Curriculum Vitae
Professor Robert Geoffrey Edwards, CBE, BSc, PhD, DSc, DSc (Hon), FRCOG (ad eundem), Hon MRCP, FRS
Date and place of Birth: Leeds, 27 September 1925
Office Address: Reproductive BioMedicine Online, Duck End Farm, Park Lane, Dry Drayton, Cambridge CB3 8DB, UK. Tel 01954 781812; Fax 01954 781816; email: rge@rbmonline.com
Home Address: Duck End Farm, Park Lane, Dry Drayton, Cambridge CB3 8DB, UK. Tel 01954 780602; Fax 01954 781171; email: edwards@duckendfarm.cambsnet.co.uk
Politics, farming, conservation, rugby, cricket
1951 BSc (Wales)
1955 PhD Edinburgh University
1962 DSc University of Wales
1983 Honorary DSc University of Hull
1987 Honorary DSc University of York
1988 Doctor Honoris Causa, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1991 Honorary Fellow, University College of North Wales
Doctor Honoris Causa, Mons-Hainaut University Belgium
1999 Doctor Honoris Causa, Timisoara University, Romania
2000 Laurea Honoris Causa, University of Rome
2001 ScD (Hon) University of Cambridge
2002 Lifetime Honorary Professor, Fourth Military Medical University Xi’an, China
1936-1944 Educated in Manchester Central High School
1944-1948 Service in British Army. Foreign service in Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq
1948-1951 Undergraduate, Dept of Zoology and Agriculture, University of Bangor, Wales
1951-1955 Postgraduate, Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh
1955-1957 Post-Doctoral ARC Fellowship in the Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh University
1957-1958 Population Council Research Fellow, California, Institute of Technology, California
1958-1962 MRC Scientific Staff, National Institute for Medical Research, London
1962-1963 Research Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry, Glasgow University
1963-1969 Ford Foundation Research Fellow, University of Cambridge
1965 Visiting Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
1966 Visiting Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1969-1985 Ford Foundation Reader in Physiology, University of Cambridge
1969-1991 Editor, Research in Reproduction, International Planned Parenthood Federation, London
1973-1976 Elected Councillor, Cambridge City Council, Chairman of Finance Panel
1974 Appointed Senior Member of Churchill College, Cambridge
1976 Re-elected Council, Cambridge City Council
1979-1982 Senior Research Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge
1980-1990 Joint Founder and Scientific Director, Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridge
1984-1988 Visiting Professor at the Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium
1985-1989 Professor of Human Reproduction, University of Cambridge
1986-1989 Professorial Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge
1986-2000 Founder Editor Human Reproduction
1988-1990 Reappointed Visiting Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
1989-present Visiting Professor to the University of London
1989-1992 Extraordinary Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge
1989 Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge
1991-1994 Chairman, Committee of Reproductive Physiology International Union of Physiological Sciences
1993-present Member of Academia Europea
1992-present Pensioner Fellow, Churchill College Cambridge
1994-2000 Editor, Human Reproduction Update
1995-2000 Editor, Molecular Human Reproduction
1971 Darwin Medal, Institute of Biology, UK
1973 Adair Award, American Gynecological Society
1980 Woodhull Award and Discourse, Royal Institution, London
Serono Prize, American Fertility Society
1982 Axel Munthe Award, Capri
1983 Honorary Member of the French Society for Infertility
1984 Fellow of the Royal Society, London
1985 Appointed Fellow ad eundem, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG)
Spanish Fertility Society Gold Medal
Life Fellow of the Australian Fertility Society
Honorary Citizen of Bordeaux, France
1986 Honorary Member of the Royal College of Physicians (Hon MRCP)
1987 Gold Medal, City of Toulouse, France
1988 CBE in the New Year’s Honours, Buckingham Palace
1988-90 President, Ribblehead Sheep Show, Yorkshire
1988-90 Honorary President, British Fertility Society
1989 Co-winner, King Faisal International Prize for Medicine
1990 Honorary Member, Pacific Coast Fertility Society
1991 Steptoe Memorial Medal and Prize, British Fertility Society
Marshall Medal, Society for the Study of Fertility, UK
