Nicky Hudson

Nicky Hudson is Professor of Medical Sociology in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough University. She is an expert on the social, cultural and political aspects of human reproduction. Her current work focuses on egg donation, direct-to-consumer genetic testing and donor conception, and the use of pre-conception expanded carrier screening.

She is a member of the NICE Guideline Development Committee for Fertility, Nuffield Council on Bioethics working group on the 14 day rule and the British Fertility Society’s Law Policy and Ethics Special Interest Group. She is co-editor of the journal, Sociology of Health and Illness, and the book series, Reproduction and Society.