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Editors-in-Chief

Sham S Kakar, PhD

New Content ItemUniversity of Louisville, USA 

Benjamin K Tsang, PhD

New Content ItemUniversity of Ottawa, Canada

Associate Editors

Mohamed Bedaiwy, MD

New Content ItemUniversity of British Columbia, Canada

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Specialisms: Endometriosis, IVF, RPL

Jay Baltz, PhD

New Content ItemOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada

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Specialisms: Reproduction, Folliculogenesis, Oocyte maturation, Oogenesis, Ovulation, Oocyte-follicle signaling


Susan Bellis, PhD

New Content ItemUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, United States of America

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Specialisms: Pancreatic cancer, Cancer stem cells, Glycosylation, Signal transduction, Growth factor receptors, Death receptors
 

David Chan, PhD

New Content ItemThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China

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Specialisms: Cancer, Apoptosis, Cancer biology, Metastasis, Chemoresistance, Natural products, Cancer cell metabolism


Bastian Czogalla, MD

New Content ItemLMU Klinikum, Germany

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Specialisms: Gynecologic Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Clinical trials, Personalized medicine


Paul Dyce, PhD

New Content ItemAuburn University, USA

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Specialisms: Stem Cell, Reproduction, Oocyte, Cattle, Fertility


Andree Gauthier-Fisher, PhD

New Content ItemCReATe Fertility Centre, Canada

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Specialisms: Reproductive biology, Fertility preservation, Stem cell biology, Mesenchymal stromal cells

Pierluigi Giampaolino, PhD, MD

New Content ItemUnivesrity Federico II Naples, Italy

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Specialisms: Endometriosis, ovary, fertility sparing, gynecology oncology, Laparoscopy,Robotic surgery


Zhiming Han, PhD

New Content ItemInstitute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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Specialisms: Oocyte, Fertilization, Preimplantation embryonic development, Cell reprogramming

Adam Karpf, PhD

New Content ItemUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, United States of America

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Specialisms: Ovarian cancer, DNA methylation, FOXM1

Rakesh Kukreja, PhD

New Content ItemVirginia Commonwealth University, USA

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Specialisms: Doxorubicin, Cardiotoxicity, Phosphodiesterases, Cyclic GMP, Inflammation, Oxidative stress, Cell signaling

Alexandros Laios, PhD, MD

New Content ItemSt James's Institute of Oncology, United Kingdom

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Specialisms: Ovarian cancer, Machine Learning, Explainable Artificial Intelligence, meta-analysis, surgical cytoreduction


Antonio Simone Laganà, MD

New Content ItemUniversity of Palermo, Italy

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Specialisms: Gynecology, Obstetrics, Reproduction, Minimally invasive surgery

Elaine Lee, PhD, MD

New Content ItemUniversity of Hong Kong, China

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Specialisms: Gynaecological Oncology Imaging, MRI, CT, PET/CT, Radiomics


Maria Lee, PhD, MD

New Content ItemSeoul National College of Medicine, Republic of Korea

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Specialisms: Gynecologic oncology, Minimally invasive surgery


Da Li, PhD

New Content ItemShengjing Hospital of China Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Polycystic ovary syndrome, Infertility, Reproduction


Arvind Mer, PhD

New Content Item University of Ottawa, Canada

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 Specialisms: Computational biology,   Bioinformatics, Machine learning,   Artificial intelligence (AI), Cancer, Genomics

Melissa Merritt, PhD

New Content ItemUniversity of Sydney, Australia

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Specialisms: Ovarian cancer, Epidemiology, Molecular epidemiology

Makoto Orisaka, PhD, MD

New Content ItemUniversity of Fukui, Japan

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Specialisms: Ovary, Follicle, Granulosa cell, Theca cell, Oocyte
 

Satoko Osuka, PhD

New Content Item (1)Nagoya University, Japan

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Specialisms: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), Granulosa cells, Follicle development, Hypothalamic-Pituitary-ovarian (HPO) axis, Ovarian reserve, Ovarian Endometriotic cyst

Stefano Palomba, PhD, MD

New Content ItemSapienza University of Rome, Italy

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Specialisms: PCOS, IVF, Ovulation induction, Clinical trial, Reproductive medicine, Reproductive surgery



