Meet Anna De Bayas Sanchez

founder

The world of IVF is complex and filled with conflicting information. Through my extensive experience working on an international patient project, I realized the importance of having up-to-date information and a clear plan for managing my own infertility treatment. Ultimately, we are all responsible for our own health, and it's clear that no one is going to hand us the answers—preparing for IVF is like undertaking a mini education in itself. But who has the time to work during the day and study at night? And where can you find reliable, easy-to-understand information?

And so, the idea for AboutIVF, an educational website designed (not only) for IVF patients, was born.

EDUCATION & CONFERENCES & JOURNALS & CERTIFICATION

Anna is an experienced lecturer & medical researcher (bioethics, sociology, reproductive medicine). For more than 10 years she have been helping individuals and couples to understand the process of IVF, how the clinics work and the differences between the countries and their legislation. At the moment she is doing her research at the Charles University in Prague, her work is dedicated to "Ethical questions associated with current methods of treatment of assisted reproduction". She speaks 4 languages, so she can offer you support in your language.

Education

1. PhD Candidate in Bioethics, at Institute of Humanities in Medicine of 1st Medical faculty of Charles University, Prague. Research theme: "Ethical questions associated with current methods of treatment of assisted reproduction."

2. Master of Philology (Italian & Ukranian philology)

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Projects

1. B2-INF " Be better informed about Fertility" European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 872706. Position: scientific researcher (2020-2023) https://b2-inf.eu

Publications

1. Reflecting sex, social class and race inequalities in reproduction? Study of the gender representations conveyed by 38 fertility centre websites in 8 European countries (Reproductive Health, 2024) https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-024-01890-2

2. Gender aspects in parenthood conceptions of young Europeans. A critical reflection on the European Project B2-InF (Open Research Europe) https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-203/v1

3. Evaluating Egg Donor Recruitment Strategies in Czech ART Clinics: A Critical Analysis of Informed Consent and Ethical Considerations (Czech Sociological Review 2024) https://sreview.soc.cas.cz/en/artkey/csr-202403-0007_evaluating-egg-donor-recruitment-strategies-in-czech-art-clinics-a-critical-analysis-of-informed-consent-and-e.php

4. "Blue or pink embryo? Ethics in assisted reproduction." (Florence Magazine, 3/2023) "https://www.florence.cz/casopis/archiv-florence/2023/3/modre-nebo-ruzove-embryo-etika-v-asistovane-reprodukci/

5. "Motives of patiensts crossing borders to pursue assisted reproduction - why the Czech republic is a frequeant choice for egg donationtretament." (Czech gyneacology, 4/2024) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35667866/

Speaker at conferences

1. "EGG DONATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSIBILITY OF ART CLINICS IN
THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO POTENTIAL EGG DONORS" (ESHRE annual meeting, 26-28.6.2023 Copenhagen, Denmark)

2. "THE YOUNG GENERATION AND (IN)FERTILITY: DOES THE INFORMATION
PROVIDED BY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION CLINICS CORRESPOND WITH THE
EXPECTATIONS AND NEEDS OF CITIZENS?" (COGI, 31st World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and
Infertility, 24-26.11.2022 Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

3. "THE YOUNG GENERATION AND INFERTILITY: GAPS IN EXPECTATIONS AND NEEDS
THE YOUNG GENERATION AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY CLINICS ASSISTED
REPRODUCTION" (Czech Sociological Society - global challenges of medicine, 8.9.2022 Prague)

4. "BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT FERTILITY" : GIVING VOICE TO CITIZENS TOWARDS
IMPROVING ART TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOCIETY" (31st Congress of Assisted Reproduction, 8. -9.11.2021 Brno, Czech Republic)

Certification

1. ESHRE Annual meeting (ESHRE, Milan, 2022)

2. Gamete donors: sociodemographic profiles, motivations and treatment (ESHRE, virtual class, 2021)

3. 4th Prague International Sexological andrological Congress (Prague, 2019)

5. Unequal access to infertility care: causes and solutions (ESHRE, Amsterdam, 2019)

6. Quality Management in ART: new and practical insights from old concepts (ESHRE, Palermo, 2019)

7. Access and diversity of medically assisted reproduction in Europe (ESHRE, Strasburg, 2018)

8. ESHRE Annual meeting (ESHRE, Munich 2014)