Newcastle University

Research Interests

Interdisciplinary research on social, ethical and legal aspects of the life sciences with particular reference to reproductive and genetic technologies
•Sociology of identity
•Sociology of ethics
•The relationship between states, families and medicine with particular reference to assisted conception

• Haimes E, Taylor K, Turkmendag I. 'Eggs, exploitation and empirical investigations: sociological contributions to ethical debates at the interface of medicine and science'. Sociology of Health and Illness 2012. Submitted.
• Hughes JC, Haimes E, Summerville L, Davies K, Collerton J, Kirkwood T. Consenting older adults: research as a virtuous relationship. In: Corrigan, O; McMillan, J Liddell, K; Richards, M; Weijer, C, ed. The Limits of Consent: A Socio-ethical Approach to Human Subject Research in Medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 133-150.
• Mitzkat A, Rehmann-Sutter C, Haimes E, Guangxiu L. Donation of spare embryos for stem cell research: experiences and views of couples undergoing IVF at CITIC-Xiangya Hospital of Reproduction and Genetics, Changsha, China. Pilot study report. :BIONET,2009.
• Haimes E, Taylor K. Fresh embryo donation for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research: the experiences and values of IVF couples asked to be embryo donors. Human Reproduction 2009, 24(9), 2142-2150.
• Haimes E. Socio-ethical considerations in the provision of eggs and embryos for hESC research: lessons from the UK. In: Doering, O, ed. Life Sciences in Translation: a Sino-European dialogue on ethical governance of the life sciences. online publication: BIONET, 2009, pp. 64-76.
• Haimes E, Taylor K. The contributions of empirical evidence to socio-ethical debates on fresh embryo donation for human embryonic stem cell research. Bioethics 2009, 25(6), 334-341.
• Haimes E, Porz RC, Scully JL, Rehmann-Sutter C. "So, what is an embryo?" A comparative study of the views of those asked to donate embryos for hESC research in the UK and Switzerland. New Genetics and Society 2008, 27(2), 113-126.
• Rothmueller N, Haimes E. Advisory Document on Ensuring Ethical Research with Ageing Populations. 2008. Ethics Steering Committee, Genetics of Healthy Ageing FP6 Integrated Project 2.
• Rothmueller N, Haimes E. Practical guidance for genetics researchers in studies of ageing populations. 2008. 3.
• Williams R, Barr M, Haimes E, ed. The Bioethics of Security [Special issue of the journal Bioethics]. :Wiley-Blackwell,2008.
• Rothmueller N, Haimes E. The Ethics of Research with Ageing Populations: a review of the literature. 2008. Ethics Steering Committee, Genetics of Healthy Ageing FP6 Integrated Project 1.
• Brazier M, Whitelaw A, Archard D, Franck L, Green B, Haimes E, Konrad M, Marlow N, Peckham C, Petrou S, Rodeck C, Russell P, Winyard A. Critical Care Decisions in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine: Ethical Issues. London: Nuffield Council on Bioethics, 2007.
• Haimes E, Williams R. Sociology, ethics, and the priority of the particular: learning from a case study of genetic deliberations. British Journal of Sociology 2007, 58(3), 457-476.
• Haimes E. What can the social sciences contribute to the study of ethics? Theoretical, empirical and substantive considerations. In:Chadwick, R, Kuhse, H, Landman, W, Schuklenk, U and Singer, P, ed. The Bioethics Reader: Editors' Choice.Malden, MA:Wiley-Blackwell,2007.
• Graham RH, Rankin JM, Haimes E, Robson SC. Providing feticide: an exploration of health professionals' perspectives. Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2006, 26(Supplement 1), S14.
• Haimes E, Williams R. Review of research on human biological sample collections. London: Wellcome Trust, 2006.
• Haimes E. Social and ethical issues in the use of familial searching in forensic investigations: Insights from family and kinship studies. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2006, 34(2), 263-276.
• Haimes E, Luce JM. Studying potential donors' views on embryonic stem cell therapies and preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Human Fertility 2006, 9(2), 67-71.
• Haimes E. Expectations in reproduction: Society and the family. Human Fertility 2005, 8(2), 81-83.
