Education for all those who need it!
Here you’ll find the latest in our educational offerings for healthcare professionals and all those going through menopause or wanting to support those who are!
Meet the Menopause Masterminds Our interviews with experts from across the globe
The Menopause Research and Education Fund regularly hosts interviews on all the latest menopause topics with leading menopause specialists, researchers and academics from across the globe including:
Renowned cardiologist and author of ‘A Woman’s Heart,’ Prof. Angela Maas. Her work focuses on cardiac symptoms in women and the role of female-specific risk factors in heart disease. She is also the founder of an expert centre for microvascular coronary disease at the Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
Professor Tim Hillard.
Mr Hillard is a consultant gynaecologist, past chair of the British Menopause Society and a current member of its medical advisory panel and the newly appointed editor of the International Menopause Society’s journal Climacteric. He has a special interest in uro-gynaecology and the Genirourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM).
Professor Baber is Past President IMS and The Australasian Menopause Society, the former Editor in Chief of Climacteric and an associate editor of The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. His awards include membership of The Order of Australia for services to Obstetrics and Gynaecology in clinical medicine and research and The RANZCOG Distinguished Service medal.
Professor Davis, from Melbourne’s Monash University, is a world leader in menopause research on hormones, especially testosterone and she has given us a fantastic insight into where research is up to when it comes to testosterone replacement as part of MHT/HRT.
Dr Maki is a professor of psychiatry, psychology, gynaecology and obstetrics and one of the world’s leading authorities on menopause and the brain has talked us through what we know so far about the effect of menopause on the brain on cognition/brain fog, dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.
These videos and many more are available on the MREF YouTube channe
A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH LEADING MENOPAUSE EXPERTS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE.
The Menopause Research and Education fund is pleased to announce our series of interviews with leading menopause specialists, researchers and academics from across the globe.
Kicking off the series is renowned cardiologist and author of ‘A Woman’s Heart,’ Prof. Angela Maas.
The main focus of her work is cardiac symptoms in women at middle-age and the role of female-specific risk factors in (early) heart disease. She is also the founder of an expert centre for microvascular coronary disease at the Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
Next is Professor Tim Hillard.
Mr Hillard is a consultant gynaecologist, past chair of the British Menopause Society and a current member of its medical advisory panel and the newly appointed editor of the International Menopause Society’s journal Climacteric.
He has a special interest in uro-gynaecology and the Genirourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM).
Then we have Professor Rodney Baber, Past President IMS and Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee for the 2024 IMS World Congress on Menopause in Melbourne.
He is also Past President of The Australasian Menopause Society, the former Editor in Chief of Climacteric and an associate editor of The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
His awards include membership of The Order of Australia for services to Obstetrics and Gynaecology in clinical medicine and research and The RANZCOG Distinguished Service medal.
We also have Prof. Jayashri Kulkarni, a professor or psychiatry at Monash University who has a special interest in women’s mental health and its relationship to reproductive changes and hormones.
Professor Susan Davis, also from Melbourne’s Monash University, is a world leader in menopause research on hormones, especially testosterone and she has given us a fantastic insight into where research is up to when it comes to testosterone replacement as part of MHT/HRT.
And, Dr Pauline Maki, a professor of psychiatry, psychology, gynaecology and obstetrics and one of the world’s leading authorities on menopause and the brain has talked us through what we know so far about the effect of menopause on the brain on cognition/brain fog, dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.
The videos are available on the MREF YouTube channel.
MREF CPD certified Education - Now online and on demand! Menopause 101 for Healthcare Professionals
We are pleased to announce that our Menopause Research and Education Fund Education day is now available online.
It’s a CPD accredited full day of online study (worth 8 CPD points), designed for healthcare professionals – doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals. It’s held twice a year to ensure it’s up-to-date with the latest guidelines.
It is delivered by British Menopause Society (BMS) registered menopause specialists and an experienced pelvic floor physiotherapist.
It covers:
- symptoms and diagnosis
- prescribing HRT including testosterone
- lifestyle advice,
- the metabolic changes menopause creates
- mental health and menopause
- cancer and menopause
- unscheduled bleeding management
- pelvic floor and bladder issues
- the genitourinary syndrome of menopause
- progesterone intolerance…and much more.
If you would like to access the course please make a £20 donation to the MREF using the ‘Donate’ button below and send a message via the donation page, or email hello@mref.uk saying you’ve donated and would like to access the course, and we will send you the link to the latest recording.
Click below to watch one of the modules.
Coming soon - Menopause for pharmacist. Stay tuned for dates and times.
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