Hilary Critchley
Professor Hilary Octavia Dawn Critchley FRSE FRSB FMedSci FFSRH FRCOG FRANZCOG is as of 2014 Professor of Reproductive Medicine and an Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Edinburgh.Education
She was appointed as the Head of School of Clinical Sciences in August 2012. She has published over 240 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals and has appeared at international conferences.
Critchley's research focusses on local uterine mechanisms involved in menstruation and implantation, and addresses the mechanisms common to those reproductive processesinjury and repair, endocrineimmune interactions and regulation of inflammatory mediators. A particular area of interest has been the local endometrial response to withdrawal of progesterone, both physiological and pharmacological.
Her academic and professional qualifications include:
