Meet Our Authors

Fertility Specialist & Gynaecologist, CMedical Oslo

Dr. Hannah Ní Bhriain Russell is an Irish-trained gynaecologist and fertility specialist with over 20 years of clinical experience in Norway. She trained at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and has practised IVF at OUS Ullevål hospital and Livio Oslo — Scandinavia's oldest fertility clinic — before joining CMedical Oslo. She specialises in IVF, egg freezing, and Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI), contributed to Norwegian national POI guidelines, and serves as Medical Advisor to the ESHRE Certification Committee for Nurses.

Head of Research, CANSA | Honorary Research Associate, University of Cape Town

Prof. Jane Harries is a South African public health researcher with a PhD, MPH, and MPhil from the University of Cape Town (UCT), where she built and directed the Women's Health Research Unit — one of the continent's leading reproductive health evidence centres. Awarded ad hominem professorial promotion at UCT, she has received Gates Foundation funding for family planning research and her work has informed fertility insurance mandate legislation in the United States. She currently serves as Head of Research at CANSA (Cancer Association of South Africa) and writes for Fertlo on policy, costs, and reproductive rights.

Professor of Population and Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand

Prof. Latifat Ibisomi is Professor of Population and Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, and Head of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in Wits School of Public Health. With over 30 years of reproductive health experience across Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa — including positions at UNICEF Nigeria and the African Population and Health Research Centre — she is a WHO advisor on implementation research and leads studies on fertility patterns, preconception care, and reproductive health service utilisation. Her ORCID-verified publication record spans Human Reproduction and leading epidemiology journals.

Fertility Specialist & Director, Ceifer Biobanco — IVI Fertility, Spain

Dr. Candela Gallardo is a Spanish gynaecologist specialising in Reproductive Endocrinology at IVI Fertility — the world's largest assisted reproduction group. She holds a degree in Medicine from the University of Malaga, completed advanced subspecialty training at Hospital Virgen de las Nieves in Granada, and served as Medical Director of MasVida Reproducción in Seville before joining IVI. She is the Director of Ceifer Biobanco, one of Spain's leading certified egg banks, and writes for Fertlo on egg donation, donor egg IVF, and fertility preservation.

Medical Director, Bloom IVF Group | FIGO Trustee (Asia–Oceania) | Past President, FOGSI

Dr. Hrishikesh Pai is Medical Director of the Bloom IVF Group (8 centres across India), a Double Gold Medalist MD from the University of Mumbai, and Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG), UK. He served as President of FOGSI (the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India, representing 37,000 doctors), Regional Trustee for Asia–Oceania at FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology & Obstetrics), and Past President of the IVF Society of India. With 40 years of experience, 100+ publications, and 63 international awards, he is one of the most decorated reproductive medicine specialists in Asia.