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
To provide advice and guidance
Ask peers your clinical queries.
Bring your cases to experts for review and discussion.
To be a platform for professional development
The only place you’ll need to come for your peri/menopause professional development with practical resources to support your clinical practice.
To facilitate and enable research
Plug in to a thriving network of passionate individuals leading the way in hormone health research. Learn what is happening around the globe, share findings and collaborate on cutting edge projects.
To educate and inspire
Join our regular webinars, case reviews, Q&A sessions and podcasts to stay continually up to date, and watch ‘in the room’ consultations with experienced menopause specialists.
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
Ellie Waters – Medical student
Medicine MBChB student at Keele University
Professor Lawrence Young – Professor of Molecular Oncology
Research representative