Women's health research in the last four decades. Interview by Natasha Leeson

Gerson Weiss speaks to Natasha Leeson, Assistant Commissioning Editor Gerson Weiss obtained his MD degree from New York University (NY, USA). After an internship in internal medicine at Baltimore City Hospital (MD, USA), he completed residency in obstetrics and gynecology at New York University. Further training in reproductive endocrinology was obtained as a postdoctoral research fellow in physiology at the University of Pittsburgh (PA, USA), in the laboratory of Dr Ernst Knobil. Following this fellowship, Dr Weiss returned to New York University where he ultimately became Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Pharmacology and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. In 1986, he became Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at New Jersey Medical School (NJ, USA). Dr Weiss is the author of more than 274 scientific articles. His research has been continuously funded since 1975 by grants from the NIH, the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation and the Andrew W Mellon Foundation. He has served as a member of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a member of the Reproductive Biology Study Section of the NIH, a member of the Residency Review Committee for Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. He has served as the President of the New York Obstetrical Society, the New York Gynecologic Society, the Council of University Chairs of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He was the Chairman of the Committee on Gynecologic Practices for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Chairman of American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the American Board of Medical Specialties. Dr Weiss is a past President of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. He currently serves on the NIH's Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health. Dr Weiss conducts an active clinical practice both in gynecology and reproductive endocrinology and infertility at his institution.