Editorial Board
Reproduction and Fertility is recently launched, and as such the Editorial Board is continuing to grow.
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Andrew Horne, PhD FRCOG FRCP Edin Professor of Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences at The MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, UK Professor Horne’s research interests include understanding the causes of ectopic pregnancy and investigating novel methods for treatment, as well as investigating the aetiology, and researching novel treatment approaches, of persistent pelvic pain and endometriosis. |
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Norah Spears, D Phil Professor of Reproductive Physiology at the Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, UK Her interests focus on gonadal development, particularly the ovary. Current research is as part of Edinburgh Fertility Preservation, investigating how chemotherapy treatment can affect the gonads: for young people, effects of cancer treatment on fertility are of great concern, yet the primary site of action of chemotherapeutic drugs on the gonads is still unknown, hampering the development of treatments to mitigate these adverse effects. |
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Antonio Capalbo, PhD Reproduction and Genetics Scientific and Laboratory Director, Igenomix Italy Since 2008, he has been working in clinical embryology and reproductive genetics, pioneering the modern approaches for embryo biopsy and preimplantation genetic testing technologies, and contributing to the development of preconception genomic medicine applications. His basic research interests involve the study of the mechanisms of chromosomal segregation errors during meiosis and mitosis in human gametes and preimplantation embryos, as well as the identification of genomic defects responsible for different embryo developmental defects and infertility phenotypes. His research activity is documented by over 100 peer-reviewed publications. |
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Rohan Chodankar, MD Non-Malignant Gynaecology, and Media Clinical Research Fellow, Deanery of Clinical Sciences, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, UK Dr Chodankar is a Specialty Trainee in Obstetrics & Gynaecology working at NHS Lothian. He is also pursuing a higher research degree at the University of Edinburgh which is focused on Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB). His interests include AUB, chronic pelvic pain and minimally invasive surgical techniques to manage these conditions. |
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Wei Cui, PhD Animal Models Principal Investigator & Director of Animal Models Core, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Assistant Professor Cui has over 12 years of experience in mammalian oocytes and pre-implantation embryo development. Dr Cui has created live transgenic cloned goats by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) and has generated several knockout rat and mouse lines by ZFN, TALEN and CRISPR/Cas9. In addition to research, Dr Cui is also the Director of Animal Models Core in the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS), Massachusetts, USA. |
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Francesca Gioia Klinger, PhD Female Reproduction (Basic Sciences) Assistant Professor in Histology and Embryology, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Dr Francesca Klinger is Assistant Professor in Histology and Embryology. Her research interests include reproductive and developmental biology, histology, and stem and germ cell biology, with a primary focus on investigating how different drugs, such as chemotherapics, can impact on subsequent female fertility and ovarian function. The aims of her research are to develop new methodologies for the preservation of fertility. |
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Channa Jayasena, MA, PHD, MRCP, FRCPATH Reproductive Endocrinology Reader in Reproductive Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, UK Dr Jayasena is Reader and Consultant in Reproductive Endocrinology at Imperial College, St. Mary's and Hammersmith Hospitals, London and Head of Andrology, North-West London Pathology Service. He qualified in medicine at Cambridge University, after which he undertook specialist training in Diabetes & Endocrinology in London, and performed research at Imperial College as a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellow and subsequently NIHR Clinical Lecturer. Dr Jayasena has recently been awarded an NIHR Post-Doctoral Fellowship investigating the metabolic regulation of male infertility. He is also Chief Investigator on an NIHR Health Technology Assessment-funded project to investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Testosterone Replacement in Men (TestES Consortium). |
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Mathew Leonardi, MD Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, and Media Gynaecological surgeon and sonologist, McMaster University, Canada; University of Sydney, Australia Assistant Professor Leonardi is a minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon and sonologist at McMaster University in Canada. He is simultaneously finishing his PhD at the University of Sydney, which is focused on the utility of ultrasound in the diagnosis and surgical management of endometriosis. He serves on the Next Generation Committee for the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. His clinical and research interests include pelvic pain and endometriosis, diagnostic imaging in gynecology, and surgery. |
