Working Life: Sarah Pace, laboratory manager and senior clinical embryologist, SIMS IVF Cork Clinic

Patients send us photos of the babies born after treatment — that is very rewarding

Sarah Pace, laboratory manager and senior clinical embryologist, SIMS IVF Cork Clinic.

“During my final year studying biochemistry at a British university, I completed a research project on sperm and sperm motility, and it introduced me to the world of reproductive medicine. It inspired me to do a doctorate focused on female reproduction, specifically examining how maternal age affects chromosome division in eggs.

“After completing my PhD, my first job was in a fertility clinic in Leeds where I began training as an embryologist — the person who helps create and manage embryos during fertility treatment and is also responsible for selecting the best ones to transfer for pregnancy or freezing. After gaining experience in several British clinics, I moved to Dublin, where I helped set up a fertility clinic called Repromed.