1992 Honorary Fellow, German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Honorary President, French Gynecological Society
Keys of San Diego City, USA
1993 Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, London
Honorary Fellow, European Society Human Reproduction and Embryology, Thessaloniki
Barbara Eck Manning Award, Resolve, USA
Opening Ceremony for the establishment of the Middle East Fertility Society: Celebratory Lecture
1994 Berthold-Gedachtnis Medal, German Society of Endocrinology
Distinguished Scientist, Annual Meeting, American Society of Reproduction & Medicine, Seattle
1995 Honorary Member, Italian Society of Anatomy
Council Member, The Galton Institute, London
1996 Pierre Soupart Lecture, Axel Munthe Award, Naples
Honorary Member of the Austrian Society of In Vitro Fertilization
1997 Visiting Professor, 110th Anniversary Celebrations, University of Hong Kong
1998 Gold Medal, University of Sassari, Sardinia
Honorary Member, Association of UK Clinical Embryologists (ACE)
Honorary President, Alpha – International Society for Scientists in Reproductive Medicine Honorary Member, Greek Fertility Society
Honorary Fellow, International Federation of Fertility Societies, San Francisco
1999 Gold Medal Award of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists Malpighi Symposium, University of Rome
Honorary Member of the Middle East Fertility Society
Patron, UK National Gamete Donation Trust
2000 Bertarelli Foundation Award in Reproductive Healthcare
FIGO Recognition Award to non-Obstetricians/Gynecologists
Life Membership, Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility
Ida Scudder Oration, Vellore, India
Rotary Club, Chennai “For the Sake of Honour Award”
2001 Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research
Honorary Membership, Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, American Society of Reproductive Medicine
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award, Reproductive Biology Professional Group, ASRM
The Grand Hamdan International Award for Obstetrics and Gynecology (Infertility)
2003 Award of the Egyptian Ministry of Health
Reception Buckingham Palace “Pioneers of the Nation”
Annual Meeting of German IVF, Guest Lecture
Honorary Lecture, Profile of a Pioneer, Patrick C Steptoe. First Magisterial Tribune in Human Reproduction, Buenos Aires
Japan Society of Fertilization and Implantation
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Congress, Singapore
Honorary President, IVF Congress, Vancouver
Celebration of IVF, Middle East Fertility Society, Marrakech
Steptoe Memorial Lecturer, Kings College, London
Holme Lecturer, University College, London
Italian Society of Sterility and Fertility, Milan
Implantation Meeting, Valencia
Workshop on Blastocyst development and early implantation, University of Lund
Opening lecture, Alpha/SIRT workshop, Sydney
Opening ceremony, 11th World congress on In Vitro Fertilization and Human Reproductive Genetics, Sydney
Mammalian Follicle and Oocyte Culture Workshop, Kilpisjarvi Biological Station, Finland
Lecture to the Bertarelli Foundation, ESHRE annual meeting, Tours
Guest Lecture, Oldham Municipal Anniversary Celebrations
Honorary President, 15th Congress of International Federation of Associations of Anatomists, Rome
Honorary President, Alpha Conference, Copenhagen
Workshop on Reproductive Medicine, University of Lubeck
Lead Speaker, Middle East Fertility Society, Sharm El Sheikh
Invited speaker, ART and the Human Blastocyst, Dana Point, California, USA
Invited speaker, The International Congress on Reproductive Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Invited speaker, National Meeting of the Mexican Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Monterrey
17th Annual Howard and Georgeanna visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India
Opening lecture Assisted Reproduction: past, present and future, Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK
3rd International Symposium of Reproductive Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico
Key note lecture, 2nd Mediterranean Congress of Reproductive Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt
5th International Symposium of Preimplantation Genetics, Antalya, Turkey
25 Years of IVF, A celebration of Reproductive Medicine, Roycal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK
Invited lecture, Norwegian Gynecology Society
Malpighi Lecture, 5th International Malpighi Symposium, Rome, Italy
