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Roger Gordon Gosden
A photo of Roger Gosden
Born (1948-09-23) 23 September 1948 (age 75)
CitizenshipAmerican, British
Alma materUniversity of Bristol
University of Cambridge
University of Edinburgh
SpouseLucinda Veeck Gosden
Scientific career
FieldsPhysiology
Reproductive medicine
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Duke University
Edinburgh Medical School
Leeds School of Medicine
McGill University Health Centre
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Weill Cornell Medicine
College of William & Mary
Theses
Doctoral advisorRobert Edwards

Roger Gordon Gosden (born 23 September 1948) is a retired British-American physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine, particularly in fertility preservation. He is a researcher who has been involved in the field of human and animal fertility for over three decades. Two out of the many contributions he has made to the understanding of infertility include: defining the loss of ovarian follicles and its implications in forecasting menopause, and pioneering methods of ovarian tissue cryopreservation and transplantation to reverse infertility which has led to 86 live-births as Dec 2016.

Early life and education

Gosden was born on 23 September 1948 in Ryde on the Isle of Wight.[1] He is the son of Gordon Gosden and Peggy Gosden (née Butcher).[2] He attended Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School then located in Crittall's Corner in Foots Cray, London Borough of Bexley.[3] He then attended University of Bristol, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1970.[1] He then attended Darwin College at the University of Cambridge.[4] where he began his research career under the Nobel laureate scientist Robert Edwards.[5][6] He completed his dissertation on Reproductive senescence in female rodents and received his PhD in May 1974.[7]

Research career

Gosden has been a professor of physiology and reproductive sciences for over 33 years from 1976 till 2010, and a researcher in the field since 1970.[citation needed] He began his researcher career working with Robert G. Edwards—one of the first developers of in vitro fertilization (IVF)—at University of Cambridge.[8][6] Gosden went on to become a lecturer in physiology at the University of Edinburgh Medical School from 1976 to 1994,[2] a professor of reproductive sciences at Leeds School of Medicine from 1994 to 1999,[1] the scientific director of reproductive biology at McGill University Health Centre from 1999 to 2001.[3][9]

For the majority of his career, Gosden's scientific interest has been the understanding, forecasting and prevention of infertility.[10] His interest in reproductive senescence–which was expressed in his PhD thesis–continued in his DSc thesis and culminated in a study of the corrolation between the depletion of ovarian follicles and the onset of menopause in 1992.[11] Although the model promoted by Gosden and M? Faddy eventually proved to be not entirely complete, it spurred interest in the use of mathematical analysis to forecast the onset of menopause and infertility.[12]

In the late 1990s, Gosden was also involved in research on the use of ovarian tissue transplantation to reverse infertility, not only due to menopause but also due to cancer treatment or other causes.[13] In 1994, Gosden et al. announced that they had successfully restored fertility to and achieved two live births in sheep through ovarian tissue autotransplantation, one of which had actually been frozen then thawed.[14][15] In collaboration with Sherman Silber, this technique was later extended to women using tissue or the entire ovary transplanted from an identical twin[16] Recently, tissue from pubescent and pre-pubescent children that was frozen before they underwent medical treatment was used to reverse the infertility caused by said treatment.[17] As of December 2016, there have been 86 live-births and 9 on-going pregnancies directly as a result of these types of ovarian tissue transplantation.[18]

In 2001, Gosden became the director of scientific research at what was the United State's first IVF center—the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, founded in 1978 at Eastern Virginia Medical School,[1] where he was named the Howard & Georgeanna Professor of Reproductive Medicine.[3] He went on to become the research director of reproductive biology at Weill Cornell Medicine from 2004 till his retirement from the field in 2010.[citation needed]

Personal life and other interests

Gosden married Carole Ann Walsh in 1971 and they had two sons before their divorce in 2003.[1][3] He met Lucinda Veeck while he was working at the Jones Institute in Norfolk where she was previously the director of embryology.[19] She was part of the team that successfully enabled the first American conception and birth through in vitro fertilization.[20][21] They were married in 2004 and he relocated to New York to work at Weill Cornell Medicine where she was an associate professor and director of clinical embryology.[citation needed] They are now both retired and live in Williamsburg, Virginia, where they own and operate an independent publishing company: Jamestowne Bookworks.[19]