• Matthews EV, Haimes E, Duguet AM, Clark BFC, Swine C, Toussaint O. Informed consent of very old patients and modern genomics. Biogerontology 2005. , 6(1), 81-84.
• Choudhary MK, Haimes E, Herbert M, Stojkovic M, Murdoch AP. Demographic, medical and treatment characteristics associated with couples' decisions to donate fresh spare embryos for research. Human Reproduction 2004, 19(9), 2091-2096.
• Lowrance, Campbell A , Haimes E, Laurie G, Mathew C, McHale J, Millar H, O'Neill O. Ethics and Governance Framework. London: Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council, Department of Health, 2004. Version 3.0.
• Haimes E, Whong-Barr M. Key issues in genetic epidemiology: Lessons from a UK based empirical study. TRAMES: journal of the humanities and social sciences 2004, 8(1/2), 150-163.
• Haimes E, Whong-Barr M. Levels and styles of participation in genetic databases : A case study of the North Cumbria Community Genetics Project. In: Tutton R; Corrigan O, ed. Genetic Databases: Socio-ethical issues in the collection and use of DNA. London: Routledge, 2004, pp. 57-77.
• Haimes E, Whong-Barr M. Competing perspectives on reasons for participation and non-participation in the North Cumbria Community Genetics Project. In: Knoppers BM, ed. Populations and Genetics: Legal Socio-Ethical Perspectives. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2003, pp. 199-216.
• Haimes E. Embodied spaces, social places and Bourdieu: Locating and dislocating the child in family relationships. Body and Society 2003, 9(1), 11-33.
• Whong-Barr M, Haimes E. Why say no? Reasons for non-participation in the North Cumbria Community Genetics Project. European Journal of Human Genetics 2003, 11(supplement 1).
• Haimes E. The provision of donor insemination for lesbian couples: research evidence and implications. In: Healy DL, ed. Reproductive medicine in the twenty-first century: Advances in Fertility and Sterility. Boca Raton: Parthenon Publishing, 2002, pp. 86-96.
• Haimes E. What can the social sciences contribute to the study of ethics? Theoretical, empirical and substantive considerations. Bioethics 2002, 16(2), 89-113.
• Haimes E. When transgressions become transparent: limiting family forms in assisted conception. Journal of Law and Medicine 2002, 9(4), 438-448.
• Haimes E, Weiner K. 'Everybody's got a dad...'. Issues for lesbian families in the management of donor insemination. Sociology of Health and Illness 2000, 22(4), 477-499.
• Haimes E. Locating and dislocating the child: a Bourdieurian analysis. In: Habitus 2000: A Sense of Place.2000,Perth, Australia
• Spallone P, Wilkie T, Ettore E, Haimes E, Shakespeare TW, Stacey M. Putting sociology on the bioethics map. In: Eldridge, J.E.T.; MacInnes, J.; Scott, S.; Warhurst, C.; Witz, A., ed. For sociology: legacies and prospects. Durham: sociologypress, 2000, pp. 191-203.
• Haimes E. Egg donation. In:Burfoot A, ed. Encyclopedia of Reproductive Technologies.Boulder, Colorado:Westview Press,1999.
• Haimes E. Family (Parenthood and Children). In:Burfoot A, ed. Encyclopedia of Reproductive Technologies.Boulder, Colorado:Westview Press,1999.
• Gofton L, Haimes E. Necessary Evils? Opening up closings in Sociology and Biotechnology. Sociological Research Online 1999,4 3 .
• Selman PF, Haimes E. The Social Context of Maternity Care. In: Marsh G; Renfrew M, ed. Community Based Maternity Care. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 97-118.
• Haimes E. 'Time waits for no one': IVF patients' evaluations of their experiences of the National Health Service waiting list. Human Fertility 1999, 2(2), 122-126.
• Haimes E, Daniels K. Concluding comments. In:Daniels K and Haimes E, ed. Donor Insemination: International Social Science Perspectives.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,1998, pp. 173-178.
• Haimes E, Daniels K, ed. Donor Insemination: International Social Science Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
• Haimes E. Gamete and embryo donation: Ethical implications for families. Human Fertility 1998, 1(1), 30-34.
