Henry Burger

BIOGRAPHY

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Research and clinical interests have included the physiology of the menopause and management of the menopause transition, anovulatory infertility, hirsutism, male infertility and female sexual dysfunction.
We are studying the endocrine features of individual ovulatory and anovulatory cycles in women in late reproductive age and during stages of the menopause transition and proposes a classification of menstrual cycles, suggestive of progressively impaired ovarian function. We aim to assess possible markers of such impairment and to examine correlations between reproductive hormones of the pituitary and ovary in order to devise explanatory hypotheses and suggest avenues for future research.


AWARDS:
•2011 - Faculty Member of the Year for Reproductive Physiology.
•2006 - Awarded the NAMS/Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals Morrie M. Gelfand Leadership Award in Androgen Research; this award recognises an individual whose body of research over his/her lifetime has advanced the understanding of the role of androgens (endogenous or exogenous) in postmenopausal women.
•2005 - Appointed as an Honorary Member, Society for Endocrinology.
•2003 - Awarded the Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in endocrinology.
•2002 - Recipient of Honorary Fellowship, the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (ad eundem).
•2000 - Awarded the NAMS/Wyeth Ayerst Peri-menopause Research Award; this award recognises an individual whose published works have served to increase understanding of clinical management of health issues pertaining to peri-menopausal woman.
•1990 - Recipient of Honorary Fellowship, Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (ad eundem).