Rod Mitchell

Research lead for male fertility preservation in children with cancer. Professor & Paediatric Endocrinologist. Family 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 & ⚽️ (usually in that order🤣)

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

🚨 News from the team 🚨
We have joined @bluesky to help spread the word on #FertilityPreservation in #ChildhoodCancer. You can keep up with our work on @X or follow us on @bluesky @RodTMitchell and all the major social media channels. Keep your 👀 peeled for updates 😊

[ORCHID-NET @ORCHID_NET_Fert]

🕺 💃 Great to see the #ORCHIDNet meeting on the programme for @ESHRE Annual Meeting this week. Looking forward to getting together to discuss #FertilityPreservation in young males 👍

Not a member? Join here 👉 https://t.co/5BXxcFsNTQ

#ESHRE2026

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@Hilton, we have been sitting in the hotel reception for 90 mins with a reservation and you still cannot check us in. It’s 01:10 in the morning…sort this out!!!

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@AirCanada flight cancelled after 6 hours in the airport with repeated extension to delays into the early hours. Now been sitting in the hotel for an hour to check in despite already having a reservation number. Utter shambles!!!

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

🚨 Clinical Fellow - Fertility Preservation

Exciting opportunity to join our team caring for children and young people at risk of future infertility.

👩‍⚕️ 🧬 🧫 👨‍⚕️

To find out more click here 👉 https://t.co/7Nekhx63CL

Please spread the word and share with you networks 😉 🙏

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

⏰ not long to go until this @PET_BioNews event on #MaleInfertility in Edinburgh. Free to attend 😊 You can register here 👉 https://t.co/b7tHqi4AJH

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😊 Lovely work in @ScienceMagazine by Hayashi group on building a #testis from stem cells.

📝 Check out this perspective* on how this could one day help us to restore fertility in males 🙏

👉 https://t.co/wtcWo644hf

The paper can be viewed here 👉 https://t.co/P97ohkI9S7

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*this link is available solely for personal and/or non-profit teaching purposes

[PET @PET_BioNews]

FREE EVENT IN EDINBURGH! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Discussing current best practice, latest insights & pioneering research that could transform treatment of male infertilty.

🗓️ Wed 18 Mar @ 6.30PM
📍 Anatomy Lecture Theatre

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW! - https://t.co/yXJCePwCR0

#MaleInfertilityFuture

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

🚨 PhD position - now open 🚨

Interested in doing a #PhD in #FertilityPreservation at The University of Edinburgh?

We have an exciting project on #Macrophages, #Chemotherapy & #Infertility supervised by @rrosario, @RodTMitchell and Elaine Emmerson.

https://t.co/uGjjMpM3vj

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🎉What a start to #Fertility2026 🎉 Thrilled for @Emma_Kearney2 on winning the @srf_societyuk Stewart Rhind Communication award 🏆 for her brilliant animation about Fertility Preservation in boys with cancer 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

@EdinUni_IRR
#CentreforReproductiveHealth

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

🥳 Massive congratulations to Seema Banglawala for winning the award for Best Oral Presentation in the Early Career Session at #Fertility2026 🏆. Seema presented her summer project on protecting the testis from chemotherapy. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 @srf_societyuk @edinfertility

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

Transforming NHS Culture for the 21st Century.

Check out this report focusing on using Intelligence Behaviour Analytics Framework. Introduction by my good pal @coulty78 😊

[coulty @coulty78]

https://t.co/EcZpkMP8TA

Hi all.
Please take a wee look at this. Something I am passionate about and some amazing people who work alongside. @BCUPressOffice @MyBCU @NHSLeadership @TheBMA @RCPhysicians @STSFTrust @mrsbiffy please re tweet please. @Existential_Doc @bigbaddoctor

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

Glad to have been able to provide some balance in this @DailyMail article today:

‘Maintaining a healthy lifestyle in terms of diet, exercise and avoidance of smoking are likely to have the biggest effect in reducing risk to fertility.’

https://t.co/zz2W3Wx1n6

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The #FertilityPreservation event of the year 💃🕺

Register now:

👇

https://t.co/Nt2pTBxHBF

[Pippa Sangster @Pippa_Sangster]

Have you signed up for the “Clinical Frontiers in Fertility Preservation” conference in London?? ….7 weeks to go. Fantastic line up of speakers https://t.co/O78ncg5H2d @RodTMitchell @AllanPacey @drsashahoward @profdicanderson @EphiaYasmin @BritFertSoc 27-28th November 2025

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

Day 2 of this @ESHRE Campus Workshop on #FertilityPreservation in benign conditions. Next up FP in #Endrometriosis followed by Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation. We are in for some good discussion 😊

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

The ESHRE @SIGFertPreser would like to hear👂from you. What would you like our next #FertilityPreservation event to focus on? 🗣️

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

🗣️ Calling everyone in the #FertilityPreservation family!

Please read on & re-post 🙏

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for The UK Fertility Preservation Annual Conference will take place on 27-29th November in London 🌆

Click here to secure your place 💃🕺 👉 https://t.co/lc5wsvj4wc

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

Environmental exposures in-utero are very likely to affect reproductive function in males…but which ones and how much?

https://t.co/uhNxWa8v55

Glad to have been able to contribute to this piece in @washingtonpost along with Terje Svingen, Leonardo Trasande and others.

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

Well all things have to come to an end 😢

It has been an absolute pleasure to perform ‘Talking Bollocks’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Thanks to @suziemo The Provocateurs and @StandComedyClub teams for making a little boys dream come true 🙏

[Rod Mitchell @RodTMitchell]

Delighted to say that registration is now open for this years UK Fertility Preservation Annual conference. Clinical Frontiers in Fertility Preservation is organised by @BritFertSoc and has a great programme. Check it out and register here 👉 https://t.co/uCF3UVlxLU