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Professor Sarah Robertson is Professor of Reproductive Immunology in the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, College of Health, at the University of Adelaide. A graduate of the University of Adelaide with a BSc in 1983 and PhD in 1993, she undertook postdoctoral research at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, before returning to Adelaide. Robertson has been funded as an NHMRC Fellow for 18 years, serving as Principal Research Fellow from 2010 to 2013 and NHMRC Investigator Fellow since 2021. She directed the Robinson Research Institute from 2013 to 2021, co-directed the Research Centre for Reproductive Health from 2008 to 2013, and has led the Reproductive Immunology Research Group since 2000. She was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Reproductive Immunology from 2008 to 2013 and serves on editorial boards including Endocrinology, Immunology and Cell Biology, and Clinical and Translational Immunology. Robertson has supervised 36 PhD students, 29 completed, and contributes to peer review and committees for NHMRC, ARC, Australian Academy of Science, and international agencies.
Her research centres on immune regulation of mammalian reproduction, pregnancy establishment, and development, with emphasis on seminal fluid signalling, regulatory T cells in implantation and tolerance, endometrial receptivity, and immune mechanisms in infertility, recurrent miscarriage, preterm birth, and preeclampsia. Key publications include 'The female response to seminal fluid' (Physiological Reviews, 2020), 'Regulatory T cells in embryo implantation and the immune response to pregnancy' (Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2018), 'Immune determinants of endometrial receptivity: a biological perspective' (Fertility and Sterility, 2022), and 'Seminal fluid cytokines in reproductive health and fertility of men' (Fertility and Sterility, 2026). With an h-index of 90 and over 26,000 citations, her discoveries underpin EmbryoGen, an immune-modulating product for IVF failure and miscarriage available in over 50 countries. Awards include Officer of the Order of Australia (2024) for service to medical research in reproductive biology and immunology, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2016), Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (2015), NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant (2020 and 2025), Distinguished Scientist Award of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (2023), and Mentoring Awards from international societies (2020, 2022, 2023).
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