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Raymond Li, PhD IVF (Clinical) and Clinical Endocrinology Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Dr Li is a Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine. He is currently Clinical Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong. He is also Honorary Medical Consultant, The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong. He has been serving as Chair of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Committee, Asia and Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AOFOG) since 2017. His clinical and research interests are in reproductive endocrinology, subfertility and family planning. |
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Federica Lopes, PhD Early Career University of Edinburgh, UK Dr Federica Lopes is research fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Her work investigates the impact that chemotherapy has on fertility. She started looking at the effect of anti-cancer agents on the female gonad using mouse and ex-vivo human ovary in Professor Norah Spears’ lab. She then moved to explore the effect of chemotherapy on young boys’ fertility in Professor Rod Mitchell’s lab. Federica grew up in Italy where she graduated in veterinary medicine, followed by a PhD in physiology of reproduction, studying the role of cytokines on pre-implantation sheep embryo development. |
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Sarah Martins da Silva, PhD Male Reproduction (Clinical) Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Dundee, UK Sarah Martins da Silva runs a translational research programme focussed around male infertility, sperm function and drug discovery. She is particularly interested in sperm calcium signalling and ion channel function, and the impact of sperm dysfunction on male fertility as well as Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) outcomes. |
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Ezekiel Onyonka Mecha, PhD Reproductive Biochemistry Reader in Reproductive Biochemistry and Endocrinology, College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Kenya Dr Mecha’s research interests include identification of earlier diagnostic biomarkers of endometriosis, adenomyosis and cancer using metabolomics, proteomic and transcriptomic approaches. The overall aim of this study is to identify earlier diagnostic markers for endometriosis for effective therapeutic intervention. Also, his research interests include characterization of placental immunoglobulin G and associated autoimmune disorders which causes early and recurrent pregnancy loses in ovine. Placental bound IgG may be crucial in immunology of pregnancy and together with the cognate antigen thereof may be useful as models for the study of maternal-fetal interaction in human pregnancy and in the development of experimental immunotherapy to immunologically compromised pregnancies in humans and livestock. In addition, Dr Mecha is using transcriptomic approach to identify prostate cancer biomarkers. Current studies are also investigating pathophysiology of placental malaria in baboons and how it leads to pregnancy loses. |
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Amanda de Mestre, BVSc (hons) PhD Veterinary Reproductive Medicine Reader in Reproductive Immunology, The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK Dr de Mestre’s research interests include early placental development, the immune response in pregnancy and identification and characterisation of underlying causes of both early pregnancy loss and abortion in the mare. Her recent and current research projects have applied molecular, genetic, epidemiological techniques to describe risk factors for pregnancy loss, provided the first description of aneuploid pregnancies associated with early pregnancy loss in the mare and defined other genetic (SNPs) and developmental defects that compromise an equine pregnancy via interfering with fetal development. Current studies are also investigating the underlying pathology and risk factors for umbilical cord torsion that leads to fetal death, the most common cause of abortion in the mare in the UK. This research is intended to lead to new diagnostic tests that can be applied in the management of breeding mares and also has implications for understanding underlying mechanisms of pregnancy loss in other species including women. |
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Brett Nixon, PhD Male Reproduction (Basic and Translational Sciences) Senior Research Fellow of National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia; Co-Director, Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science, University of Newcastle, Australia Professor Nixon’s research interests focus on understanding the mechanistic basis of male germ cell development. He has conducted research activity at the basic biology / clinical andrology interface, providing insights into how spermatozoa acquire the functional competence to engage in fertilization, and how this process becomes so dramatically disrupted in cases of male infertility. Through the study of model species as diverse as crocodiles, platypus and humans, his ongoing research has broad application for the diagnosis of sperm dysfunction, the design of novel therapeutic intervention strategies to alleviate the burden of male infertility, and assisted reproductive strategies for wildlife conservation. |
