​Sheryl Homa is an HCPC registered Clinical Scientist with a special interest in male infertility. She spent a large part of her career as an academic research scientist in the field of oocyte maturation, funded by the National Institutes of Health in the USA. For many years she served as Scientific Director of several fertility clinics in the UK working in both the public and private sectors. During this time, she became aware that male infertility is considerably marginalised and as a result, opened Andrology Solutions in 2007, the first and only HFEA licensed clinic of its kind, dedicated to male infertility and sperm cryopreservation. She has collaborated on many research projects and is the author of numerous scientific publications in the fertility field. Her studies include investigating calcium signalling in sperm and more recently, the role of oxidative stress and the microbiome on sperm quality. Professor Homa has been responsible for validating novel state of the art testing for male infertility, including a chemiluminescence and electrochemical assay for measuring seminal oxidative stress. She was responsible for creating the Andrology Department at The Doctors Laboratory, the largest diagnostic laboratory in the UK, for which she now acts as Clinical lead, as well as for several Andrology departments in NHS trusts. Currently Professor Homa is honorary professor of Andrology in the School of Biosciences at University of Kent where she teaches on the postgraduate course in reproductive medicine. She also teaches on the postgraduate STP course for embryology and andrology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Professor Homa is passionate about raising awareness for male infertility and has been invited to speak at conferences, events and webinars, as well as contributing to podcasts and interviews on radio, TV news and newspapers.

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