Our mission is to promote positive contraception experience in Scotland.
We are a policy group campaigning for contraceptive empowerment in Scotland. We want to promote a prepared, informed and supported experience of contraception. CERT works to produce research-based change and a platform to champion the voices of others.
Our research centres around improving the experiences of current contraceptive users. We support the expansion of contraceptive options for everyone.
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Our primary goals are:
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A population informed about the full range of their contraceptive options and possible side effects
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Greater support in making and changing contraceptive choices
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Contraception tailored to individual personal and medical needs
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More contraceptive options for everyone
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Equal access to contraception
 Rebecca Gascoigne (she/her)President |  Kate Astbury (she/her)Vice-President |  Charlotte Cuffley (she/her)Secretary |
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 Jenny Macfarlane (she/her)Welfare Director |  Sophie Buijsen (she/her)Social Science Research Director |  Yu Nakamura (she/her)Biomedical Research Director |
 Niamh Roberts (she/her)Campaign Director |  Mairi Bruce (she/her)Campaign Director |  Lucy Wellman (she/her)Outreach Director |
 Alice Jackson (she/her)Outreach Director |  Sophie Butcher (she/her)Strategic Advisor, President of CERT 20/21 |  Lucy Grieve (she/her)Political Advisor |
 Elise Kearsey (she/her)Chair of the Review Board |  Lucy Beck (she/her)Copywriter |  Lauren Macphail (she/her)Social Media Manager |
 Emily King (she/her)Content Creator |  Victoria Causley (she/her)Content Creator |  Eilidh Tannett (she/her)Campaigns Team |
 Emily Cooke (she/her)Campaigns Team |  Dara Minogue (she/her)Fundraising & Events Team Leader |  Rebecca Kerr (she/her)Events Coordinator |
 Camille Green (she/her)Events Coordinator |  Sarah Cooper (she/her)Fundraising Team |  Charmaine Smethurst (she/her)Fundraising Team |
 Bella Henricks (she/her)Emergency Contraception Research Team Leader |  Amelia Lockhart-Hourigan (she/her)Emergency Contraception Research Team |  Katie Swann (she/her)Emergency Contraception Research Team |
 Emily Holden (she/her)Emergency Contraception Research Team |  Katie Leeming (she/her)Emergency Contraception Research Team |  Nastya Kabeleva (she/her)Emergency Contraception Research Team |
 Anastasia Nairne (she/her)Contraception and Libido Research Team Leader |  Jodie Coyte (she/her)Contraception and Libido Research Team |  Imogen Rixon Gibb (she/her)Contraception and Libido Research Team |
 Erica Grauso (she/her)Contraception and Libido Research Team |  Orla McArthur (she/they)Queer Women's Experiences Research Team Leader |  Megan McCorquodale (she/her)Queer Women's Experiences Research Team |
 Em Stehr (he/they)Queer Women's Experiences Research Team |  Joy Cowan (she/her)Queer Women's Experiences Research Team |  Daisy Lints (she/her)Secondary Uses Research Team Leader |
 Suzanna Hammersley (she/her)Secondary Uses Research Team |  Coco Zhang (she/her)Secondary Uses Research Team |  Clara Hopkins (she/her)Secondary Uses Research Team |
 Elizabeth Krull (she/her)Secondary Uses Research Team |  Rhianna Robinson (she/her)Secondary Uses Research Team |  Beth Price (she/her)Contraception and Mental Health Research Team Leader |
 Paula Bradley (she/her)Contraception and Mental Health Research Team |  Zena Spiers (she/her)Contraception and Mental Health Research Team |  Gaby Calvert (she/her)Contraception and Mental Health Research Team |
 Imogen Boyd (she/her)Contraception and Mental Health Research Team |  Maisy Bextor (she/her)Contraception and Mental Health Research Team |  Heather McDonald (she/her)Sexual Health Metrics Research Team Leader |
 Lane Deamant (they/them)Sexual Health Metrics Research Team |  Federica Maggio (she/her)Sexual Health Metrics Research Team |  Dafni Kampitsi (she/her)Sexual Health Metrics Research Team |
 Tilly Beckett (she/her)Sexual Health Metrics Research Team |  Denise Movuh Sam (he/him)Sexual Health Metrics Research Team |
Meet the Team
We are a multi-disciplinary team from across the world, with many of us currently studying at the University of Edinburgh. As members of the Buchanan Institute, a student-led think tank which facilitates pursuits to enact change, we have followed our shared passion for reforming current contraceptive care and health in Scotland.
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