• Haimes E, Daniels K. International social science perspectives on donor insemination: an introduction. In:Daniels K and Haimes E, ed. Donor Insemination: International Social Science Perspectives.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,1998, pp. 1-6.
• Haimes E, Williams R. Social constructionism and the new technologies of reproduction. In: Velody, I. and Williams, R., ed. The Politics of Constructionism. London: Sage, 1998, pp. 132-146.
• Haimes E. The making of 'the DI child': changing representations of people conceived through donor insemination. In:Daniels K and Haimes E, ed. Donor Insemination: International Social Science Perspectives.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,1998, pp. 53-75.
• Haimes E. Truth and the child: a sociological perspective. In:Blyth E, Crawshaw M and Speirs J, ed. Truth and the Child 10 Years On: Information Exchange in Donor-Assisted Conception.Birmingham:British Association of Social Workers,1998.
• Haimes E, Mason K, Stark C. What makes a parent?. In:Humphrey R, ed. Families Behind the Headlines.Newcastle upon Tyne:British Association for the Advancement of Science, Sociology and Social Policy Section/Department of Social Policy, University of Newcastle upon Tyne,1996, pp. 19-27.
• Haimes E. Do clinicians benefit from gamete donor anonymity?. Human Reproduction 1993, 8(9), 1518-1520.
• Haimes E. Issues of gender in gamete donation. Social Science & Medicine 1993, 36(1), 85-93.
• Frankin S, Haimes E. Response to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Consultation Document on Sex Selection. 1993.
• Haimes E. Secrecy and openness in donor insemination: a sociological comment on Daniels and Taylor. Politics and the Life Sciences 1993, 12(2), 178-179.
• Haimes E. Theory and methodology in the analysis of the policy process: a case study of the Warnock Committee on Human Fertilisation and Embryology. In:Hill M, ed. New Agendas in the Study of the Policy Process.Hemel Hempstead:Harvester Wheatsheaf,1993, pp. 152-175.
• Haimes E. Abstract: Gender and gamete donation. In: Infertility Counselling: Proceedings of the B.I.C.A./Multiple Births Foundation Study Day.1992,York, UK:British Infertility Counselling Association
• Franklin S, Haimes E, Pfeffer N, Price F, Stacey M, Strathern M. Conclusion. In:Stacey M, ed. Changing Human Reproduction: Social Science Perspectives.London:Sage,1992, pp. 170-177.
• Haimes E, Selman P, Forrest H. Discharge procedures at South Tyneside District Hospital: the patients' and carers' perspective. :South Tyneside Community Health Council,1992.
• Newton J, Hutchinson A, Steen N, Russell I, Haimes E. Educational potential of medical audit: observations from a study of small groups setting standards. Quality in Health Care 1992,1 4 256-259.
• Haimes E. Gamete donation and the social management of genetic origins. In:Stacey, M., ed. Changing Human Reproduction: Social Science Perspectives.London:Sage,1992, pp. 119-147.
• Franklin S, Haimes E, Pfeffer N, Price F, Stacey M, Strathern M. Introduction. In:Stacey M, ed. Changing Human Reproduction: Social Science Perspectives.London:Sage,1992, pp. 1-8.
• Russell IT, Addington-Hall JM, Avery PJ, Bamford CH, Barton AG, Donaldson C, Eccles MP, Foy CJW, Haimes E, Hewison J, Ho PPM, Humphrey RD, Hutchinson A, Irvine DH, McColl E, Parker L, Steen IN, Towner EML, Webb JKG. Medical audit in general practice. 1: Effects on doctors' clinical behaviour for common childhood conditions. British Medical Journal 1992, 304(6840), 1480-1484.
• Russell IT, Addington-Hall JM, Avery PJ, Bamford CH, Barton AG, Catty RHC, Donaldson C, Foy CJW, Haimes E, Hewison J, Humphrey RD, Hutchinson A, Irvine DH, McColl E, Newton JC, Parker L, Philips PR, Steen IN, Towner EML, Webb JKG. Medical audit in general practice. 2: Effects on the health of patients with common childhood conditions. British Medical Journal 1992, 304(6840), 1484-1488.
• Haimes E. A history of the Human Reproduction Study Group. Medical Sociology News 1991,16 3 11-12.
• Haimes E. Gamete donation and anonymity. Bulletin of Medical Ethics 1991,66 25-27.
• Russell IT, Donaldson C, Foy CJW, Towner E, Philips PR, Parker L, McColl E, Hutchinson A, Humphrey RD, Ho M, Hewison J, Haimes E, Barton AG, Bamford C, Addington-Hall JM. Performance review in British primary health care: an epidemiological and economic evaluation. In:Bergerhoff P, Lehmann D and Novak P, ed. Primary Health Care.Berlin:Springer-Verlag,1991.
• Haimes E. Review of: Culture, Health and Illness. Journal of Biosocial Science 1991. , 23(2), 253-254.
• Haimes E. Family Connections: the management of biological origins in the new reproductive technologies. Newcastle upon Tyne:Department of Social Policy, University of Newcastle upon Tyne,1990.
• North of England Study of Standards and Performance in General Practice. North of England Study of Standards and Performance in General Practice: Final Report. Volume 1: Setting clinical standards within small groups. Newcastle upon Tyne:Health Care Research Unit, University of Newcastle upon Tyne,1990.
• North of England Study of Standards and Performance in General Practice. North of England Study of Standards and Performance in General Practice: Final Report. Volume 2: Methods for evaluating the setting and implementation of clinical standards. Newcastle upon Tyne:Health Care Research Unit, University of Newcastle upon Tyne,1990.
• North of England Study of Standards and Performance in General Practice. North of England Study of Standards and Performance in General Practice: Final Report. Volume 3: The effects of setting and implementing clinical standards. Newcastle upon Tyne:Health Care Research Unit, University of Newcastle upon Tyne,1990.
• Haimes E. Recreating the family? Policy considerations of the 'new' reproductive technologies. In:McNeil M, Varcoe I and Yearley S, ed. The New Reproductive Technologies.London:Macmillan/British Sociological Association,1990, pp. 154-172.
• Barton AG, Hewison J, Jackson J, Donohoe S, Haimes E, Humphrey RD, Foy C, Russell I. Standard setting in general practice: assessing parents' satisfaction. In: Proceedings of the Second Conference of the Health Psychology Section.1990,:British Psychological Society
• Newton J, Haimes E. The work of trainer groups: as seen by an observer. In:North of England Study of Standards and Performance in General Practice Research Team, ed. North of England Study of Standards and Performance in General Practice: Final Report. Volume 1: Setting clinical standards within small groups.Newcastle upon Tyne:Health Care Research Unit, University of Newcastle upon Tyne,1990, pp. 113-140.
• Haimes E. Is genetic knowledge important? A sociological analysis. In:Bruce N, Mitchell A and Priestley K, ed. Truth and the Child: a Contribution to the Debate on the Warnock Report.Edinburgh:Family Care,1988, pp. 31-34.
• Haimes E. Secrecy: what can artificial reproduction learn from adoption?. International Journal of Law and the Family 1988,2 1 46-61.
• Haimes E, Cox J. Evaluation of midwife antenatal clinics in a general practice. Cumbria:Caldbeck Health Centre,1987.
• Haimes E. 'Now I know who I really am'. In:Honess T and Yardley K, ed. Self and Identity: Perspectives Across the Lifespan.London:Routledge & Kegan Paul,1987, pp. 359-371.
• North of England Study of Standards and Performance in General Practice. A major study in the North of England: does performance review improve performance?. European Newsletter on Quality Assurance 1986,3 3 5.
• Irvine DH, Russell IT, Hutchinson A, Foy CJW, Addington-Hall JM, Barton AG, Donaldson C, Haimes E, Humphrey RD, Philips P, Parkin JM, Hewison J. North of England Study of Standards and Performance in General Practice: Preliminary Report on Phase 1. Newcastle upon Tyne:Health Care Research Unit, University of Newcastle,1986.
