Professor Hayden Homer

Professor, Christopher Chen Ch

UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Faculty of Medicine

Overview

I graduated with Honours in Medicine from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, in 1992. In 1997 I relocated to the UK where I specialised in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists in 1999. In 2012 I gained dual accreditation as a Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine & Surgery and was admitted to the European Specialist Register. In 2012, I was appointed Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Reproductive Medicine & Surgery at University College London (UCL) and UCL Hospitals where I was the clinical lead for IVF and Recurrent Miscarriage and the scientific lead for Mammalian Oocyte Research within UCL’s Institute for Women’s Health. In January 2014 I relocated to Australia after being recruited to UNSW through the DVCR’s Strategic Priority Funding Scheme. At UNSW I jointly set up and co-directed UNSW’s first oocyte biology research lab. In January 2016, following a competitive global search, I was appointed to the fully endowed Christopher Chen Chair in Reproductive Medicine at UQ where I currently head the Christopher Chen Oocyte Research Laboratory. Since relocating to Australia I have been awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australian NZ College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists.

In parallel with clinical activity, I have developed an internationally leading research program investigating oocyte maturation and oocyte quality. My Ph.D was awarded in 2009 from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK) and received a Dean’s commendation. My thesis investigated the regulation of chromosome segregation in mouse and human oocytes and was funded by a WellBeing of Women Research Training Fellowship. My post-doctoral research was undertaken at UCL funded by a prestigious Wellcome Trust Clinician Scientist Fellowship ($1.2 million). At UCL, I was one of the principal investigators in the cross-faculty Mammalian Oocyte and Embryo Research Laboratory. In my first 2 years in Australia, I have secured NHMRC funding as CIA worth over $1 million.

I have placed leading papers on oocyte regulation in high impact journals such as Science, Developmental Cell, Genes & Development and Nature Cell Biology all of which have been cited by the Faculty of 1000 Experts. I have received numerous prizes and awards including the highly prestigious Medical Research Society Young Investigator Award (first and only award made to the specialty of O&G in the UK) and was the first of the UK Walport Clinical Lecturers in all specialties to attain Clinician Scientist status. I was one of the very few to have delivered the RCOG’s William Blair Bell Memorial Lecture whilst still a clinical trainee.

Qualifications

  • Fellow Royal Aust NZ College O&G, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Newcastle University
  • Member Royal College- Obstetricians&Gynaecologists, Royal Australian College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (Honours), Newcastle University

Publications

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Supervision

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Publications

Book Chapter

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • Fogel, Brent, Becherel, Olivier, Zeitlin, Scott, Samaratunga, Hemamali, Greaney, Jessica, Homer, Hayden and Lavin, Martin (2019). Disruption of spermatogenesis and infertility in Ataxia with Oculomotor Apraxia Type 2 (AOA2). 71st Annual Meeting of the American-Academy-of-Neurology (AAN), Philadelphia, PA, United States, 4-10 May 2019. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

  • Homer, Hayden, Yazdani, Anusch, Rice, Gregory E. and Salomon, Carlos (2017). Characterization of embryo-derived exosomal miRNAs: implications on endometrial receptivity.. 64th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI), Orlando, FL, United States, 15-18 March 2017. Thousand Oaks, CA, United States: Sage Publications.

  • Homer, Hayden (2017). Sirtuin-mediated regulation of oocyte quality. ESA-SRB-ANZBMS 2016 , Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 21-24 August 2016. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley-Blackwell.

  • Homer, H. A., McDougall, A., Levasseur, M., Murdoch, A. P. and Herbert, M. (2006). Spindle assembly checkpoint dysfunction: a molecular correlate for human aneuploidy. 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society-for-Gynecologic-Investigation, Toronto Canada, Mar 22-25, 2006. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING.

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor