Dr. Allan Pacey BSc PhD
Senior Lecturer in Andrology
Academic Unit of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine
Level 4 The Jessop Wing
Tree Root Walk
Sheffield
S10 2SF
Telephone: +44 (0) 114 226 8290
Fax: +44 (0) 114 226 1074
Email: a.pacey@sheffield.ac.uk
Career History
- Senior Lecturer at The University of Sheffield (2001 – present)
- Lecturer at The University of Sheffield (1997 – 2001)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate at The University of Sheffield (1992 – 1997)
- Research Fellow at the Station Zoologique, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Universitié de Paris VI, France.
Research
- The interaction between human spermatozoa and the reproductive epithelium and its secretions.
- The influence of microorganisms (eg. Chlamydia trachomatis) on human sperm function.
- Occupational and environmental influences on semen quality.
- Diagnostic methods of male fertility.
- Cancer treatment and fertility preservation in males.
Principal Funding Sources
Charities, Research Councils, Industrial Support.
Members of Research Group
- Matthew Fletcher (Biomedical Scientist)
- Sarah Waite (Research Technician)
- Daniel Smith (Laboratory Assistant)
- Jim Mossman (Research Student)
- Deborah Saxton (Andrology Co-ordinator)
- Debbie Taylor (Andrology Clerk)
Representative Publications
Cherry, N., Moore, H., McNamee, R., Pacey, A., Burgess, G., Clyma, J-A., Dippnall, M., Baillie, H., Povey, A., and participating centres of Chaps-UK (2008) Occupation and male infertility: glycol ethers and other exposures. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. (in press).
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Pizzari, T., Dean, R., Pacey, A., Moore, H., and Bonsall, M (2008) The evolutionary ecology of pre- and post-meiotic sperm senescence. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 23: 131-140.
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Crawshaw, M.A., Glaser, A.W., Pacey, A.A. , (2007) The use of pornographic materials by adolescent male cancer patients when banking sperm in the UK: Legal and ethical dilemmas. Human Fertility. 10: 159-163.
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Pacey, A.A. , (2007) Fertility issues in survivors from adolescent cancers. Cancer Treatment Reviews. 33: 646-655.
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Hakimi, H., Geary, I., Pacey, A.A. and Eley, A., (2006) Spermicidal activity of bacterial lipopolysaccharide is only partly due to lipid A. Journal of Andrology. 6: 774-779.
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England G.C.W., Burgess, C.M, Freeman, S.L., S.C. Smith, S.C., and Pacey, A.A. , (2006) Relationship between the fertile period and sperm transport in the bitch. Theriogenology. 66: 1410-1418.
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Suarez, SS and Pacey A.A. , (2006) Sperm transport in the Female Reproductive Tract. Human Reproduction Update. 12: 23-37.
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Pacey A.A., (2006) Quality Assurance and Semen Analysis – A view from the Andrology Laboratory. Human Reproduction. 21: 1105-1109.
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Riddell, D., Pacey A.A., and Whittington, K., (2005) Lack of compliance in UK Andrology laboratories to World Health Organisation recommendations for sperm morphology assessment. Human Reproduction. 20: 3441-3445.
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Pike, S., & A. Pacey (2005) Sperm Donation: Coping with Change. Human Fertility 8: 173-174.
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Eley, A., Hosseinzadeh, S., Hakimi, H., Geary, I., and Pacey, A.A. (2005) Apoptosis of human spermatozoa is induced by co-incubation with Chlamydia trachomatis lipopolysaccharide. Human Reproduction. 20: 2601-2607.
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Eley, A., Pacey, A.A. , Galdiero, M., Galdiero, M, & Galdiero, F. (2005) Can Chlamydia trachomatis directly damage your sperm? Lancet Infectious Diseases. 5: 53-57.
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Reeve, L. Lashen, H & Pacey, A.A. , (2005) Endometriosis affects sperm-endosalpingeal interactions. Human Reproduction. 20: 448-451.
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Pacey, A. A. , & Eley, A., (2004) Chlamydia and male fertility. Human Fertility. 7: 271-276.
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Hosseinzadeh, S., Eley, A., & Pacey, A.A., (2004) Semen quality of men with aymptomatic chlamydial infection. Journal of Andrology. 25: 104-110.
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Pacey, A. A. , (2003) Sperm you can bank on. British Medical Journal :327: 1354.
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Tomlinson, M., & Pacey, A. A. , (2003) Practical aspects of sperm banking for cancer patients. Human Fertility 6: 100-105.
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Reeve, L. Ledger, W.L and A.A. Pacey (2003) Does the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) adhesion sequence play a role in mediating sperm interaction with the human endosalpinx? Human Reproduction. 18: 1461-1468.
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Hosseinzadeh, S., Pacey, A.A. & Eley, A. (2003) Chlamydia trachomatis – induced death of human spermatozoa is caused primarily by lipopolysaccharide. The Journal of Medical Microbiology 52: 193-200.
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Bahathiq, A.O., Stewart, R.L., Wells, M., Moore, H.D., Pacey, A.A. & Ledger, W.L. (2002) Production of activins by the human endosalpinx. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 87: 5283-5289.
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Hosseinzadeh, S., Brewis, I.A., Eley, A. & Pacey, A.A. (2001) Co-incubation of human spermatozoa with Chlamydis trachomatis serovar E causes premature sperm death. Human Reproduction 16: 293-299.
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Taraktchoglou, M., Pacey, A.A. , Turnbull, J.E. & Eley, A. (2001) Infectivity of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar LGV but not E is dependent on host cell heparin sulfate. Infection and Immunity 69: 968-976.
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