Lois Adrienne Salamonsen FAA is an expert in uterine and endometrium biology.
Her research focuses on the mechanisms underlying endometrial remodelling.
[1][2] Professor Salamonsen studied biochemistry and received her bachelor's degree with first class honours from the University of Otago.
At the beginning of her career in reproductive biology, she worked as a research assistant with Prof. Henry Burger and Dr James Goding Sr at Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research and pioneered a radioimmunoassay for ovine Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) that allowed tracking of its release.
[1] Prof. Salamonsen started her independent laboratory at Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, which later merged with Monash Institute of Medical Research to become the Hudson Institute of Medical Research, and was the inaugural Head of Centre for Reproductive Health from 2014 to 2016.