Prof. Yi-Fei Wang Chairman of the Third Asia-Pacific Forum on Andrology; Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Andrology Main scientific interests: Rreproductive biology, reproduction health Tentative speeches: Speech: Health-oriented Andrology: Reflections and Prospect
Prof. David de Kretser
Governor of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Director of the Monash Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia; Chairman of Advisory Board of Asian Journal of Andrology Main scientific interests: Reproductive biology, infertility and endocrinology Tentative speech: Biomedical and Social Determinants of Men?s Health Deficits
Prof. David J Handelsman
Reproductive Endocrinology & Andrology Director, ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney, Australia; Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Andrology Main scientific interests: All aspects of male reproductive health, medicine and biology Tentative speeches: Closing remark; Keynote speech is under determination
Prof. Jens P. E. Bonde
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Denmark
Main scientific interests: Environment and human reproductive health Tentative speech: Occupational Hazards in Male Reproductive Health
Prof. Arthur L Burnett
Director, Basic Science Laboratory in Neurourology; Director, Male Consultation Clinic; Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, USA
Main scientific interests: Sexual medicine, major pelvic reconstruction, voiding dysfunction, female urology, and prostate cancer Tentative speech: ED Management for the Future
Prof. Chawnshang Chang
George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Department of Pathology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, USA; Regional Coordinator of Asian Journal of Andrology Main scientific interests: Sex Hormones through his pioneering studies on the molecular mechanism of the androgen receptor and its biological functions Tentative speeches: Genomic and Non-Genomic Mechanisms in Androgen Action
Dr Trevor G Cooper
Head, Andrology Laboratory, Institute of Reproductive Medicine of the University, M?ster, Germany; Advisory Board member of Asian Journal of Andrology Main scientific interests: Semen analysis, spermatogenesis, epididymis, male infertility Tentative speech: Understanding Sperm Function; WHO Semen Analysis Manual (5 edition) and Reference Values
Prof. Martin Dym
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, USA
Main scientific interests: Molecular biology aspects of testis development Tentative speech: The Unlimited Potential of Spermatogonial Stem Cells
Prof. Ralf Henkel
Deputy Chairperson and Research Coordinator, Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, South Africa; Regional coordinator of Asian Journal of Andrology Main scientific interests: The impact of reactive oxygen species on sperm functions, fertilization and pregnancy; biochemistry of the outer dense fibres and their involvement in the generation of motility as well as the investigation of traditional remedies in andrology and their impact on male reproductive functions. Tentative speech: Sperm Preparation: State of-the-Art
Prof. Aleksander Giwercman
Scanian Andrology Centre, Fertility Centre, Malm?University Hospital, Sweden; Advisory Board member of Asian Journal of Andrology Main scientific interests: Gene-environment interaction and male reproductive function; cancer, cancer treatment and reproduction; clinical aspects of sperm DNA damage Tentative speech: Gene-environment interaction and male reproductive function
Prof. Louis J Gooren
Department of Endocrinology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Regional coordinator of Asian Journal of Andrology Main scientific interests: The role of androgens/estrogens in 1) male health, particularly with regard to aging, 2) male sexual functioning and 3) disorders of sexual differentiation including transsexualism Tentative speech: Androgens and Male Ageing: Current Evidence of Safety and Efficacy
Prof. J Anton Grootegoed
Department of Reproduction and Deve?lopment, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; President of the International Society of Andrology (2005-2009); Advisory Board member of Asian Journal of Andrology Main scientific interests: Gonadal development, sex differentiation and gametogenesis in mammalian species, including some work on cancers of the reproductive system Tentative speech: Genetic mechanism affecting spermatogenesis
Prof. Timothy B. Hargreave
Department of Oncology, Edinburgh University, Western General hospital, Edinburgh, UK; Member of Scientific and Ethical Review Group UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, World Health Organisation, Geneva Main scientific interests: General Urology; Male Fertility, Microsurgical Vasectomy Reversal, No Scalpel Vasectomy, Testicular disorders including testicular pain, Prostate Disease and Penis erection problems including Peyronies disease Tentative speech: Circumcision and HIV Prevention
Associate Prof. Philip S. Li
The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA
Main scientific interests: No-scalpel vasectomy, microsurgery and male reproductive physiology Tentative speech: Under determination
Dr De-Yi Liu
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Melbourne, Royal Women?s Hospital, VIC, Australia; Regional coordinator of Asian Journal of Andrology
Main scientific interests: Human sperm function, assisted reproductive techniques (ART) and male infertility Tentative speech: Evaluating Sperm Function
Associate Prof. Peter Y. Liu
NHMRC Career Development Fellow, Department of Andrology, Concord Hospital and ANZAC and Woolcock Institutes, University of Sydney, Australia; Editorial Board member of Asian Journal of Andrology Main scientific interests: Male fertility and its regulation, the endocrinology of sleep and sleep disordered breathing, metabolic actions of androgens and gonadal axis physiology Tentative speech: Progress and Prospects for Hormonal Methods; Androgens, Obesity & Sleep
Prof. Premendu P. Mathur
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Co-ordinator, Centre for Excellence in Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University, India; Regional coordinator of Asian Journal of Andrology
Main scientific interests: Male reproductive system Tentative speech: Natural Product Toxicology and the Testis
Prof. Robert McLachlan
Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Australia
Main scientific interests: Male reproductive medicine, especially in male fertility and androgen physiology Tentative speech: Clinical Management of Male Infertility
Prof. Roger Valentine Short
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Australia; Advisory Board member of Asian Journal of Andrology
Main scientific interests: HIV/AIDS prevention; how topical oestrogen, applied to the male foreskin, may be able to prevent HIV from entering the penis Tentative speech: Non-surgical HIV prevention
Prof. Yong-Lian Zhang
Academician, CAS; Director of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, CAS; Chairman of Advisory Board of Asian Journal of Andrology Main scientific interests: Sperm maturation related epididymis-specific programmatically expressed novel genes. She is the Editorial Board Member of the Asian Journal of Andrology Tentative speech: Small RNAs in Epididymis
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