Richard Anderson is Elsie Inglis Professor of Clinical Reproductive Science at the University of Edinburgh Centre for Reproductive Health and works clinically in Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology. He has interests in both female and male fertility, including hormonal male contraception, fertility preservation and the effects of cancer treatments on fertility, and he has also conducted clinical studies developing our understanding of novel neuropeptides in human reproductive function in men and women. He is a member of the HFEA Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee and the NICHD Scientific Consulting Group of the Contraception Discovery and Development Branch, and until recently, was a member of the ESHRE Executive Committee.