Sonia Herraiz, Ph.D.

Ovarian Rejuvenation and Fertility Preservation Research Group Leader at FIVI.

FIVI Valencia

Sonia Herraiz, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Sonia Herraiz is a staff scientist at IVI Foundation leading the Ovarian rejuvenation and Fertility Preservation research group, visiting scholar at Stanford University Medical School in the Department of OB/GYN, member of the Reproductive Medicine group at the Instituto Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, and part of the Fertility Preservation Unit at La Fe University Hospital in Valencia.

She obtained her Bachelors degree, majoring in Biology at the University of Valencia in 2003, and joined IVI Foundation in 2006, obtaining her PhD degree, also from the University of Valencia in 2010 with distinction as Magna Cum laude. As part of her post-doctoral training, she spent a year at the University of Edinburgh with Dr. Evelyn E. Telfer to learn in vitro follicle culture and oocyte maturation. In addition, she had several short term stays to improve her skills. These include Infertility Center of St. Louis (MI, US), hosted by Prof. Sherman Silber, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa (Japan) hosted by Dr. Kawamura, and Stanford University, CA, USA, under the supervision of Prof. Aaron Hsueh.

The primary focus of her laboratory is ovarian rejuvenation. She tackles this question using a number of cutting-edge approaches, including autologous bone marrow-derived stem cell transplantation and ovarian fragmentation. She is also intersted in the development of new alternatives for Fertility Preservation in cancer patients where the ovarian transplantation is contraindicated. She has been funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (SAF and FIS projects), and the Valencian Health Agency (PROMETEO project), as well as private institutions. She has also been awarded the highly competitive Sara Borrell postdoctoral grant from the Spanish Government in 2012 and from Valencian Education agency in 2016.

She has authored over 20 peer-reviewed scientific papers and review articles in international journals and presented over 30 communications in meetings. She received the Spanish Fertility Society Award in 2016. Dr. Herraiz is ad-hoc reviewer for a number of leading reproductive journals and has been recognized as a Star reviewer by Fertility and Sterility.

Dr. Sonia Herraiz is the co-director of 4 Thesis projects and 3 Master projects at University of Valencia and is Faculty of the Master’s Degree Program in Biotechnology of Assisted Human Reproduction (University of Valencia)

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Education and Training

BSc University of Valencia, Spain (2003)
PhD (Biology) University of Valencia, Spain (2010)
Fellowship University of Edinburgh (2012)
Fellowship Stanford University School of Medicine (2016)

Honors and recognition

Torres Quevedo Contract. Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness 2017-2020
BEST program Grant for postdoctoral stay at Stanford University, from the Valencian Regional Government 2016
Spanish Fertility Society Award 2016
Fertility and Sterility Star Reviewer Award – Dr. Jacques Donnez Associate Editor 2016
Fertility and Sterility Star Reviewer Award – Dr. Nicolás Garrido Associate Editor 2016
Sara Borrell post-doctoral contract granted by the Spanish National Institute of Health Carlos III 2011-2013
Top five abstract at International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) 2009

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