Toshima Parris, PhD

New Content ItemUniversity of Gothenburg, Sweden

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Specialisms: Ovarian cancer, Ovarian cancer histotypes, Cancer biomarkers, Cancer genomics, DNA methylation, Cancer stem cells, Chemoresistance, Drug repurposing, Computational biology, Drug screening

Emanuele Pelosi, PhD

New Content ItemIndiana University, USA

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Specialisms: Development, Ovarian reserve, POI, Mullerian anomalies, CRISPR

Chun Peng, PhD

New Content ItemYork University, Canada

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Specialisms: Ovarian Cancer, Placenta development, microRNA, TGF-beta


Jim Petrik, PhD

New Content Item University of Guelph, Canada

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 Specialisms: Ovarian cancer,  Angiogenesis, Vascular normalization,  Folliculogenesis, Ovary

Ofer Reizes, PhD, MD

New Content ItemCleveland Clinic, USA

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Specialisms: Ovarian cancer, Microbiome, Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, Breast cancer, Obesity


Claude Robert, PhD

New Content Item Université Laval, Canada

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 Specialisms: Oocyte, Cumulus cells,  Transzonal projections,  Developmental competence, Early development, Gene expression

Bo Rueda, PhD

New Content ItemHarvard Medical School, United States of America

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Specialisms: Ovarian cancer, Cancer stem cells, Tumor plasticity, Extracellular vesicles, Drug resistance, Diagnostics, Biomarker development.

Sarama Saha, PhD

New Content ItemAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India

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Specialisms: PCOD, Ovarian cancer, Endometriosis, Cell signaling pathway, Ovarian failure, Ovarian cancer stem cells

Ajay Singh, PhD

New Content ItemUniversity of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, United States of America

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Specialisms: Gene regulation, Transcription factors,Tumor Hypoxia, Metastasis, Chemoresistance
 

Marc-André Sirard, PhD

New Content ItemChaire de Recherché du Canada, Canada

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Specialisms: Oocyte, Genomics, Epigenetics, Embryo, Ovary


You-Qiang Su, PhD

New Content ItemShandong University, China

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Specialisms: Oocyte and follicle development, Oocyte-granulosa cell communication, Gene expression


Zhen-Gao Sun, PhD, MD

New Content ItemAffiliated hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China

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Specialisms: Assisted reproductive technology; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Diminished ovarian reserve; Endometriosis; IVF-ET


Dawit Tesfaye, PhD

New Content ItemColorado State University, United States of America

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Specialisms: Embryogenesis, Gene expression, Extracellular Vesicles, miRNAs

Chao Wang, PhD

New Content ItemChina Agricultural University, China

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Specialisms: Ovary, Endocrinology,Epigenetic modification,Meiosis,Folliculogenesis,Fertility,POI,PCOS


Hongmei Wang, PhD

New Content ItemInstitute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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Specialisms: Placenta, Embryonic development


Zhen-bo Wang, PhD

New Content ItemInstitute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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Specialisms: Oogenesis, Fertilization


Qi Wang, PhD

New Content ItemOttawa Fertility Center, Canada

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Specialisms: PCOS, Infertility, Follicular development, Steroidogenesis

Yoshio Yoshida, PhD, MD

New Content ItemUniversity of Fukui, Japan

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Specialisms: Genecology, Oncology

Ye Yuan, PhD

New Content ItemColorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, United States of America

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Specialisms: Oocyte, Embryo development, Stem cells, On vitro maturation, Implantation, Assisted reproduction, Human IVF

Wenpei Xiang, PhD, MD

New Content ItemTongji Medical College, China

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Specialisms: Reproductive medicine, Ovarian aging, Premature ovarian insufficiency, Stem cell therapy


Guoxiong Xu, PhD

New Content ItemJinshan Hospital of Fudan University, China

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Specialisms: Drug resistance, Signaling pathway

Johnny Younis, MD

New Content ItemTsafon Medical Center and Bar-Ilan University, Israel

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Specialisms: Reproductive endocrinology, Reproductive medicine, Assisted reproduction, Infertility


Qingxue Zhang, PhD, MD

New Content ItemSun Yat-sen University, China

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Specialisms: Female fertility preservation, in vitro culture of early follicles, endometrial receptivity, and noninvasive embry


