Early Career Ambassador

MOUSA Mira

Khalifa University
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Postdoctoral, genetic epidemiological scientist at the Khalifa University, UAE.

Mira Mousa obtained her PhD from the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health Department at the University of Oxford. Mira is leading the ‘MAR’A Project: Middle Eastern Women Research Association,’ an epidemiological study on women’s health conditions in the Middle East that aims to develop a better understanding of cultural and regional gynecological health patterns. With institutional, stakeholder and governmental collaborations, her research focuses on delineating epidemiological and genomic profiles associated with common gynecological diseases, specifically endometriosis and related co-morbidities, as well as metabolic conditions.

She was selected as a World Endometriosis Society Early Career Ambassador in 2019 and an Early Career Board member in 2023.

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Early Career Ambassador

PONTRÉ Jennifer

King Edward Memorial Hospital
Perth, Australia

AGES laparoscopic fellow, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, Australia

Jennifer Pontré obtained her medical degree from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and is a newly graduated fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She is currently completing a fellowship as an AGES certified laparoscopic surgeon at the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth, Western Australia.

She regularly lectures at the University of Western Australia and recently obtained her Masters of Reproductive Medicine through the University of New South Wales. She has a keen interest in research and was the recipient of an AGES research grant in 2017. She has authored several papers and book chapters in the fields of gynaecology and fertility, and is a regular presenter at national and international conferences. Dr Pontré is committed to the pursuit of excellence in the management of endometriosis.

She was selected as a World Endometriosis Society Early Career Ambassador in 2019

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Early Career Ambassador

FARLAND Leslie

University of Arizona
Tucson, USA

Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona.

Leslie Farland has training in biology (AB; University of Chicago) and reproductive epidemiology (MSc, ScD; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health). Prior to joining the faculty at UofA, she was an Instructor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harvard Medical School and served as the Director of Epidemiologic Research at the Center for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research program focuses broadly on gynecologic and reproductive health and can be categorized into four major themes: i) the intersection between gynecologic health and chronic disease risk, ii) etiology and risk factors for endometriosis, infertility, and polycystic ovary syndrome, iii) environmental and occupational risk factors for reproductive health, iv) disparities in access to reproductive health care. She has published over 120 scientific articles on women’s health, with over 40 focused on endometriosis.

She was selected as a World Endometriosis Society Early Career Ambassador in 2018.

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