Australian Male Infertility Exposure (AMIE) Study
- Project status: Active
Research area: Genomic Medicine > Reproductive Epidemiology
This study aims to determine the lifestyle and environmental factors that put men at risk of infertility.
Infertility is common. About 30,000 couples seek help to have a baby each year in Australia. What most people don’t know is that in about half the couples needing help, it is the man that has a fertility issue.
The causes of infertility in most men are still a mystery. There is some evidence that lifestyle and environmental exposures have something to do with it, but the research is limited.
Infertility is common. About 30,000 couples seek help to have a baby each year in Australia. What most people don’t know is that in about half the couples needing help, it is the man that has a fertility issue.
The causes of infertility in most men...
Infertility is common. About 30,000 couples seek help to have a baby each year in Australia. What most people don’t know is that in about half the couples needing help, it is the man that has a fertility issue.
The causes of infertility in most men are still a mystery. There is some evidence that lifestyle and environmental exposures have something to do with it, but the research is limited.
About the study
This study aims to get a better understanding of the lifestyle and environmental risk factors for unexplained male infertility. We will ask 2,000 men from Australian IVF Clinics to take part in this study. Half of those men will have fertility problems and half won’t.
Information for participants
If you are attending one of the following infertility clinics and want to be involved, please talk to your fertility doctor about signing up or getting more information:
- Monash IVF
- Melbourne IVF
- Queensland Fertility Group
- Fertility Specialists, WA
- Fertility and Research Centre, Royal Hospital for Women, NSW
- IVF Australia
- The Royal Women's Hospital
- Repromed, Adelaide
Research team
- Group leader: Professor Lisa Hui
- Group members: Associate Professor Sharon Lewis and Ms Joanne Kennedy
- Collaborators: Medical Research Future Fund (EPCD000007)
Contact us
AMIE Study
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
The Royal Children's Hospital
50 Flemington Road
Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
Joanne Kennedy
Senior Project Coordinator
Reproductive Epidemiology
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