Dr Alan Thornhill
Biography
Dr Thornhill has worked in the field of reproductive biology for 20 years and has been a clinical embryologist for the past 15 years, working in public and private sector IVF centres in the UK (King’s College Hospital, St Thomas’ Hospital, London Fertility Centre and London Bridge Fertility, Gynaecology and Genetics Centre) and US (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota).
Dr Thornhill obtained his PhD from the University of London on the “Effects of the Sex Chromosomes on early growth and development in the Mouse”.
Dr Thornhill has served as Deputy Chair of the ESHRE PGD Consortium and is the current secretary of Alpha-Scientists in Reproductive Medicine and a member of the Progress Educational Trust Advisory Board. He has over 100 publications in fertility and genetics and is regularly invited to speak at national and international conferences.
Dr Thornhill makes frequent contributions to print and broadcast media discussing assisted reproduction and reproductive genetics, and his television appearances include Channel 4’s ‘Embarrassing Bodies’ and ‘Cutting Edge’.
He joined the HFEA in November 2009.
Appointment until: 30 June 2014
Members Interests
Direct employment and consultancies: Consultant Clinical Research Scientist, Assisted Conception Unit, Guy's Hospital
Fee-paid work other than HFEA: Various academic presentations (for which expenses and honoraria awarded); Ad hoc consultancy work
Shareholdings: None
Other public appointments and committee memberships: Secretary – Alpha Scientists in Reproductive Medicine
Other: None
Registration of hospitality: None
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Page last updated: 12 July 2013
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