Emre Seli, M.D.

The primary focus of his research program is to understand and treat infertility. His laboratory characterized mechanisms regulating translational activation of gene expression in the oocyte. Dr. Seli and his colleagues also made seminal contributions to our understanding of oocyte and embryo competence in IVF and the potential role of non-invasive diagnostic technologies in this context. Dr. Seli is the recipient of many National Institutes of Health (NIH) and pharmaceutical industry-sponsored research grants. He has trained more than 50 pre- and post-doctoral fellows, published more than 100 scientific articles, and received numerous research awards, including the Ira and Ester Rosenwaks New Investigator Award from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), and the President’s Achievement Award from the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI). Dr. Seli’s current research focuses on determinants of oocyte and embryo health, and mechanisms of ovarian ageing.

Dr. Seli is actively involved in professional societies and scientific journals. He served as the Program Director for SRI 2016, where he is now the Program Committee Chair (2016-2021). He has also been a member of the ASRM Research Committee for the past 5 years, and served as the member of the SSR Program Committee, where he organized the Ovarian Workshop in 2016 and 2018. He is/was associate editor for Molecular Human Reproduction, Reproductive Sciences, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, and Reproductive Biomedicine Online and is currently co-editor of Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

As an educator, Dr. Seli delivered more than 150 invited lectures nationally and internationally, and he is the recipient of the “Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Excellence in Teaching Award” based on evaluations of his lectures by Yale Medical Students. Dr. Seli edited five books (Non-invasive Management of Gynecologic Disorders; Infertility; Fertility Preservation; Human Gametes and Pre-implantation Embryos: Assessment and Diagnosis; and Human Reproductive Genetics: Emerging Technologies and Clinical Applications), and co-authored the 9th edition of the “Speroff’s Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility.”