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CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
	Andrew Horne, PhD, FRCOG, FRCP Edin, FRCSEd, FRSE, FMed Sci 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.
	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.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
	Kate Brian, BA, MA Lay Editor Fertility Network UK Kate Brian is Editor of the Journal of Fertility Counselling and is a lay representative for NHS England. Kate is a former television journalist and is the author of five books about fertility and pregnancy. She was a board member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and a member of the government’s Women’s Health Task Force. She was the first Women’s Voices Lead at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and in 2021 was awarded an honorary Fellowship of the College.
	Antonio Capalbo, PhD Reproduction and Genetics Chief Genomics Officer, Juno Genetics 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.
	Ying Cheong, MB ChB, BAO, MA, FRCOG, MD Infertility Professor of Reproductive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK Ying is the Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the University of Southampton. She is also the Medical Director at the Complete Fertility Centre, Southampton. Ying’s research interest is in translational medicine, taking novel key reproductive development concepts from bench to bedside. Her work is interdisciplinary, with collaborators across disciplines in the School of Electronics and Computer Science and Nanoscience within the University of Southampton in the development of nano-therapeutics and medical biosensors.
	Pierre Comizzoli, DVM, PhD Wildlife Reproduction Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, Washington DC, USA Dr Comizzoli is a Program Leader at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park in Washington DC. Pierre works on gamete and gonadal tissue cryo-banking for rare and endangered species, developing cutting-edge approaches to fertility preservation and assisted reproduction. He implements artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, and embryo transfer in diverse species (from amphibians to mammals) that have resulted in the births of healthy individuals. Pierre works on projects around the world – currently he oversees conservation breeding projects on wild carnivores and ungulates in Northern Africa and in Southeast Asia.
	Wei Cui, PhD Animal Models Principal Investigator & Director of Animal Models Core, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Assistant Professor Cui has over 15 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.
	W Colin Duncan, BSc, MBChB, MD, FRCOG Reproductive Medicine Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Science, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK Colin Duncan is a Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Science based in the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh in the UK. His research interests include polycystic ovary syndrome translating the findings from a clinically realistic ovine model of PCOS into the clinic. He has published widely on maternal recognition of pregnancy and early pregnancy problems and his clinical interests are reproductive medicine and ovulation induction.
	Mónica Faut, PhD Social Media GLAMW, RM Clinical Laboratory, Trelew, Argentina Mónica Faut has a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Buenos Aires. She participated as a researcher in human and animal reproduction, as well as performed as a lab manager in a fertility center. After more than 15 years in the fertility field, she became a medical writer and health communicator. Nowadays, she combines her passion for fertility research with health communication. Her strongest areas are sperm biology, the andrology lab, and embryo development. She is passionate about communicating science and bringing scientific knowledge in simple words to general audiences.
	Sun-Wei Guo, M Med, PhD Female Infertility Professor of Gynecology at Shanghai OB/GYN Hospital, Fudan University, China Professor Guo received his PhD from the University of Washington in 1991. He worked at University of Michigan and University of Minnesota before becoming a tenured full Professor at Medical College of Wisconsin. After serving a three-year term directorship at the Institute of Obstetric and Gynecologic Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, he has been Professor of Gynecology at Shanghai OB/GYN Hospital, Fudan University since 2010. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Endometriosis Society (WES), the Asian Society of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis (ASEA), the past board member of the Society of Endometriosis and Uterine Disorders (SEUD), and a member of the WHO Expert Working Groups (EWG3A). He has served as an Associated Editor for Human Reproduction Update, Human Reproduction, Reproductive Sciences, and Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy. Currently he serves as co-Editor-in-Chief for the newly launched SEUD official journal, Journal of Endometriosis and Uterine Disorders, and as Associate Editor for several other international journals.
	Conor Harrity, FRCOG, FACOG, FRCPI, EFRM Reproductive Medicine Consultant ObGyn, Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Rotunda and Beaumont Hospitals, Dublin, Ireland Dr Harrity is Medical Director of First IVF, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. His main areas of clinical practice are reproductive endocrinology, assisted reproduction, and minimally invasive gynaecological surgery. His research interests focus on endometrial factors in recurrent pregnancy loss and repeated implantation failure. He serves on committees for ASRM, AAGL and ASRI.
