Professor, Robinson Research Institute and School of Biomedicine
The University of Adelaide

1983　Graduated from University of Adelaide, BSc
1993　Obtained degree of PhD, University of Adelaide
2007　Appointed NHMRC Principal Research Fellow
2011　Appointed Professor, University of Adelaide
2013　Appointed Director, Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide (2013-2021)
2021　Appointed NHMRC Investigator Fellow, University of Adelaide
2024　Awarded Order of Australia, for service to medical research in immunology and reproduction
2023　Awarded Distinguished Scientist Award of the Society for Reproductive Investigation, USA
2022　Awarded Distinguished Fellowship Award of Society for the Study of Reproduction, USA
2016　Awarded Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
2015　Awarded Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
2010　Awarded Fellow of the Society for Reproductive Biology, Australia

1985

Graduated from the University of Tokyo, endowed with MD degree

1995

Endowed with PhD degree

1995-97

Post-doctoral training at Stanford University

2004

Lecturer, Obstetrics and Gynecology, the University of Tokyo

2011

Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, the University of Tokyo

2013

Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, the University of Tokyo

2019

Deputy Director, the University of Tokyo Hospital

2019-2023

President, Japan Society of Gynecologic and Obstetric Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Therapy

2020-2024

President, Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine

2024-

President, Japan Society of Fertilization and Implantation

[Award]

2020

The Rogerio A. Lobo Award　(Society for Reproductive Investigation)

Bart CJM Fauser, MD, PhD, FRCOG, is a Professor Em. of Reproductive Medicine, Gynecologist, former Head of the Department for Reproductive Medicine and Gynecology and former Chair of the Division of Woman & Baby at the University of Utrecht and the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
He is the scientific director of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), consultant and board member. In addition, he is a Fellow ad Eundum of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG), Honorary member of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Honorary member of the Middle East Fertility Society (MEFS), international member of the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM), member of the Academia Europea, Night in the order of the Netherlands Lion, past member of the board of the Dutch Medical Research Counsel (ZonMW), and past Editor-in-Chief of Reproductive Biomedicine Online (RBMO), and Human Reproduction Update.
He previously held posts as a Fulbright scholar at the University of California, San Diego; visiting professorships at Stanford University School of Medicine (California, USA), Free University of Brussels (Belgium), University of Siena (Italy), University of Southampton (UK), and the University of Adelaide (Australia). He is a past chair of the World Health Organization (WHO) steering committee for infertility guidelines.
His major research interests include the pathophysiology of human ovarian function (especially PCOS, POI, and ovarian aging), ovarian stimulation, IVF and women’s health (including contraception, menopause and healthy aging). Professor Fauser published over 500 peer-reviewed scientific articles, Hirsch factor 115 (SCOPUS), and No 1 in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Stanford/Elsevier/Ioannidis 2024 Top Scientists list (Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List 2024 - Top 2% Scientists). He has acted as the editor of multiple textbooks, wrote chapters for all leading textbooks in Reproductive Medicine, lectured all around the world and his work has been widely covered in the national and international news media.

1986 Graduated from Tottori University School of Medicine
1986 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyushu University Hospital
1993 Kyushu University Medical Institute Hospital（Assistant,Prof）
1998 Research Fellow, Wellcome CRC, University of Cambridge, UK
2001 Department of Genomics, Kyushu University Medical Institute
2006 Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine (Associate Professor)
2010 Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Information Genetics, (Professor)

[Affiliated academic societies]
Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Supervisor)
Japan Society of Infertility
Japan Society of Human Genetics
Japan Society of Fertilization and Implantation
Molecular Biology Society of Japan
Japanese Society of Reproductive Endocrinology（Director）
Japanese Society of Reproductive Medicine

2007

MD-PhD (OB&GYN) from Shandong University

2006-2007

Visiting Scholar at Baylor College of Medicine, USA

2016

Professor/Chief Physician at the Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University until now

[Awards]

2023-2024

World’s Top 2% Scientists in OB&GYN and Endocrinology & Metabolism for two consecutive years

2023

National Heroine Pacesetter for Achievements, China

2020

16th Youth Science and Technology Award, China

2023

18th Young Women Scientists Award, China

2021

8th Shulan Medical Youth Award, China

2023

National Science & Technology Award for Women and Childres's Health, China (First-class Prize)

