus on assisted conception and oncofertility, a field that considers how to preserve the future fertility of patients undergoing cancer treatment.
With long-term survivorship after cancer treatment improving in recent decades, it is increasingly important to understand the fertility deficit experienced by cancer survivors. In this talk, Professor Kelsey will explore this issue by presenting baseline models of fertility and demonstrating how they can be used to assess the impact of radio- and chemotherapies. He will also discuss the safe and responsible use of these models and fertility preservation techniques, before turning to future directions for research and treatment.
Following the talk, attendees can ask questions in a live question and answer (Q&A) session.