Sofia Gameiro

Dr Sofia Gameiro is a mathematician and clinical and health psychologist. Her academic work aims to support people in all steps of achieving their parenthood goals or, when this proves impossible, in coming to terms with an unfulfilled wish for children. She conducts research and publishes in the best peer-review journals on the topic, trains health care professionals worldwide and participates in multiple events to raise awareness about the emotional aspects of (in)fertility. She chaired the first European evidence-based guidelines for delivering routine patient psychosocial care at fertility clinics, has been on the editorial boards of Human Reproduction (ESHRE) and Fertility and Sterility (ASRM), and coordinated the Psychology and Counselling special interest group of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). She is a certified Clinical Psychologist and a senior lecturer in Health Psychology at Cardiff University.