Current Position
Team Director / Deputy Center Director
Education

1997-2001

University of Tokyo

1999-2001

Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, University of Tokyo

2000-2001

Bachelor work in Dr. Masayuki Yamamoto's laboratory Doctoral Research

2003-2004

Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo (Doctor’s Course)

Genetic screen for meiosis-specific proteins that regulate chromosome segregation in fission yeast supervised by Dr. Yoshinori Watanabe
Fellowships:
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science DC1 Fellowship (2003-2004)
Degree

2006

Ph.D (Science) in University of Tokyo
Thesis: "The conserved protein shugoshin protects centromeric cohesion of sister chromatids." Research in a Professional Position

2004-2007

Research Associate, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo Functional analysis of the conserved centromere protein shugoshin in mammalian cells in Dr. Yoshinori Watanabe's laboratory Postdoctoral Research

2007-2011

Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg
Probing the mechanism and dynamics of homologous chromosome biorientation in live mouse oocytes in Dr. Jan Ellenberg group

Fellowships:
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science PD Fellowship (2007)
Human Frontier Science Program Long-Term Fellowship (2008-2010)
Research as a PI

2012-

Team Leader, Laboratory for Chromosome Segregation, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB)
(currently RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research)

2013-

Visiting Associate Professor (2020- Visiting Professor), Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

2019-

Deputy Center Director, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

2025-

Team Director, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

Awards

2016

Young Scientist’s Prize for the Commendation of Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan

2022

JSPS Prize

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland and Clinical Director of Fertility Plus, National Women’s, Auckland NZ. Co-ordinating Editor Cochrane Gynaecology and Fertility, Co-Chair of the Cochrane Board 2014 to 2018. Cindy is Dean of Research and Policy for RANZCOG.

Training:
1982　MBChB University of Auckland
1986　MRCOG Part 2
1993　MD
1998　RANZCOG: CREI
2003　Masters in Public Health

Awards:

2014　Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
2017　Aldo Vacca Medal, RANZCOG
2018　Liley Medal, Health Research Medal
2019　Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
2019　Research Excellence Medal, UoA
2023　Peter Gluckman Medal, UoA
2024　Awarded Beavan Medal, Health Research Counci

2003　Graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in Cell Biology and Neuroscience (Magna Cum Laude)
2007　Obtained MD degree with Distinction in Research from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School – Rutgers University
2013　Obtained Urology Residency Training - New York Weill Cornell Medicine
2015　Obtained Fellowship in Reproductive Urology - Baylor College of Medicine
2015　Appointed as Director of Reproductive Urology and Assistant Professor at the University of Miami
2024　Appointed as Consultant Urologist at Jumeirah American Clinic and First IVF, Dubai

Awards

2021　Ira and Ester Rosenwaks Young Investigator Award, American Society of Reproductive Medicine
2022　Young Investigator Award, Sexual Medicine Society of North America
2023　Gold Cystoscope Award, American Urological Association

1999 Graduated from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland (MSc in Molecular Biology)
2003 Obtained a PhD degree from the University of Helsinki, Finland (PhD in Biomedicine)
2012 Appointed as a tenure track Professor of Molecular Medicine
2020 Appointed as a full Professor of Molecular Medicine

Awards:
2013 Young Andrologist Award, International Society of Andrology,
2011 Young Researcher Award, Intenational Network of Young Researchers in Male Fertility
2008 Unto Uotila Award, Finnish Endrocrine Society
2006 L’Oréal Finland for Women in Science Fellowship award
2003 PhD thesis award, Finnish Academy of Science

1988: Graduated from Showa University Graduate School of Medicine (PhD in Plastic Surgery)
2006: Studied abroad at the University of California, San Francisco
2009: Professor of the Department of Urology, Toho University School of Medicine
2010: Director of Reproduction Center at Toho University Omori Hospital
2021: Director of Urinary Tract Reconstruction Center at Toho University Omori Hospital
2025 Professor Emeritus of Toho University School of Medicine and Director of Ginza Reproductive Surgery Clinic

Awards
2003 Academic Encouragement Award of the Japan Society of Reproductive Medicine
2004 Hayashi Motoyuki Award

