The Environment and Reproduction

Kathleen M. Hoeger, MD, MPH

Terhi T. Piltonen, MD, PhD

This issue of Seminars in Reproductive Medicine focuses on the impact of the environment on reproductive outcomes. The guest editors for this issue were selected for their joint contributions and expertise in the area of environmental factors and their impact across the reproductive spectrum. The majority of this focus has been on the role of environmental toxins in fertility.

Dr. Audrey Gaskins is an associate professor of epidemiology with a joint appointment in Environmental Health at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Gaskin's research focuses on the relationship between the environment, lifestyle, and dietary factors in reproductive health. She has had a particular focus on assisted reproductive technologies trying to understand the biological mechanisms by which exposures affect fertility. Dr. Gaskins obtained her Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Duke University and her Doctor of Science from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Dr. Lidia Mingues-Alarcon is an epidemiologist with joint appointments at Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital as an assistant professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where she is a department associate. She obtained her MPH and PhD from the University of Mecia School of Medicine in Mucia, Spain. Her research focuses on identifying chemical and non-chemical stressors in human fertility. She also has an interest in reproductive and cardiometabolic health focused on dietary–chemical interactions. She is the PI of the NIH-funded Longitudinal Investigation of Health and Diseases after Infertility (LIHDI) Study, which is prospectively exploring chemical exposures during reproductive years in relation to long-term cardiovascular and metabolic health. She is also the PI of an NIH R01 that evaluates paternal pesticide exposure in relation to couple's pregnancy outcomes and associations with sperm and leukocyte epigenome.

The co-guest editors have put together a remarkable group of authors who together provide a broad review of the current understanding of the impact of environmental factors across the spectrum of human reproduction. We hope you enjoy the issue on this important and impactful topic.

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Artikel online veröffentlicht:
10. März 2025