ROGER PIERSON

Roger Pierson is Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences in the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. He is a world leader in transdisciplinary approaches to research in Women’s Health. He has been a pioneer in the development of ultrasonographic imaging as a research tool in reproductive science and medicine. He was the first scientist to directly visualize human ovulation and more recent discoveries on wave patterns of follicular development in women have fundamentally changed our understanding of the female reproductive cycle. Dr. Pierson’s work has been instrumental in developing safer and more effective methods of ovarian stimulation to improve infertility therapy and ovarian suppression for new contraceptive technologies.