Professor of Medicine in Residence
The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Peter Y. Liu MBBS (Hons I) PhD FRACP is an investigator at The Lundquist Institute, Professor of Medicine in Residence at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), and an endocrinologist at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He obtained his medical and doctoral degrees from the University of Sydney, and completed his endocrine training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, which is a University of Sydney affiliated medical center. He is an American Board of Internal Medicine certified endocrinologist and a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. His research examines how sleep disturbances and circadian misalignment impair cardiometabolic health and male fertility, and dysregulates the male gonadal axis causing hypogonadism. He has published over 100 original research papers, and 30 textbook chapters. His research program has received over 20 years of continuous federal funding initially from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and now from the National Institutes of Health. He has reviewed grant applications as a standing member of both these federal agencies. He is currently President of the International Society of Andrology.

1993

Obtained degree of MBBS (Hons 1) from University of Sydney

1999

Obtained Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

2003

Obtained degree of PhD from University of Sydney

2004

Appointed Postdoctoral Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN USA

2006

Appointed Postdoctoral Fellow, The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

2006-2012

Appointed Associate Professor, University of Sydney

2012-now

Appointed Professor of Medicine in Residence, The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

2008-2011

Appointed Assistant Secretary, World Sleep Federation

2015-2019

Appointed Board member, American Society of Andrology

2021-2025

Appointed President, International Society of Andrology

Awards

2004

Young Investigator Award from Endocrine Society of Australia

2007

Outstanding Reviewer Award, US Endocrine Society

2010

Mid Career Research Award from Endocrine Society of Australia

2010

Young Andrologist Award from American Society of Andrology

2013

International Young Andrologist Award from the International Society of Andrology

2023

Michael O Thorner Visiting Lecturer Award, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

2024

EAA-ASA Exchange Lecturer Award, European Academy of Andrology

Education:
2005: Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist, Universitas Indonesia
2006: Assisted Reproductive Technology, Hyogo College of Medicine Japan (Research Fellow)
2009: Reproductive Endocrinology Infertility Consultant, FMUI-Indonesia
2014: Doctoral Program, FMUI-Indonesia
2017: Magister of Public Health, UGM-Indonesia
2018: Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology
2022: International Affiliate to the College of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
2024: Fellowship of Indian College Reproductive Medicine (FICRM)
2024: Honorary Fellow of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)

Current Position:
Chairman of Academic Senate - Universitas Indonesia Lecturer Staff of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, FMUI/RSCM President Elect of Indonesian Society of Obstetrician and Gynecologist Chairman of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) Committee of AOFOG Vice director of Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute (IMERI) FMUI Member of Medical Science Committee Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (Indonesian Academy of Sciences)
President of Asian PCOS Society

Medical Doctor, graduated in Argentina (Buenos Aires University), ObGyn resident at the Buenos Aires British Hospital and postgraduate fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in HRC, Pasadena, USA.
Certified specialist in Clinical Infertility, Assisted Reproduction, Ultrasound and Reproductive Surgery.

Current activity:

• ART Lab Director, Pregna Medicina Reproductiva, Buenos Aires, Argentina(www.pregna.com.ar)
• President elect, IFFS 2025-2028.

Previous activity:

• Past President, Argentinian Society for Reproductive Medicine (Samer, 2009-2011)
• Member, Accreditation Committee for ART Centers, and Co-Director of the Argentinian Registry for Assisted Reproduction (RAFA, 2009-2017).
• Medical advisor, VRepro, Reprosoft, Granada, Spain.

Professor Oladapo Adenrele Ashiru, MBBS, Ph.D., FAMedS., is Chairman of the Medical Art Center (MART) and Institute of Assisted Reproductive Technology, Lagos. A pioneer in IVF-ET and PGT in Africa, he advanced FSH feedback mechanism research in 1979 and developed treatments for sickle cell disease, chromosomal aneuploidy, and environmental toxin management. Secretary-General of the IFFS, he also presides over the Africa Reproductive Care Society and Foundation President of Academy of Medicine Specialties, Nigeria: and AFFS. With over 150 publications, three books, and a health column, he is a globally recognized leader in reproductive medicine.

