Getting an Oral Contraceptive Pill Approved Over-The-Counter
Department & Center Events
Population, Family and Reproductive Health (Wednesday Seminar Series)
Anna Glasier, MD, DSC, FRCOG, FFSRH, OBE
Professor
University of Edinburg and Women's Health Champion for Scotland
Anna Glasier trained in obstetrics and gynecology in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was a clinical scientist in the MRC Unit of Reproductive Biology then Director of Family Planning & Well Woman Services for Lothian from 1990 until 2010.
She is an honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Edinburgh and although retired from clinical practice is still active in research. Her research has been in reproductive health, particularly in contraceptive development and the delivery of contraceptive services. She is a world expert on emergency contraception. She was on the Board of Trustees and International Committee for Contraceptive Research at the Population Council for over ten years. With the Human Reproduction Programme of the World Health Organisation, she served on the scientific advisory committee and the research proposal review panel.
Professor Glasier has worked with HRA-Pharma France since 1996 helping to get approval for two emergency contraceptives, and for ulipristal acetate -EC and a progestogen only pill over the counter.
In 2023 Professor Glasier was appointed by the Scottish Government Women’s Health Champion for Scotland. She continues in this post, for now.