Lois_Salamonsen

Lois Salamonsen

Lois Salamonsen

Reproductive endocrinologist and researcher

Lois Adrienne Salamonsen FAA is an expert in uterine and endometrium biology. Her research focuses on the mechanisms underlying endometrial remodelling. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.[1][2]

Education and career

Professor Salamonsen studied biochemistry and received her bachelor's degree with first class honours from the University of Otago. At the beginning of her career in reproductive biology, she worked as a research assistant with Prof. Henry Burger and Dr James Goding Sr at Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research and pioneered a radioimmunoassay for ovine Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) that allowed tracking of its release.[3][4] She earned her Ph.D. in Reproductive Biology from Monash University in 1987.[1] Prof. Salamonsen started her independent laboratory at Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, which later merged with Monash Institute of Medical Research to become the Hudson Institute of Medical Research, and was the inaugural Head of Centre for Reproductive Health from 2014 to 2016.[5]

Awards and honours

  • Fellow and Life Member, Society for Reproductive Biology
  • President, Society for Reproductive Biology (2004-2006)
  • Founder's Lecture, Society for Reproductive Biology (2009)
  • Honorary Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2012)
  • Fellow, Society for the Study of Reproduction (2014)
  • Beacon Award from Frontiers in Reproduction Research Program (for distinguished guidance in developing young scient1sts (2014)
  • Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (2017)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Monash University Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences (2019)

References

  1. [1]
    "Lois Salamonsen — Monash University". research.monash.edu. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Professor Lois Salamonsen | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    SALAMONSEN, LOIS A.; JONAS, HELEN A.; BURGER, H. G.; BUCKMASTER, JOAN M.; CHAMLEY, W. A.; CUMMING, I. A.; FINDLAY, J. K.; GODING, J. R. (1 September 1973). "A Heterologous Radioimmunoassay for Follicle-Stimulating Hormone: Application to Measurement of FSH in the Ovine Estrous Cycle and in Several Other Species Including Man1". Endocrinology. 93 (3): 610–618. doi:10.1210/endo-93-3-610. ISSN 0013-7227. PMID 4737237.
  4. [4]
    Salamonsen, Lois A. (1 December 2019). "WOMEN IN REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE: My WOMBan's life: understanding human endometrial function". Reproduction. 158 (6): F55–F67. doi:10.1530/REP-18-0518. ISSN 1741-7899. PMID 30521482. S2CID 54606537.
  5. [5]
    "Lifetime achievement award for reproductive health research". Hudson Institute of Medical Research. Retrieved 7 April 2022.


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