Editors-in-Chief
Sham S Kakar, PhD, University of Louisville, USA 
Benjamin K Tsang, PhD, University of Ottawa, Canada

Founding Editor
Sham S Kakar, PhD, University of Louisville, USA

Associate Editors
Jay Baltz, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada 
Surinder Batra, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
Susan Bellis, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Yaakov H Bentov, MD, Juno Fertility Centre, Waterloo Canada
Jeanette Boudreau, PhD, Dalhousie University, Canada
Theodore Brown, PhD, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Canada
Eliano Cascardi, PhD, MD, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Crystal Chan, MD, University of Toronto, Canada
David Chan, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen, China
Mei-Jou Chen, MD, PhD, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Annie NY Cheung, PhD, MD, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Cheng-Yang Chou, MD, National Cheng Kong University, Taiwan
Indrajit Chowdhury, PhD, Morehouse School of Medicine, USA
Bastian Czogalla, MD, LMU Klinikum, Germany
Li-jun Di, PhD, University of Macau, China
Paul Dyce, PhD, Auburn University, USA
Yangxin Fu, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada
Qinglei Gao, PhD, MD, Tongji Medical College, China
Andree Gauthier-Fisher, PhD, CReATe Fertility Centre, Canada
Wei Ge, PhD, University of Macau, China
Whitney Goldsberry, MD, University of Louisville, USA
G. Scot Hamilton, PhD, RCC, Canada
Zhiming Han, PhD, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Alison Holloway, PhD, McMaster University, Canada
Hong-Yuan Huang, MD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
Yu-Fang Huang, MD, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Xuemei Jia, PhD, MD, Nanjing Medical University, China
Andrea Jurisicova, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada
Adam R Karpf, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
So-Youn Kim, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
Yusuke Kobayashi, PhD, MD, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
Rakesh Kukreja, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Antonio Simone Laganà, MD, University of Palermo, Italy
Alexandros Laios, PhD, MD, St James' University Hospital, United Kingdom
Kuo-Chung Lan, MD, PhD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
Elaine Lee, PhD, MD, University of Hong Kong, China
Maria Lee, PhD, MD, Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea
Brendan Leung, PhD, Dalhousie University, Canada
Da Li, PhD, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, China
Julang Li, PhD, University of Guelph, Canada
Johne Liu, PhD, University of Ottawa, Canada
Svetlana Madjunkova, PhD, MD, CReATe Fertility Centre, Canada
Arvind S. Mer, PhD, University of Ottawa, Canada
Melissa Merritt, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
Manoj Mishra, PhD, Alabama State University, USA
Samuel C Mok, PhD, University of Texas, USA
Priyabrata Mukherjee, PhD, University of Oklahoma, USA
Makoto Orisaka, PhD, MD, University of Fukui, Japan
Yutaka Osuga, PhD, MD, University of Tokyo, Japan
Satoko Osuka, PhD, Nagoya University, Japan
Stefano Palomba, PhD, MD, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Toshima Parris, PhD, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Emanuele Pelosi, PhD, University of Queensland, Australia
Chun Peng, PhD, York University, Canada
Jim Petrik, PhD, University of Guelph, Canada
Pritha Ray, PhD, Tata Memorial Hospital, India
Ofer Reizes, PhD, MD, Cleveland Clinic, USA
Francois Richard, PhD, Laval University, Canada 
Alan Richardson, PhD, University of Keele, UK
Claude Robert, PhD, Laval University, Canada
Partha Roy, PhD, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Sarama Saha, PhD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Bo Rueda, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, USA
Sarama Saha, PhD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Kapaettu Satyamoorthy, PhD, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India
Andrzej Semczuk, PhD, MD, Lublin University, Poland
Trevor Shepherd, PhD, Western University, Canada
Ajay Singh, PhD, University of South Alabama, USA
Rajesh Singh, PhD, Morehouse School of Medicine, USA
Marc-André Sirard, PhD, Chaire de Recherché du Canada en Genomique Animale, Canada
Kun Song, PhD, MD, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, China
Youqiang Su, PhD, Shandong University, China
Norihiro Sugino, PhD, MD, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Zhen-Gao Sun, PhD, MD, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
Carlos Telleria, PhD, McGill University, Canada
Dawit Tesfaye, PhD, Colorado State University, USA
Chii-Ruey Tzeng, MD, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Irma Virant-Klun, PhD, University Medical Center Ljubjana, Slovenia
Amerigo Vitagliano, MD, University of Padua, Italy
Chao Wang, PhD, China Agricultural University, China
Hongmei Wang, PhD, Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Peng-Hui Wang, MD, PhD, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan
Qi Wang, PhD, Centre for Human Reproduction, USA
Zhen-Bo Wang, PhD, Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Hsien-Ming Wu, MD,PhD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
Meng-Hsing Wu, MD, PhD, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Keliang Wu, MD, Shandong University, China
Wenpei Xiang, PhD, MD, Tongji Medical College, China
Guoxiong Xu, PhD, Fudan University, China
Kai Xue, PhD, MD, Nanjing Medical University, China
Chih-Feng Yen, MD, PhD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
William Yeung, PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yoshio Yoshida, PhD, MD, University of Fukui, Japan
Johnny Younis, MD, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Chao Yu, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
Ye Yuan, PhD, Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, USA
Qingxue Zhang, PhD, MD, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Meijia Zhang, PhD, South China University of Technology, China
Christina Addison, B.Sc. Ph.D., Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada

Editorial Board
Ahmed Abdelbaset-Ismail, PhD, DMV, University of Louisville, USA
Anna Ajduk, PhD, University of Warsaw, Poland
Leila Allahqoli, PhD, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iran
Meshach Asare-Werehene, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada
Sharmila Bapat, PhD, National Centre for Cell Science, India
Mohamed Bedaiwy, MD, University of British Columbia, Canada
Shree Bose, PhD, MD, Duke University, USA
William Buckett, MD, McGill University, Canada
Andrea Busnelli, MD, Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Italy 
Yihua Cai, PhD, MD, University of Louisville, USA
Anis Cerovac, PhD, MD, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Xiuhui Chen, PhD, Harbin Medical University, China
Dong-Joo Cheon, PhD, Albany Medical College, USA 
Anthony Cheung, MD, University of British Columbia, Canada
Ya-Ching Chou, PhD, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Fereshteh Esfandiari, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada
Alessandra Ferraresi, PhD, University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro, Italy
Jenny Fung, PhD, University of Queensland, Australia
Pierluigi Giampaolino, PhD, MD, University Federico II Naples, Italy
Andrea Giannini, PhD, Sapienza University, Italy
Umesh Goswami, MD, University of Minnesota, USA
Kanako Hayashi, PhD, Washington State University, USA
Karla Hutt, PhD, Monash University, Australia
Francis Jacob, PhD, University of Basel, Switzerland
Selvendiran Karuppaiyah, PhD, The Ohio State University, USA
Jinhui Liu, PhD, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, China
Haonan Lu, PhD, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Erin Medlin, PhD, University of Louisville, USA
Mislav Mikuš, MD, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia
Karl Miletti-Gonzalez, PhD, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, USA
Antoine Naem, MD, University of Bremen, Germany
Mike Neal, MSc, McMaster University, Canada
Moorthy P Ponnusamy, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
Shesh Rai, PhD, University of Louisville, USA
Mariusz Ratajczak, PhD, MD, DSci, University of Louisville, USA
Gaetano Riemma, MD, University of Campania, Italy
Mohsin Shah, PhD, Khyber Medical University, Pakistan
Masayuki Shimada, PhD, Hiroshima University, Japan
Shailesh Singh, PhD, Morehouse School of Medicine, USA
Anil K Sood, MD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Pierosandro Tagliaferri, MD, Magna Graecia University, Italy
Sanja Terzic, MD, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Yung-Chieh Tsai, MD, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Taiwan
Wipawee Joy Winuthayanon, PhD, University of Missouri, USA
Bulent O Yildiz, MD, Hacettepe University, Türkiye
Hua Zhang, PhD, Chinese Agricultural University, China
Mingjun Zheng, MD, Zhejiang University, China
Pier Carlo Zorzato, MD, University of Verona, Italy

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