Dr Judy directed Genetics laboratories for 25 years before she moved to the University of South Australia to teach PhD students. Her laboratories specialised in studies of NATURAL FERTILITY and CANCER/LEUKEMIA.

FERTILITY & PREGNANCY: From 1995-2000, Judy and her colleagues studied 1,000 couples who were attempting to conceive naturally (the PALS Pregnancy & Lifestyle Study) and this study is the largest of its type in the world. Judy described the details of the study and its findings in her book “It Takes Two – Reproducing Naturally Today”. Since then she has written two other books on Natural Fertility – one for men called ‘Build Sperm with Attitude’ and another for couples entitled ‘Making Love & Babies’. Making Love and Babies focuses on relationships, finding time for loving sex as well as guidance about resoving some common sexual difficulties. A newly updated version of ‘Making Love & Babies‘ can now also be read as an e-book on Gumroad.com. This book was written as a result of many personal interviews held with couples who were finding it difficult to conceive. It is a delightful book, full of good ideas both for overcoming infertility and for bringing the romance back into a ‘stressed’ or ‘tired’ relationship.

All the books should be available from Amazon but please contact me (drjudyford@gmail.com) if you have any difficulties obtaining them.

Invite Dr Judy to speak to your organisation

Would your organisation or school audience like to learn more about Genes and Genetics? Dr Judy can be booked for in person or online talks. Please just fill out the Contact Form below.

You might want to start at the beginning with the question What is a gene? or you may have heard of chromosomes and wonder how genes and chromosomes fit together? Alternatively, you might represent a group whose members are affected by a particular genetic syndrome and be looking for an empathetic speaker, who can explain these more simply?

Dr Judy Ford is one of the pioneers of Human Genetics. Her knowledge and experience date from the time when human chromosomes were just being described to now, when the roles of individual genes are being defined. She spent more than 30 years leading laboratories and has extensive knowledge of genes and chromosomes, and in particular, of ‘how’ and ‘why’ things sometimes go wrong.

Are you looking for an entertaining Speaker?

If your organization needs a lively and entertaining speaker, please contact Dr Judy. She mostly talks about health related topics but is happy to talk about other topics such as her travels as a scientist – especially her trip to Chernobyl, five years after the accident!

On other topics! Here is a link to a recent talk Judy gave on Zoom on how to ‘Reduce stress and its consequences‘. This session was thwart with technical issues so definitely not as good as face-to-face! But it will give you an idea of how well Judy explains complex issues.

Read Dr Judy’s books on Ageing, Reproduction and Cancer Prevention

The importance of environment and lifestyle in healthy ‘genes’.

In the mid 1970’s Judy realised that many health issues were influenced by both genes and lifestyle. At first she was unable to convince any physicians that this was the case but fortunately (together with a CSIRO researcher Professor Tony MacMichael) she obtained an NH&MRC research grant to study the probable role of lifestyle in human fertility.

Dr Judy Ford and her research team conducted the largest prospective study on NATURAL FERTILITY ever undertaken anywhere in the world and her light-hearted but insightful books about this work – IT TAKES TWO, MAKING LOVE & BABIES and BUILD SPERM WITH ATTITUDE can be accessed through her page on Amazon.

Judy’s books WHY WE AGE and STOP CANCER IN ITS TRACKS are also available on her Amazon site and they are also based on her own published research as well as other world data and research.

Judy’s special interests are in the MECHANISMS/CHANGES IN GENES AND CHROMOSOMES that underlie AGEING. Furthermore, because ageing underlies many health problems she has extensively studied how these changes also affect FERTILITY, MISCARRIAGE and CANCER.

Last but not least, if you are conducting a legal case where you need an Expert in either Genetics or Chemical Toxicity, please contact Dr Judy Ford to discuss whether she is able to help you.