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.
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.