2006 Graduated from University of Helsinki, main subjects Physiology and Reproductive biology
2014 Obtained degree of Doctor of Philosophy, at University of Helsinki
2015 Appointed as a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Cambridge UK, Laboratory of Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
2017 Appointed as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, Laboratory of Professor Juha Kere
2019 Obtained an independent Principal Investigator status at the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine
2022 Appointed as a Research Fellow by the Research Council of Finland
2024 Appointed as a Director of Research Programs Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, until now

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City IVFMD, My Duc Hospital Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
Dr. Vuong is currently the Vice President and Head of OB/GYN Department at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She was one of the pioneers of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in Vietnam, starting in 1997. Dr Vuong has authored more than 160 publications in high-ranking scientific journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Human Reproduction, and Fertility & Sterility, etc. She has been invited as a speaker for several regional and international meetings. Her areas of research activity include ovarian stimulation in low response patients, frozen embryo transfer and oocyte in-vitro maturation (IVM).

Dr. Inmaculada Moreno graduated in Biochemical Sciences in 2002 and obtained her European PhD in 2007 in the field of Molecular Microbiology, which was awarded the best PhD thesis of University of Valencia, Spain, in 2008.
During her postdoctoral training she specialized on Molecular Oncology and Regenerative Medicine.
In 2014, Dr. Moreno joined the R&D Department of Igenomix. From 2015 to 2018 she collaborated with the Reproductive and Stem Cell Biology laboratory at Stanford University School of Medicine as a Visiting Scholar. From 2019 to 2022 she was the Research Director of Endometrial Microbiome department in Igenomix R&D and Igenomix Foundation.
Currently, she is Principal Investigator at Carlos Simon Foundation and INCLIVA, and leads the research on The Role of the Microbiome in Human Reproduction.
Dr. Moreno has been productive in both basic and clinical research. She is the author of more than 50 international publications in peer-review journals and has participated as invited speaker in over 100 international conferences.

Aleksandar Rajkovic, MD, PhD, is UCSF’s chief genomics officer, professor of pathology, and the medical director and chief of the Center for Genetic and Genomic Medicine in the UCSF Health System. In this role, he oversees implementation of genomic precision medicine across UCSF Health System. He has served as a member and director on numerous NIH study sections and workshops, March of Dimes advisory committee on prematurity, Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award Advisory Committee, and ACOG Committee on Genetics among others. He has been the principal investigator on NIH grants that studied various aspects of reproductive genomics, women’s health, and population genetic screening. He published more than 200 original peer reviewed articles in leading medical journals including NEJM, JAMA, Nature Genetics, Science, and JCI. He has been elected into the American Society of Clinical Investigator, American Association of Physicians and National Academy of Medicine.

Title
Aleksandar Rajkovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Genomic Officer
Stuart Lindsay Distinguished Professor in Experimental Pathology
Department of Pathology
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of California, San Francisco

2007

MD-PhD (OB&GYN) from Shandong University

2006-2007

Visiting Scholar at Baylor College of Medicine, USA

2016

Professor/Chief Physician at the Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University until now

[Awards]

2023-2024

World’s Top 2% Scientists in OB&GYN and Endocrinology & Metabolism for two consecutive years

2023

National Heroine Pacesetter for Achievements, China

2020

16th Youth Science and Technology Award, China

2023

18th Young Women Scientists Award, China

2021

8th Shulan Medical Youth Award, China

2023

National Science & Technology Award for Women and Childres's Health, China (First-class Prize)

2003 Graduated from University of Bergen, Norway. MD, Specialist in Internal Medicine and Specialist in Endocrinology. Currently working as consultant Endocrinologist, Haukeland University Hospital and researcher at the University of Bergen. Primary research interest Premature ovarian insufficiency and Addisons disease.
2023 Obtained degree of Philosophia doctor (PhD) at University of Bergen, Norway.
2021 Appointed chair of Reproductive interest group in the Norwegian Endocrine society. 2021 Appointed member of Norwegian Gestational diabetes national interest group. 2022 Appointed member of ESHRE guideline development group on Premature Ovarian Insufficiency.

