Helen Mason (endocrinologist)
Helen Mason is a British endocrinologist who specialises in reproductive endocrinology and is deputy head of Biomedical Sciences at St. Georges. She graduated from Aston University and Imperial College London, and is now a director of PCOS UK, which provides support for health-care professionals dealing with polycystic ovary syndrome. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.
Mason also specialized in reproductive functions of patients with eating disorder and has published several papers and contributed to a number of books on the subject.
Positions
- Scientific advisor to the Polycystic ovary syndrome self-help group Verity
- Executive director of PCOS-UK
- Fellow of Royal Society of Biology
- Academic Director of Edulink Consultants Dubai
Publications
- Mason HD, Willis DS, Beard RW, Winston RML, Margara R and Franks S Estradiol production by granulosa cells of normal and polycystic ovaries: relationship to menstrual cycle history and concentrations of gonadotrophins and sex steroids in follicular fluid. J Clin Endo Metab 79: 1355-1360.
- Pellatt L, Hanna L, Brincat M, Galea R, Brain H, Whitehead S, Mason HD Granulosa cell AMH production is increased in PCO. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 92:240-245.
- PCOS Forum: research in polycystic ovary syndrome today and tomorrow. Pasquali R, Stener-Victorin E, Yildiz BO, Duleba AJ, Hoeger K, Mason H, Homburg R, Hickey T, Franks S, Tapanainen JS, Balen A, Abbott DH, Diamanti-Kandarakis E, Legro RS. Clin Endocrinol. 74:424-433.
- Michael AE, Clarke RJ, Collins TD, Gregory L, Glenn C, Wood PJ, Pugh E, Webb RJ, Pellatt L and Mason HD Ovarian 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase activity is suppressed in women with anovulatory polycystic ovary syndrome : apparent role for ovarian androgens. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism in press.