The Future of Sex by Professor John Aitken (Alumni Lecture) by University of Newcastle

Laureate Professor John Aitken, one of the world’s leading reproductive biologists, has dedicated his life’s work to revolutionising contraception and curing infertility.

The Future of Sex Alumni Lecture was held on Tuesday, 2 June 2015 at Watt Street Arc, Newcastle, NSW.

One in six couples requires assistance to conceive, while one in four pregnancies ends in abortion. What will our fertility look like in 100 years? Professor Aitken will highlight the critical factors influencing our fertility, as well as the increasingly desperate and underfunded search for novel methods of contraception.

Newly-appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor of UON’s Faculty of Health and Medicine, Professor Aitken is also Laureate Professor of Biological Sciences and Co-Director UON’s Priority Research Centre in Reproductive Science.

For more information on Laureate Professor John Aitken, visit https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/john-aitken.

For more information on the University of Newcastle Alumni Lectures, visit http://www.newcastle.edu.au/community-and-alumni/community-engagement/events-and-public-lectures/alumni-lecture