	Cathy Herbrand, PhD Social Science Professor of Medical and Family Sociology, and Deputy Director, Centre for Reproduction Research, De Montfort University, UK Cathy Herbrand is a Professor of Medical and Family Sociology and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Reproduction Research at De Montfort University (UK). Her research interests lie in the sociological and anthropological study of medicine, genetics, biotechnologies, reproduction and gender. Her current work explores the interactions between scientific progress, policies and patients’ lives by looking at the social, political and ethical issues surrounding mitochondrial donation techniques, egg donation and surrogacy. Her new collaborative and interdisciplinary ESRC-funded research project focuses on the implications of preconception reproductive genomic testing in the UK.
	Elango Kamaraj, MVSc, PhD Early Career Editor University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland Elango Kamaraj is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Eastern Finland. He received his MVSc and PhD in Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics from National Dairy Research Institute, India. His research interests include cryptic female choice, idiopathic infertility, and male fertility prediction. During his MVSc and PhD, he worked in the field of animal reproduction and currently working in human reproduction. He is particularly interested in flow cytometric analysis of sperm characteristics, cryobiology of sperm cryopreservation, and analyzing sperm RNA and protein as a biomarker for bull fertility prediction.
	Francesca Gioia Klinger, PhD Female Reproduction (Basic Sciences) Associate Professor in Histology and Embryology, Saint Camillus International University Of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy Dr Francesca Klinger is Associate 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.
	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.
	Raymond Li, MBBS, MD, FRCOG, FHKAM (O&G), Cert RCOG (Reproductive Medicine), Cert HKCOG (Reproductive Medicine) 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.
	George Liperis, PhD Embryology Consultant Embryologist, Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia George Liperis is an ESHRE-certified Senior Clinical Embryologist practicing Clinical Embryology, combining research and teaching in Human Reproduction. His research interests consist of the development of improved methods of assisted conception. During his professional career, he has developed a range of clinical, research and teaching skills and has been invited to teach at workshops and present at several international conferences. He is also a member of the editorial boards of ESHRE journal club and Focus of Reproduction.
	Federica Lopes, PhD Basic and Translational Male Reproductive Sciences University of Dundee, UK Dr Federica Lopes is a Lecturer in Reproductive Medicine at the University of Dundee. She is co-lead of the MSc in Human Clinical Embryology and Assisted Conception. Her research investigates the impact that chemotherapy has on human fertility, focusing on understanding the mechanism of action of anticancer agents on male and female gonads, with the aim of finding a fertility preservation strategy. Federica's background is in veterinary medicine, reproductive physiology, and pre-implantation embryo development.
	Sarah Martins da Silva, MB ChB, MD Male Reproduction (Clinical) Clinical Reader, 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.
	Claudia Massarotti, MD Reproductive Medicine Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Genova; Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine physician, IRCSS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy Assistant Professor Massarotti is a reproductive medicine physician and a researcher at University of Genova, Italy. Her main research and clinical interests include fertility preservation; gynaecological and reproductive follow up after gonadotoxic therapies, including contraception and management of iatrogenic menopause; reproductive endocrinology and assisted reproduction techniques.
	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.
	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.
	Chelsea Morroni, MBChB, DFSRH, MPH, PhD Global Health University of Edinburgh, UK Chelsea is a sexual and reproductive health (SRH) doctor and epidemiologist, with 25 years’ experience living and working in Africa. She is currently a Chancellor’s Fellow in Global Sexual and Reproductive Health at the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, and a Senior Research Associate at The Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership. She founded and directs the Botswana Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Initiative (BSRHI), a clinical research group working in the Southern African region, and holds senior advisor positions for several African Ministries of Health, and consultant roles with the International AIDS Society, UNFPA and the WHO. She is also the Co-Director of the UK Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare’s Clinical Effectiveness Unit, developing clinical and programmatic contraceptive guidance for the UK. Chelsea has worked in all aspects of SRH (policy, programming, clinical, research and advocacy) in Southern and Eastern Africa, the UK and the US. She is an internationally recognised expert in academic and clinical SRH, particularly contraception care, in Africa. She is an honorary professor in Women’s Health at the University of Cape Town’s School of Public Health, as well as an honorary senior research associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Chelsea is clinically active in providing SRH care and training in Botswana through NGO and government clinics and at the Chalmer’s Sexual Health Centre in Edinburgh.
