Professor Richard Anderson

Education

Prof Anderson began his training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Edinburgh, with a WHO Research Fellow post then Subspecialty training in Reproductive Medicine with David Baird.

Further training

After a year in Sam Yen’s lab in UC San Diego, Prof Anderson returned to the UK in 1998 and was appointed to the MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit with a Consultant post in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Clinical studies into female reproductivity

Prof Anderson was then appointed to Chair of Clinical Reproductive Science at the University in 2005. Following this, he established a group investigating female reproductive lifespan, and also conducted clinical studies developing our understanding of novel neuropeptides in human reproductive function in men and women.

Fertility innovation

In 2017, in a UK first, Prof Anderson successfully performed a transplant of frozen ovary tissue into a woman recovering from cancer, allowing her to give birth.

Membership

Professor Richard Anderson was the founding Co-ordinator of the European Society of Human Reproduction Embryology Special Interest Group in Fertility Preservation, and is a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee.

Experience

In addition to his position at TFP GCRM Fertility, Richard Anderson is the Professor of Clinical Reproductive Science at the University of Edinburgh, and a consultant at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He also provides a specialist endocrinology service to the Edinburgh Gender Identity Clinic.