This is the third episode in a collaborative series between I’m Fine podcast and the Medical Research Foundation.

In today’s conversation, Jean Campbell - who discusses her own experience of living with chronic pelvic pain - is joined by Professor Katy Vincent, an NHS consultant gynaecologist and leading researcher at the University of Oxford – to unpack the staggering scale and impact of pelvic pain in women and girls.

From untreated period pain in adolescence to endometriosis, painful sex, and fertility, they explore why women’s pain is still so often ignored, misdiagnosed, or minimised — and what needs to change in both healthcare and research.

The Medical Research Foundation is at the forefront of tackling often-overlooked health challenges, from chronic pain to areas of medical health that don’t receive the attention they deserve. Find out more about our mission: https://www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/

Resources and research:

Understanding the long-term effects of period pain - https://www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/news/understanding-the-long-term-effects-of-period-pain

Pain in Women research at Oxford - https://www.wrh.ox.ac.uk/research/roadpain

IMI-PainCare - https://www.imi-paincare.eu/

UCL Reproductive Health Policy Research - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/health/health-policy-ucl/policy-research-unit-reproductive-health

https://www.endometriosis-uk.org

https://www.pelvicpain.org.uk

https://www.painful-bladder.org

https://drchatterjee.com 

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Sponsored by: Medical Research Foundation

Host: Jean Campbell

Guest: Professor Professor Katy Vincent 

Executive Producer: Jean Campbell

Producer: Wicked Child Studio, Hailey Rovner Malach

Composer: Eduoardo Vella