	Willem Ombelet, PhD, MD Global Reproduction Associate Professor, University of Hasselt, Belgium Willem Ombelet started his career researching infertility in 1984 in Pretoria, South Africa. In 1998, he obtained his PhD degree at the University of Leuven. From 2001 until 2004 he was the President of the Belgian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He was involved in 190 international peer-reviewed articles. Dr Ombelet is the founder of the Genk Institute for Fertility Technology and the Walking Egg non-profit organization. He founded the international scientific journal Facts, Views & Vision in ObGyn. He was the coordinator of the ESHRE Special Interest Groups 'Andrology' and 'Global and Sociocultural aspects of infertility'.
	M Mehdi Ommati, PhD Reproductive Toxicology Distinguished Associate Professor, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Henan, China Dr M Mehdi Ommati held his PhD (2017) in the Physiology Section at Shiraz University. He was a National Elites Foundation member during his education. He is currently a Distinguished Associate Professor (Talent, Type A) at the College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on the various aspects of male and female reproductive indices, ‎immuno-suppression methods in fertility, xenobiotics-induced mitochondria injuries in the reproductive system, behavioral traits, and xenobiotics-triggered reproductive toxicology, with a beneficial effect on health. Dr Ommati is a visiting Professor at the Shiraz University of Medicine, Iran.
	Carol Pearson, BA (Oxon), ACA Lay Editor Carol is a chartered accountant and non-executive director in the NHS and is co-author of a book on endometriosis. She was previously a trustee at Endometriosis UK and subsequently patient leader. She sat on the NICE Endometriosis Guideline Committee and provided input into the specialised commissioning guidelines on severe endometriosis. She has been involved in research on rectovaginal endometriosis compromising the bowel. Carol has an interest in peer support groups and the psychological impact of endometriosis and is currently completing psychotherapy training with plans to further research in this area.
	Alex Polyakov, MBBS, MClinEpid, MReproMed, MHealth&MedLaw, MBioeth, GradCertEBM, FACLM, FRANZCOG Reproductive Medicine Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia Associate Professor Alex Polyakov is an Obstetrician, Gynaecologist, and Fertility Specialist based in Melbourne with a medical degree from the University of Adelaide (2000). He holds Fellowships of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (FRANZCOG) and the Australasian College of Legal Medicine (FACLM). His postgraduate qualifications include a Master of Epidemiology/Biostatistics, a Master of Reproductive Medicine, a Master of Bioethics, and a Master of Health Law. He has presented at numerous national and international conferences and has co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed papers on diverse subjects, including IVF add-ons, bioethics, clinical IVF, and medicolegal aspects of fertility treatments. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at The University of Melbourne.
	Richard Quinton, MB BChir MA MD FRCP(Edin) Reproductive Endocrinology Consultant Endocrinologist, Royal Victoria Infirmary and Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University, UK Dr Quinton graduated from Cambridge University in 1988. Following core medical training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital London and Erasmus University Hospital Rotterdam, he undertook specialist training in Endocrinology at UCL Hospitals in London. This included a period of research at the Centre for Neuroendocrinology, which led to an MD Thesis in Kallmann’s syndrome that was awarded the Ralph Noble Prize for Neurosciences by Cambridge University. As well as collaborating with molecular geneticists to identify key genes involved in the neuroendocrine control of human reproduction, his emphasis on careful patient phenotyping and longitudinal follow-up has resulted in novel clinical observations that have changed perceptions of the plasticity of the human GnRH pulse-generator and its resilience in the face of both genetic and environmental insults. He has strong clinical interests in sex hormone replacement in males and females, including transgender individuals, and has been a longstanding active supporter of patient involvement and self-help groups, including those for Kallmann, Klinefelter and Turner syndromes.
	Cecilia Sjoblom, PhD IVF (Embryology) Chair of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Sydney, and Scientific Director, Westmead Fertility Centre, University of Sydney, Australia Associate Professor Cecilia Sjoblom has more than 25 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.
	Claire Stenhouse, PhD Female Reproduction (Basic) Department of Animal Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA Claire Stenhouse is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Science at Pennsylvania State University. Her research utilizes large animals (sheep, pigs, and cows) 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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	Jack Wilkinson, PhD Statistics Centre for Biostatistics, University of Manchester, UK Jack is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Biostatistics, University of Manchester. His research concerns the development and application of methodology in reproductive medicine, with a particular interest in research methods for medically assisted reproduction. He has expertise in comparative effectiveness research, prediction research and evidence synthesis.