Gosden served as a scientific advisor to Celmatix, Inc., which was founded by a his former student.[22][23] He is also a published author who has written several books and editor of three books about other pioneers of medicine and reproductive biology.[19]

Honours, awards and lectures

Bibliography

Books

Selected journals

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Peacock, Scot (2004). Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. Detroit, Michigan: Gale. ISBN 9780787692018. OCLC 527378529. Retrieved 6 February 2017 – via Encyclopedia.com.
  2. ^ a b Lumley, Elizabeth (2002). The Canadian Who's Who. University of Toronto Press. p. 514.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Sleeman, Elizabeth; Neale, Alison; Robinson, Kate, eds. (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. London: Europa Publications Limited. ISBN 9781857432176. OCLC 491652781.
  4. ^ Prentice, Andrew; Smith, Sophia; et al., eds. (2007). "New York alumni gathering". The Darwinian. Retrieved 6 February 2017 – via Issuu.com. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ "About Dr. Roger Gosden". VIVO. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  6. ^ a b Gosden (1973), p. 354
  7. ^ Gosden (1974)
  8. ^ "World's first test-tube baby Louise Brown has a child of her own". The Independent. 14 January 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  9. ^ Dobson, Roger (26 September 1999). "Focus: The Brain Drain: Medical stars pack their bags". The Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ a b Hillier, P. S. G. (1 February 2012). "Modern methods of fertility preservation: a tribute to Roger Gosden". Molecular Human Reproduction. 18 (2): 57–58. doi:10.1093/molehr/gas003. ISSN 1360-9947.
  11. ^ References for ovarian depletion research:
  12. ^ References for interest in ovarian reserve models
  13. ^ Oktay, K. (1 November 2001). "Ovarian tissue cryopreservation and transplantation: preliminary findings and implications for cancer patients". Human Reproduction Update. 7 (6): 526–534. doi:10.1093/humupd/7.6.526. ISSN 1355-4786.
  14. ^ Prasath, Ethiraj B. (1 January 2008). "Ovarian tissue cryopreservation: An update". Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences. 1 (2): 50–55. ISSN 0974-1208. PMC 2700672. PMID 19562046.
  15. ^ Prasath, Ethiraj B. (1 January 2008). "Ovarian tissue cryopreservation: An update". Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences. 1 (2): 50–55. ISSN 0974-1208. PMC 2700672. PMID 19562046.
  16. ^ References for transplantation between twins:
  17. ^ References for ovarian cryopreservation and transplantation in children:
  18. ^ Jensen, A. K.; Macklon, K. T.; Fedder, J.; Ernst, E.; Humaidan, P.; Andersen, C. Y. (27 December 2016). "86 successful births and 9 ongoing pregnancies worldwide in women transplanted with frozen-thawed ovarian tissue: focus on birth and perinatal outcome in 40 of these children". Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. doi:10.1007/s10815-016-0843-9. ISSN 1573-7330. PMID 28028773.
  19. ^ a b c Gosden, Roger; Gosden, Lucinda Veeck (1 December 2012). "About Us". Jamestowne Bookworks. Retrieved 10 February 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  20. ^ Mundy, Liza (24 April 2007). Everything Conceivable. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307267276.
  21. ^ Garcia, Jairo; Veeck, Lucinda; Acosta, Anibal; Andrews, Mason C.; Jones, Georgeanna Seegar; Jones, Howard W.; Mantzavinos, Themis; Mayer, Jacob; McDowell, Jeanne. "In vitro fertilization in Norfolk, Virginia, 1980–1983". Journal of in Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer. 1 (1): 24–28. doi:10.1007/BF01129616. ISSN 0740-7769. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |displayauthors= ignored (|display-authors= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ Mollory, Chris; Charlie, Grebenstein; et al. (2016). "Digital Healthcare - RSA Talent Equity Report". RSA Group: 23. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  23. ^ "Celmatix, Inc. - Relationship Science". Relationshipscience.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ "Past Awards - Society for Reproduction and Fertility". Society for Reproduction and Fertility. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ a b Campbell, Trudi (ed.). "Newsletter - Autumn 2013" (PDF). British Fertility Society. Bioscientifica Ltd. pp. 5, 7. ISSN 2045-6891. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  26. ^ "XVth Development and Function of Reproductive Organs International Conference". University of St Andrews. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  27. ^ Bronchart, Rudy Lechantre and Gregory. "Board Of Directors". International Society for Fertility Preservation. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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