1996 Graduated from Akita University
2001 Obtained degree of Ph.D., Akita University
2003 Appointed as Research fellow, Stanford University
2012 Appointed as Associate professor and Director of reproduction center, St. Marianna University
2018 Appointed as Professor, International Health and Welfare University
2022 Appointed as Professor, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine until now

[Awards]
2004 Awarded Stanford University Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
2009 Awarded International Ovarian Conference 2009
2014 Awarded Grant for Fertility innovation
2020 Awarded Star Reviewer, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
2021 Awarded Robert G. Edwards Prize Paper Award for 2020

Stratis Kolibianakis holds the position of Professor in Obstetrics-Gynaecology and Assisted Reproduction, serves as Head of the Unit for Human Reproduction, and functions as Director of the Master in Human Reproduction at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Professor Kolibianakis has authored several book chapters and published 197 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals (PUBMED, 1/2025). His research has garnered 10997 citations (SCOPUS, 1/2025), and he has achieved a Hirsch Index of 60 (SCOPUS, 1/2025). Professor Kolibianakis has delivered in excess of 200 lectures at international conferences and has served on the editorial boards of Human Reproduction (2005-2009), BJOG (2017-2020), RBMOnline (2009-present), Fertility-Sterility (2011-present) and F&S Science (2020-present).
He has fulfilled the role of coordinator for the Special Interest Group Reproductive Endocrinology (SIG RE) of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) (2013-2015) and has acted as Chair of the Special Interest Groups Committee of ESHRE (2017-2019). Currently, he serves as an assessor for the ESHRE accreditation of subspecialist training programmes in Reproductive Medicine.

Prof Helena Teede MBBS FRACP FAAHMS FRANZCOG FRCOG PhD AM graduated from Monash University in 1989. She is a clinician academic and reproductive endocrinologist in Australia, with a Professorship and NHMRC Investigator Fellowship in women’s health. She is Director Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, Monash University, with a team of 120 and leads the Centre for Research Excellence for Women’s Health in Reproductive Life. She has over 700 publications and $80M in career grant funding, mostly as lead. She is a world leader in PCOS and leads the International PCOS Guidelines. She is President of the International Society of Endocrinology, chairs a WHO task force and has awards including an Order of Australia for services to women’s health, the US endocrine Society Laureate award, and international awards for research excellence.

Nasser Al-Asmar es Licenciado en Farmacia en la rama Sanitaria, Diplomado en Especialización en Asesoramiento Genético y Genómica Clínica, Máster en Biotecnología de la Reproducción Humana Asistida y Doctorado en Biomedicina y Biotecnología, todo ello por la Universidad de Valencia (España). Fue Director de Laboratorio en Igenomix USA (Miami, Florida) desde su apertura en 2012 hasta enero de 2016, cuando se convirtió en Asesor Científico primero para los Estados Unidos y posteriormente para España y Latinoamérica. Es miembro de la Junta Permanente del Grupo de Interés de Genética de ASEBIR (Asociación para el Estudio de la Biología de la Reproducción) y Profesor del Máster deBiología y Tecnología de la Reproducción de Mamíferos de la Universidad de Murcia (UMU), España.
Nasser Al-Asmar tiene más de 15 años de experiencia en Laboratorio clínico y de investigación, primero en la Clínica IVI-Valencia (España) en el Laboratorio de Diagnóstico Genético Preimplantacional, luego en Igenomix (España) en el Laboratorio de Diagnóstico Genético Preimplantacional y posteriormente en Igenomix USA (Miami, Florida).
En 2024 Nasser Al-Asmar dio conferencias de manera presencial en Congresos Internacionales en varios países como Perú, India, Indonesia, Malasia, Turquía, Filipinas, Italia, España... sobre todos los diferentes temas de Genética Reproductiva. También lo hizo de manera virtual, en Congresos Internacionales para Brasil, Guatemala, Ucrania, México...

Professor Christian Becker is a Professor of Reproductive Sciences at the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health at the University of Oxford.
He studied medicine in Budapest, Berlin, and San Francisco, graduating in 1995. He then completed his clinical training in Berlin and Oxford, earning a Medical Doctorate (cum laude) from the Free University of Berlin in 1998.
Dr. Becker undertook two postdoctoral research fellowships at Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA—first from 1998 to 2000 and again from 2003 to 2005.
In November 2005, he joined Oxford as a Clinical Research Fellow at the Oxford Fertility Unit. A year later, he became an NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology while also training as an RCOG Fellow in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery.
In May 2009, Dr. Becker was appointed Consultant Gynaecologist and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust (OUHFT), primarily based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. He currently serves as the Clinical Lead for endometriosis, pelvic pain, fertility, and adolescent gynaecology at OUHFT.
In 2023, he was promoted to Professor of Reproductive Sciences at Oxford, where he co-directs the Endometriosis CaRe Centre, leading a comprehensive basic, translational, and clinical research program.
Beyond his academic work, Professor Becker is a leading figure in endometriosis research. He chairs the ESHRE Endometriosis Guideline Development Group and is a member of the NICE Guideline Committee for Endometriosis. He has published extensively and serves on multiple advisory boards.
Additionally, he is a Co-Director at Oxford Reproductive Health, where he supports individuals navigating fertility challenges.

