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Dr Sasha Loyal

Job: Lecturer in Health and Wellbeing in Society

Faculty: Health and Life Sciences

School/department: School of Applied Social Sciences

Address: De Montfort, University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: +44 (0)116 201 3896

E: sasha.loyal2@dmu.ac.uk

W: /hls

 

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Personal profile

Sasha is a Lecturer in Health and Wellbeing in Society. She has a background in psychology and sociology and completed her PhD in reproductive timing within British South Asian Communities at the the Centre for Reproduction Research (CRR), 呻吟之王. Sasha has a keen interest in health and wellbeing, reproduction, gender and family formation within ethnic minority groups. 

 

Sasha has worked as a Research Fellow at the CRR and has been involved in a number of research projects focusing on egg donation, surrogacy and infertility.    She is currently involved in ESRC-funded project “Egg-donation in the UK, Belgium and Spain: An interdisciplinary study (EDNA)" and works with key stakeholders to develop impact work. She is also a researcher on the NIHR funded project ‘Pre-Amp project’ which is focused on improving patient experiences pre- amputation. 

Research group affiliations

Centre for Reproduction Research

Publications and outputs

Loyal, S., & Hanna, E. (2024). The psychological preparation of patients for amputation surgery: A narrative review of the literature. SAGE Open, 14(4). 

Loyal, S., Hudson, S., Culley, L., & Weis, C. (2023). The experience of counselling for UK egg providers. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23, 702-708. 

Song, J.H.H., Loyal, S., and Lond, B. (2020) Metacognitive Awareness Scale, Domain Specific (MCAS- DS): Assessing Metacognitive Awareness during Raven's Progressive Matrices. Frontiers in Psychology. https://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/20509

Loyal, S. Will we really see a coronavirus 'baby boom'? Blog post on Centre for Reproduction Research Blog. June 2020. https://centreforreproductionresearch962893217.wordpress.com

Key research outputs

 

Research interests/expertise

  • Qualitative research
  • Health and well-being
  • Reproductive decision-making and the use of reproductive technologies within minority ethnic groups 
  • Social and psychological aspects of infertility 

Areas of teaching

  • Social research methods 
  • Ageing, gender, ethnicity and health 
  • Reproduction 

Qualifications

  • BSc (Hons) Psychology, 呻吟之王
  • MSc Health Psychology, 呻吟之王
  • PhD Sociology and Psychology, 呻吟之王 

Honours and awards

  • Poster 4th prize winner, 呻吟之王's Annual Poster Competition for Research Degree Students, 2017
  • High Flyers PhD Scholarship, 2016-2019

Membership of professional associations and societies

  • Member – British Sociological Association
  • Member – Society of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

 

Conference attendance

  • Loyal, S. “You could have it all and they’ll still want a baby”: British South Asian women’s perceptions on the timing of motherhood. Invited talk delivered to the Centre for Population Change, Universiy of Southampton. July 2024. 

  • Loyal, S. Social egg freezing and reproductive timing within British South Asian communities: perceptions of hope, risk and dilemmas. BSA Human Reproduction Study Group Annual Conference. 呻吟之王. May 2022.

  • Loyal, S., Culley, L., Hudson, N., & Weis, C. "It's kind of a rubber-stamping exercise": a qualitative study of counselling for egg providers in UK clinics. ISCHP 12th Biennial Conference (Online). August 2021. 

  • Loyal, S. "Is there ever a right time? A qualitative study on the perceptions of reproductive timing in British South Asian communities. ISCHP 12th Biennial Conference (Online). August 2021. 

  • Loyal, S. The baby 'bust': the impact of COVID-19 on reproductive planning and experiences. Research and the COVID-19 Crisis. World Health Day Lecture Series. 呻吟之王, UK. April 2021. 

  • Loyal, S. "I think as a woman you are just expected to have children". Reproductive timing, decision-making and intersectionality'. Psychology Postgraduate Conference. 呻吟之王, UK. April 2019.

  • Loyal, S. Exploring perceptions of women's roles and reproductive timing in British South Asian communities. Doctoral College Lecture Series: SDG5 - Gender Equality. 呻吟之王, UK. March 2019. 

  • Loyal, S. Exploring perceptions of reproductive timing in British South Asian groups: PhD in Progress. Centre of Reproduction Research Seminar. 呻吟之王, UK. October 2018. 

  • Loyal S. Reproductive timing in British South Asian communities: Evidence from focus groups. Presentation. Psychology of Women & Equalities Section Annual Conference. Windsor, UK. July 2018.

  • Loyal, S. Using intersectionality to explore reproductive timing in British South Asian communities. Presentation. Postgraduate Medical Humanities Conference. University of Exeter, UK. June 2018.

  • Loyal, S. Exploring perceptions of reproductive timing within British South Asian communities using Intersectionality. Presentation. Intersectionality Symposium. 呻吟之王, Leicester, UK. June 2017.

  • 'Loyal, S. When is the right time to have children?' Poster presentation. Society of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Annual Conference, York. 12-13 September 2017. 

  • Loyal, S. ‘When is the best time to have children? Exploring perceptions of readiness in British South Asian communities.’ Poster presentation. Research Degree Students’ Poster Competition. 呻吟之王, Leicester. April 2017. 4th prize for best poster.

Internally funded research project information

  • EDNA - Egg donation in the UK, Spain and Belgium: an interdisciplinary study. Building Impact (£3861). Higher Education Investment Fund (HEIF), 呻吟之王. Hudson, N (PI), Culley, L., Herbrand, C., Weis, C., Loyal, S., Fearon, K., Turner, J. Feb-June 2020.
  • Funding generation and co-organisation of BSA Public Sociology event (£1000). 呻吟之王, Leicester. March 2017. (Co-applicant).