Robert Norman (Australian professor)

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Robert John Norman is an Australian clinician researcher. His major research contributions have been in reproductive medicine, fertility, assisted reproduction technology an polycystic ovary syndrome.

He was appointed a Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2013.

Affiliations and education

Norman is Professor for Reproductive and Periconceptual Medicine at the University of Adelaide. ^[1] . In 2015 he became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. ^[2]

Research and impact

Robert has a Google Scholar ^[3] h score of 128.

In 2024 he led The Australian Evidence-based Guideline for unexplained infertility: ADAPTE process from the ESHRE Evidence-based Guideline on unexplained infertility 2024. ^{[4] [5]}

Roles

In 2008, Norman founded the Robinson Research Institute ^[6] at the University of Adelaide. He was the Director from 2008 to 2013, and it had 60 Reproductive Health Research Leaders and over 450 staff.

He is a former Medical Director at the IVF service Fertility SA ^[7] and former CEO of Repromed Fertility Specialists.

He was President of the Asia Pacific Initiative for Reproduction Society, Scientific Chair of ASPIRE (2014 and 2016) and is the current Scientific Chair of the Fertility Society of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) and an Honourary Life Member. ^[8]

Recognition

• 2018 - ASPIRE (Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction) Lifetime Achievement Award ^[9]
• 2017 - Life membership of ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) ^[10]
• 2015 - First recipient of the Ricardo Azziz Distinguished Researcher Award from the AE PCOS Society ^[11]

• 2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) ^[12]
• 2014 - Life Membership of the Society for Reproductive Biology (SRB) ^[13]
• 2013 - Order of Australia (AO) ^[14]
• 2013 - American Society of Reproductive Medicine Distinguished Research Leader Award ^[15]
• 2009 - SA Scientist of the Year for contribution to Health in South Australia ^[16]

Scientific publications

Norman has published in the following journals

• Fertility and Sterility ^[17]
• Medical Journal of Australia ^[18]
• The Lancet ^[19]
• Human Reproduction ^[20]

References

1. "University of Adelaide" . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
2. "Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences" . Retrieved 17 December 2025.
3. "Google Scholar" . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
4. "Australian Evidence-based Guideline for unexplained infertility" . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
5. "Australian Evidence-based Guideline for unexplained infertility: ADAPTE process from the ESHRE Evidence-based Guideline on unexplained infertility 2024" (PDF). ISBN   978-0-6458209-1-1.
6. "Robinson Research Institute" . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
7. "Fertility SA" . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
8. "FSANZ Honorary Life Members" . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
9. "ASPIRE LIfetime Achievement Award" . Retrieved 17 December 2025.
10. "ESHRE Honorary Member Award" . Retrieved 17 December 2025.
11. "Ricardo Azziz Distinguished Researcher Award" . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
12. "Fellows: Professor Robert Norman". Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
13. "SRB Life Member" . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
14. "2013 Queen's Birthday Honours" . Retrieved 22 December 2025.
15. "ASRM Distinguished Researcher Awards" . Retrieved 17 December 2025.
16. "Annual Report" (PDF). Robinson Institute.
17. "Trust in assisted reproduction has been hard-earned-we need vigilance to maintain it". Fertility and Sterility. 31 July 2025. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2025.07.385.
18. "Recommendations from the 2024 Australian evidence-based guideline for unexplained infertility: ADAPTE process from the ESHRE evidence-based guideline on unexplained infertility". Medical Journal of Australia. October 2024. doi:10.5694/mja2.52437.
19. "The Lancet". The Lancet . doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00756-6 . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
20. "Population-wide contribution of medically assisted reproductive technologies to overall births in Australia: temporal trends and parental characteristics". Human Reproduction. doi:10.1093/humrep/deac032.