Horace Roman is PhD in epidemiology and surgeon at IFEMEndo (Franco-European Multidisciplinary Institute for Endometriosis) in Bordeaux, France.

His practice and clinical research exclusively focus on the management of patients with advanced endometriosis.

He has published more than 230 scientific peer-reviewed articles, paying attention to postoperative fertility and pregnancy rates, or conservative management of endometriomas.

He has managed more than 1,800 patients with digestive tract endometriosis, and more than 180 with sacral plexus involvement.

He performed the ENDORE randomized trial comparing radical and conservative surgery for colorectal endometriosis and MESURE randomized trial comparing medical and surgical management for rectal endometriosis.

Education

2000

Graduated from the School of Medicine of Kanazawa University

2015

Ph.D. degree of Medicine, Kanazawa University

Work Experience

2000-2004

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Kanazawa University Hospital

2004-2005

New Hope Fertility Center in NY, USA

2005-2009

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Kanazawa University Hospital as a consultant

2007

Practicing infertility specialist of Kato Ladies Clinic

2011

Director of Kato Ladies Clinic

2013

General Director of Kato Ladies Clinic

Dr Alessandro Conforti obtained his MD degree in 2009 and in 2010 he was a Clinical Visitor at IVF at Hammersmith Hospital, London UK directed by Mr Stuart Lavery.
During his specialization training, he worked in the Minimally Invasive Therapy Unit & Endoscopy Training Center at the Royal Free Hospital as Clinical Research Fellow under the guidance of Mr Adam Magos, Consultant Gynaecologist, from 2012 to 2013. During this period, he worked as Clinical Research Fellow in the Fetal Medicine Unit under the guidance of Mr Demetrios Economides, Head of the Fetal Medicine Unit, at the Royal Free Hospital, London.
He acquired his specialty in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2015. In 2017, he obtained his PhD from the University of Naples “Federico II” with a thesis in Neuroscience and Reproductive Medicine devoted to the role of genetic variants of gonadotropins and their receptors in controlled ovarian stimulation.
He worked as Researcher/assistant Professor in Federico II Universit at IVF and Fertility Preservation Unit at Federico II University.
Dr Conforti focused his research mainly on Reproductive Medicine, Reproductive Genetics, Reproductive Surgery and Fertility Preservation.
He is member and co-founder of an international group of research interest on low prognosis patient in IVF (POSEIDON Patient-Oriented Strategies Encompassing IndividualizeD Oocyte Number).
Alessandro Conforti has published extensively (over 100 publications indexed in Scopus) and has been invited to lecture at over 70 international meetings and webinar dealing with Reproductive medicine and gynaecological endocrinology.
He serves as associate Editor and reviewer for international peer reviewed journals.

Professor Evelyn Telfer holds a chair in Reproductive Biology at the University of Edinburgh where she heads a research group in Ovarian Development. Her group has a particular interest in developing in vitro models to support oocyte development from immature stages in domestic species and human. Evelyn’s group has developed a culture system that supports in vitro growth of human and bovine primordial follicles to the Metaphase II stage.
Her group has strong collaborations with the ovarian transplantation programme and were part of the team that reported the first successful UK human ovarian transplantation leading to a live birth.
Evelyn has received several awards including the Society of Reproduction and Fertility’s most prestigious award, The Marshall Medal. Evelyn was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021 for services to female reproductive biology.

