Professor Roger Short
Professor Roger Short has shed new light on the causes of the human population explosion and been actively involved in contraceptive research and development for two decades. He is currently trialing lemon juice as a contraceptive and anti-HIV microbicide in women.
From 1983 to 1990, Roger was Chairman of the US-based Family Health International (FHI) – one of the world's largest non government, not for profit organisations dedicated to the provision of family planning services for developing countries.
In 1989 he was a consultant to the Global Program on AIDS of the World Health Organisation in Geneva which involved designing strategies for the integration of HIV prevention and family planning programs. He is also a former member of the Wellcome Trust's Population Panel.
Roger was Foundation Director of the Medical Research Council's Unit of Reproductive Biology in Edinburgh from 1972 to 1982 and on the scientific staff of the Agricultural Research Council's Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Biochemistry in Cambridge between 1956 and 1972.
He is a former Reader in Reproductive Biology in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Magdalene College.
Roger has published more than 350 scientific papers in a variety of scientific journals. One of his main research interests is the evolution of human reproduction.