• Russell IT, Foy CJW, Garrett A, Smyth JE, Parker L, Addington-Hall JM, Barton AG, Haimes E, Hewison J, Humphrey RD, Hutchinson A, Philips PR. North of England Study of Standards and Performance in General Practice: Report on Pilot Study in South Cumbria and North Lancashire. Newcastle upon Tyne:Health Care Research Unit, University of Newcastle,1986.
• Irvine DH, Russell IT, Hewison J, Hutchinson A, Barton AG, Foy CJW, Haimes E, Humphrey RD, Webb JKG, Parkin JM. Performance review in general practice: educational development and evaluative research in the Northern Region. In:Pendleton, D., Schofield, T. and Marinker, M., ed. In Pursuit of Quality: Approaches to Performance Review in General Practice.London:Royal College of General Practitioners,1986, pp. 146-167.
• Russell IT, Donaldson C, Foy CJW, Addington-Hall JM, Barton AG, Haimes E, Hewison J, Humphrey RD, Hutchinson A, Parker L, Philips PR. Quality assurance in British family practice: a quasi-experimental evaluation. In: American Statistical Association Annual Conference.1986,:American Statistical Association
• Haimes E, Timms N. Adoption, Identity and Social Policy: the Search for Distant Relatives. Aldershot: Gower, 1985.
• Timms N, Haimes E. Birth Records Counselling. In: Children Act, 1975: Second Report to Parliament. London:HMSO,1984.
• Haimes E, Timms N. Counselling and the Children Act 1975. Adoption and Fostering 1984,8 3 42-26.
• Haimes E, Timms N. Access to Birth Records and Counselling of Adopted Persons Under Section 26, Children Act, 1975. London:Department of Health and Social Security,1983.
• Haimes E, Timms N. Birth Records. Foster Care 1983,36 18-19.
• Cullen I, Hammond S, Haimes E. Employment and Mobility in Inner Urban Areas. :Social Science Research Council,1980.
• Cullen I, Hammond S, Haimes E. Travel and Urban Working Lifestyles. London:Transport and Road Research Laboratory,1980.
• Scully J, Haimes E, Mitzkat A, Porz R, Rehmann-Sutter C. Donating embryos to stem cell research : the “problem” of gratitude. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 2012, epub ahead of print.
• Haimes E, Taylor K, Turkmendag I. Eggs, ethics and exploitation? Investigating women's experiences of an 'egg sharing' scheme. Sociology of Health and Illness 2012, 34(8). In Press.
• Taylor K, Haimes E. Reward systems and tissue provision. 2012. In Preparation.
• Skytthe A, Valensin S, Jeune B, Cevenini E, Balard F, Beekman M, Bezrukov V, Blanche H, Bolund L, Broczek K, Carru C, Christensen K, Christiansen L, Collerton JC, Cotichini R, de Craen AJM, Dato S, Davies K, De Benedictis G, Deiana L, Flachsbart F, Gampe J, Gilbault C, Gonos ES, Haimes E, Hervonen A, Hurme MA, Janiszewska D, Jylha M, Kirkwood TBL, Kristensen P, Laiho P, Leon A, Marchisio A, Masciulli R, Nebel A, Passarino G, Pelicci G, Peltonen L, Perola M, Poulain M, Rea IM, Remade J, Robine JM, Schreiber S, Scurti M, Sevini F, Sikora E, Skouteri A, Slagboom PE, Spazzafumo L, Stazi MA, Toccaceli V, Toussaint O, Tornwall O, Vaupel JW, Voutetakis K, Franceschi C, GEHA Consortium. Design, recruitment, logistics, and data management of the GEHA (Genetics of Healthy Ageing) project. Experimental Gerontology 2011, 46(11), 934-945.
• Haimes E, Taylor K. Researching the Relationships between Tissue Providers, Clinicians, and Stem Cell Scientists. Cell Stem Cell 2011, 8(6), 613-615.
• Mitzkat A, Haimes E, Rehmann-Sutter C. How reproductive and regenerative medicine meet in a Chinese fertility clinic. Interviews with women about the donation of embryos to stem cell research. Journal of Medical Ethics 2010, 36(12), 754-757.