Hilary Critchley

Hilary Critchley is as of 2014 Professor of Reproductive Medicine and an Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Edinburgh. She was appointed as the Head of School of Clinical Sciences in August 2012. She has published over 240 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals and has appeared at international conferences.

Critchley's research focusses upon local uterine mechanisms involved in menstruation and implantation, and addresses the mechanisms common to those reproductive processes – injury and repair, endocrine–immune interactions and regulation of inflammatory mediators. A particular area of interest has been the local endometrial response to withdrawal of progesterone, both physiological and pharmacological.