
The Newson Health Menopause Society is an international, multidisciplinary collective of healthcare professionals and experts who are passionate about improving women’s experience of the perimenopause and menopause and researching the role of hormones in disease prevention and future health.
Why we exist
What we stand for
The Newson Health Menopause Society wants to improve the experience and future health of all those going through perimenopause and menopause.
We do this by educating, connecting, catalysing research and empowering healthcare professionals around the world.
We have the following aims:
Governance
To help us achieve the strategic direction and vision for the Newson Health Menopause Society, we have brought together a host of professionals from across the globe, who are all experts in their field.
Advisory board
Our advisory board members reflect the wide range of specialities that are needed to improve outcomes for people in the peri/menopause, and their extensive knowledge and experience helps shape our educational content and scope to optimise research opportunities.

Dr Sarah Ball – GP and Menopause Specialist
Dr Sarah Ball is a GP and Menopause Specialist and has extensive experience in working […]

Hayley Berry – Pharmacist
Pharmacy representative

Dr Avrum Bluming – Oncologist
USA representative

Dr Rebecca Bowen – Consultant Oncologist
Secondary Care Specialty representative

Paula Coates-Renwick – Physiotherapist
Physiotherapy representative

Lisa Davies – Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Nurse representative

Dr Alice Duffy – GP with a special interest in menopause
GP representative

Dr Karen Edwards – A&E Consultant
Secondary Care Specialty representative

Dr Leila Frodsham – Consultant Gynaecologist
Secondary Care Specialty representative

Emma Ellice-Flint – Nutritionist
Nutrition representative

Georgina Gloster – Police Officer
Patient representative

Dr Sarah Glynne – GP with a special interest in menopause
GP representative

Miss Tamsin Greenwell – Consultant Urologist
Secondary Care Specialty representative

Dr Caoimhe Hartley – Menopause Specialist
Ireland representative

Sharon Hartmann – Enhanced Specialist Nurse
Nurse representative

Dr Heather Hirsch – Women’s Health and Menopause Specialist
USA representative

Dr Harriet Holme – Registered Nutritionist
Nutrition representative

Clare Howard – Pharmacist
Pharmacy representative

Dr Emma Jackson
New Zealand Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist representative

Professor Jayashri Kulkarni – Professor of Psychiatry
Australia representative

Gaele Lalahy – Chief Operating Officer
Balance menopause support app

Professor Robert Langer – Family Physician and Preventative Medicine
USA representative

Nikolina Lauc – CEO of GlycanAge
Industry representative

Dr Rebecca Lewis – GP and menopause specialist
Newson Health representative

Dr Claire Macaulay – Specialty Doctor Oncology
Sex and Sexuality Expert representative

Dr Jenna Macciochi – Immunologist and Health Coach
Immunology representative

Dr Joe Martins – Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Secondary Care Specialty representative

Miss Claire Mellon – Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Secondary Care Specialty representative

Dr Caroline Michie – Consultant Medical Oncologist and BRS Research Fellow
Secondary Care Specialist and Research representative

Dr Sarah Moorhouse – Consultant Radiologist
Secondary Care Specialty representative

Kate Muir – Writer and documentary maker
Ambassador for The Menopause Charity

Dr Madalina Nicolescu – GP/Family Medicine
Romania representative

Dr Sally Norton – Weight Loss Specialist
Nutrition and weight loss representative

Claire Partridge – Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Nurse representative

Dr Devika Patel – General Adult Psychiatry Higher Trainee
Psychiatry representative

Professor Vinod Patel – Consultant Physician – Diabetes
Secondary Care Specialty representative

Dr Ingrid Pinas – Menopause Specialist and Gynaecologist
The Netherlands representative

Dr Sajjad Rajpar – Consultant Dermatologist
Secondary Care Specialty representative

Lauren Redfern – PhD in Medical Anthropology
NHMS Podcast host and researcher

Dr Daniel Reisel – Women’s Health Researcher
NHMS Clinical Research Fellow

Dr Fiona Rennie – Family Medicine and Menopause Specialist
Dubai representative

Professor Barbara Ryan – Consultant Gastroenterologist
Secondary Care Specialty representative

Kate Shakeshaft – Specialist Nurse
Nurse representative

Professor James Simon – Obstetrics and Gynaecology
USA representative

Dr Shublade Smith – Consultant Psychiatrist
Psychiatry representative

Dr Stuart Stewart – NIHR academic clinical fellow and GPST4
Clinical Research Advisor to NHMS

Karen Storey – Nursing Retention & Liaison Lead
Nurse representative

Deborah Thomas – Physiotherapist (pelvic health)
Physiotherapy representative

Susan Thomas – Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Nurse representative

Dr Radhika Vohra – GP and menopause specialist
GP representative

Ellie Waters – Medical student
Medicine MBChB student at Keele University

Professor Lawrence Young – Professor of Molecular Oncology
Research representative