1984　Emory University　　MD Summa Cum Laude
1987　Emory University　　Pediatrics
1990　Emory University　　Pediatric Endocrine Fellowship

Currently
Professor of Pediatrics Emory University
Medical Director of the Fertility Preservation and Reproductive Health Program
Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Awards:

2024-2026

Chair of the Pediatric and Adolescent Committee of the Oncofertility Consortium

2024

Stanford Top 2% Researchers

2023

Awarded Emory School of Medicine Clinical Distinction – Eminent Physician

1983

Alpha Omega Alpha

Lillian Meacham, M.D. is a Professor of Pediatrics and the program director for the Fertility Preservation and Reproductive Health Program for the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She also serves as on the expert panel for ovarian and testicular late effects for the COG Long-Term Follow-Up Guidelines. She has participated in international collaborations to harmonize long term follow-up guidelines for cancer survivors in the areas of endocrine and reproductive health. She has over 30 years of experience treating endocrine disorders in hematology/oncology/HCT patients and has published more than 135 papers in the field.

1999 Graduated from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland (MSc in Molecular Biology)
2003 Obtained a PhD degree from the University of Helsinki, Finland (PhD in Biomedicine)
2012 Appointed as a tenure track Professor of Molecular Medicine
2020 Appointed as a full Professor of Molecular Medicine

Awards:
2013 Young Andrologist Award, International Society of Andrology,
2011 Young Researcher Award, Intenational Network of Young Researchers in Male Fertility
2008 Unto Uotila Award, Finnish Endrocrine Society
2006 L’Oréal Finland for Women in Science Fellowship award
2003 PhD thesis award, Finnish Academy of Science

Education
1995 BA(Psych)(Hons) University of Sydney
2002 LLB (Hons) UOW
2003 GDLP, New South Wales College of Law
2009 PhD (Law) University of Melbourne
2012 LLM (Global Health Law) (Distinction) Georgetown University
2013 MPH (Merit) University of Sydney
2019 Leadership (Certificate), Cambridge University
2019 Regulation (Certificate), London School of Economics
2019 Higher Education Teaching (Certificate), Harvard University
2021 National Accredited Mediator

Awards
2019 Medal of the Order of Australia
2019 Fellow of the Academy of Higher Education (UK)
2012 CALI Award for Excellence in Health and Human Rights Law, Georgetown University
2011 Churchill Fellow

David Adamson is a reproductive endocrinologist and surgeon, obtaining his MD degree and residency at University of Toronto and fellowship at Stanford University. He has clinical professorships at Stanford University and University of California San Francisco. He is Past President of numerous organizations including ASRM, SART and AAGL. He is Chair of ICMART, a WHO non-State actor, and President of WERF that oversees the EPHect network and publications. Dr. Adamson is a member of many prestigious professional societies and has over 300 peer-reviewed publications. He has been recognized as one of the best physicians in America and received multiple awards.

Professor Oladapo Adenrele Ashiru, MBBS, Ph.D., FAMedS., is Chairman of the Medical Art Center (MART) and Institute of Assisted Reproductive Technology, Lagos. A pioneer in IVF-ET and PGT in Africa, he advanced FSH feedback mechanism research in 1979 and developed treatments for sickle cell disease, chromosomal aneuploidy, and environmental toxin management. Secretary-General of the IFFS, he also presides over the Africa Reproductive Care Society and Foundation President of Academy of Medicine Specialties, Nigeria: and AFFS. With over 150 publications, three books, and a health column, he is a globally recognized leader in reproductive medicine.

Dr. Sanu Maiya Shrestha (Pradhan) has an extensive background as a Senior Consultant Gynecologist and IVF specialist, with notable achievements such as receiving an AUS AID Scholarship for her Master of Science by Research in Obs/Gynae (Reproductive Medicine) from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. Her thesis was on “Power Doppler Ultrasound in Assisted Reproduction Treatment”. Her expertise includes training in Transvaginal Doppler Ultrasound for ART and publishing over 12 scientific papers. She currently serves as the Chairperson/Managing Director/Clinical Director of Creator's IVF Nepal Pvt. Ltd. and holds memberships in prestigious organizations like NESOG and FICS.

Amy Padula is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Her expertise is in epidemiologic studies of environmental exposures, social inequalities, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Dr. Padula was awarded the Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Science to investigate the impact of wildfires on preterm birth in California. Dr. Padula received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010 and a BA and MSc in Medical Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000 and 2001, respectively.

