Martha Hickey is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne and an NHMRC Practitioner Fellow. She initially trained and worked as a Clinical Psychologist, and then studied medicine at Bristol University, She was awarded Doctorate in Reproductive Health from Bristol University and moved to Australia from Imperial College London in 2001. She is a member of the World Health Organisation Human Reproduction Program Research Panel and Senior Editor for the Cochrane Collaboration. Professor Hickey has clinical and research interests in menopause, and in particular the management of menopause after cancer.