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M Mehdi Ommati, PhD Reproductive Toxicology Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi Province, China Dr Ommati did his PhD in the field of Reproductive Physiology in 2018 at Shiraz University. He is now an assistant professor in the Department of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University. He serves as an Editorial Board Member and reviewer of more than a dozen Toxicology and Reproduction-related journals. His research mainly focuses on the various aspects of male and female reproductive indices, immuno-suppression methods in fertility, antioxidants- induced mitochondria injuries in reproductive organs, behavioral traits, and xenobiotics-triggered reproductive toxicology with a beneficial effect on health, with his research being documented by more than 100 publications in various peer-reviewed journals. |
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Cecilia Sjoblom, PhD IVF (Embryology) Scientific Director Associate Professor, Westmead Fertility Centre, University of Sydney, Australia Associate Professor Cecilia Sjoblom has over 23 years of experience in the field of ART. She trained and was awarded her PhD in embryology at Göteborg University, Sweden in collaboration with the University of Adelaide. She later worked in the UK before joining Westmead Fertility Centre and the University of Sydney. With her considerable expertise and knowledge, A/Prof Sjoblom is frequently called on to help improve laboratory conditions, QA/QC and the quality management systems resulting in improved success rates of fertility clinics around the world. In her role as Scientific Director at Westmead Fertility Centre, she directs the Embryology team and heads the Early Embryo Development and Epigenetics research group. |
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Claire Stenhouse, PhD Early Career Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, USA Dr Stenhouse is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University. Her research utilizes large animals (sheep and pigs) to investigate molecular signalling between the conceptus (fetus and associated placental membranes) and the endometrium during pregnancy recognition, implantation, and placentation. She is particularly interested in the regulation of placental mineral transport and the mechanisms regulating intrauterine growth restriction, with a goal of generating new knowledge to improve pregnancy success in both women and livestock. |
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Carla Tomassetti, PhD Infertility KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Carla Tomassetti obtained her medical degree (summa cum laude – 2001), her specialization in obstetrics and gynaecology (2006) and her subspecialist degree in reproductive medicine (2008) at KU Leuven, Belgium. From then on, she has been working as a staff member of the Leuven University Fertility Center, while she obtained her PhD degree in Biomedical Sciences in October 2017 for her thesis entitled ‘Fertility in women with endometriosis: prognosis and treatment strategies’. In October 2018 she was appointed as associate professor (part-time) at KU Leuven, Faculty of Medicine, Unit Woman and Child (LEERM). Her clinical and research fields of interest include: surgical and medical treatment of severe forms of endometriosis and pelvic pain, pathogenesis of endometriosis (including stem cells), reproductive endocrinology and medically assisted reproduction. |
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Adam Watkins, PhD Environmental Effects on Reproduction, Development and Offspring Health Assistant Professor in Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK Dr Watkins’ research interests focus on the connection between parental diet, gamete quality, preimplantation embryo development and offspring cardio-metabolic health in mice models. Dr Watkins’ current research is on understanding how a father’s diet at the time of conception impacts on sperm epigenetic status and testicular function, preimplantation embryo development, fetal growth and placental function. The intention of this research is to provide better information for intending fathers on how their lifestyle may affect the quality of their sperm and the health of their offspring. |
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Nick Wheelhouse, PhD Reproductive Infectious Diseases Associate Professor, School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, UK Dr Wheelhouse’s research interests focus upon understanding the role of bacterial pathogens in pregnancy loss within people and livestock. His current research includes studying the routes of transmission of bacterial zoonoses in livestock-rearing communities within sub-Saharan Africa and investigations into the potential effects of bacteria on steroid hormone action in the uterus. |
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Suzannah Williams, PhD Lay Editor Principal Investigator & Research Group Leader; Lead of Ovarian Research for the Oxford Future Fertility Trust, Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, UK Associate Professor Williams works in the field of ovarian physiology with a focus on ovarian dysfunction, primary ovarian insufficiency and fertility preservation using a variety of models including mice, sheep and rats. She manages a multidisciplinary research programme and leads the human female fertility preservation research (Future Fertility Trust) and also the Rhino Fertility Project. The overarching aim of her research is to develop techniques for fertility preservation for girls and women and also endangered species. She also has a strong interest in scientific communication. |
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