Prof. Huang is a Tenured Full Professor in Environmental Health at Peking University School of Public Health, and currently serves as the Director of Peking University Institute of Environmental Medicine. She received her doctorate training in Environmental Health at Harvard T.C. Chan School of Public Health in 2003, then worked at the Health Effects Institute overseeing global air pollution and health studies focusing on Asian populations, between 2003-2007. She joined Peking University in 2008, and has focus on research assessing the health risks of environmental exposures, underlying pathophysiological mechanisms, and intervention policies, with demonstrated publication records and global impacts. She now serves as the Scientific Advisor Group on Global Air Pollution and Health for the World Health Organization (WHO), Member of International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Committee on Environmental and Climate Health, Chair of the Youth Committee of China Environmental Mutagen Society. She also serves as the co Editor-in-Chief for Int J Hyg Environ Health (IJHEH) and Editorial Board Members for Environ Epidemiology.

Education and Degrees
2005 MSc in Biochemistry and Food chemistry, University of Turku, Finland
2008 PhD in Cell Biology, University of Turku, Finland
2015 Docent in Endocrine Physiology, University of Turku, Finland
2021 Docent in Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Positions

2008-2010

Postdoctoral researcher, WatchFrog, Paris, France

2011-2014

Postdoctoral researcher, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

2014-2018

Junior Group Leader, Swedish Toxicology Sciences Research Center

2018-2022

Senior Researcher, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Since 2022

Associate Professor of Perinatal and Reproductive Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Awards
2015 FORMAS Future Research Leader Award
2022 Karolinska Institutet Consolidator Award for Outstanding Junior Researcher
2023 European Research Council Consolidator Grant

1995 Graduated from Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, MD
2001 Obtained degree of PhD from Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University
2004 Postdoctral scholar of Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa
2013 AUA/JUA Exchange scholar at Department of Urology, Cornell and Rush University
2017 Associate Professor of Urology, Yamaguchi University
2022 Professor and Chairman of Urology, Yamaguchi University

Professor in Reproductive Endocrinology
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

[2019-today]

Full professor in Reproductive Endocrinology, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

[2021-2023]

President, European Menopause and Andropause Society

[2013-2017]

President, Hellenic Society of Andrology

[2024-today]

Vice President, Hellenic Society of Endocrinology

[2020-2025]

Treasurer, International Society of Andrology

[2014-2018]

Secretary General, European Academy of Andrology

[2013-today]

Training center director, European Academy of Andrology

[2018-2022]

Director, MSc in “Research Methodology in Medicine and Health Sciences”, Aristotle University

[2020-today]

Deputy Director, MSc in “Human Reproduction”, Aristotle University

[2020-today]

Deputy Director, MSc in “Medical Research Methodology”, Aristotle University

[2022-today]

Deputy editor-in-chief “Hormones” International Journal

Professor and Chairman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Educational Background

1985

Graduated from Yamaguchi University School of Medicine (MD)

1987-91

Postgraduate School, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine (PhD)

Research and Academic experience

1994-2001

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine (Research Assistant professor)

1996-98

Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago (post-doctoral fellow)

2001-2003

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine (Assistant Professor)

2003-

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamaguchi University School and Graduate School of Medicine (Professor and Chairman)

Editorial Board
Reproductive Medicine and Biology (2017 to 2024, Editor-in-Chief)
Journal of Reproduction and Development (2003 to present, Co-Editor-in-Chief)
Journal of Ovarian Research (2008 to present)
Endocrine Journal (2019 to present)
Molecular Human Reproduction (2021 to present)
Human Reproduction (2009 to 2013)

Aleksandar Rajkovic, MD, PhD, is UCSF’s chief genomics officer, professor of pathology, and the medical director and chief of the Center for Genetic and Genomic Medicine in the UCSF Health System. In this role, he oversees implementation of genomic precision medicine across UCSF Health System. He has served as a member and director on numerous NIH study sections and workshops, March of Dimes advisory committee on prematurity, Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award Advisory Committee, and ACOG Committee on Genetics among others. He has been the principal investigator on NIH grants that studied various aspects of reproductive genomics, women’s health, and population genetic screening. He published more than 200 original peer reviewed articles in leading medical journals including NEJM, JAMA, Nature Genetics, Science, and JCI. He has been elected into the American Society of Clinical Investigator, American Association of Physicians and National Academy of Medicine.

Title
Aleksandar Rajkovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Genomic Officer
Stuart Lindsay Distinguished Professor in Experimental Pathology
Department of Pathology
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of California, San Francisco