Tommaso Simoncini, M.D., Ph.D. I was born in Florence in 1971, and graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1996. I am Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine of the University of Pisa, Italy. I hold a PhD in Molecular and Experimental Medicine. I performed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Vascular Medicine Unit of the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. During this time I contributed to the characterization of a series of signaling pathways through which ERα induces rapid signaling events in human vascular tissues and cells. Back in Pisa, in the year 2000 I started the Molecular and Cellular Gynecological Endocrinology Laboratory (MCGEL). The laboratory focuses on the function of steroid receptors in various settings, including the cardiovascular system, breast cancer and the central nervous system. The MCGEL is an international center for translational research in gynecological endocrinology and menopausal medicine. The MCGEL hosts post-docs and PhD students from all around the World. I also perform clinical research. I have been the coordinator of a series of clinical trials, particularly on the effect of steroidal drugs on endometriosis, on the role of the feto-placental nitric oxide system in fetal growth restriction and preterm birth, on surgical techniques in pelvic floor disorders and on neuro-stimulation on overactive bladder, on innovative techniques for the computer-assisted simulation of pelvic surgical procedures. From a clinical standpoint, I extensively dedicated myself to pelvic floor reconstructive surgery and to mini-invasive laparoscopic and robotic techniques in gynecology, urogynecology and gynecologic oncology. I have ever since nurtured a specific interest for gynecological endocrinology and climacteric medicine. I recently started a multidisciplinary center for the treatment of pelvic floor diseases in ageing women. My work has been recognized with various scientific honors, including the “Merck Senior Fellow” award by the Endocrine Society (2005), the “Robert B. Greenblatt Award” by the International Menopause Society (2005), the “New Investigator Award” by the North American Menopause Society (2007) and the Alice and Albert Netter Award by the European Society of Gynecology (2007). I have been an invited plenary lecturer to some of the foremost Scientific Congresses in the field, including the US Endocrine Society, The EMBO Congress, The World Congress on the Menopause (IMS) and The Congress of the Federation of International Societies of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO). I also received honorary membership from the Sociedad Peruana del Climaterio, the Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Climaterio y Menopausia, the Catholic university of Santiago de Guayaquil, the Asociacion Argentina por el Estudio del Climaterio. I am an Associate Editor of “Maturitas”, “Journal of Endocrinological Investigation”, “Vascular Pharmacology”, “Faculty of 1000”, “Frontiers in Cancer Endocrinology”. I authored more than 100 original papers with a broad interest in women’s health and ageing on prestigious international journals, including Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Reviews Endocrinology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Molecular Endocrinology, Circulation, Circulation Research, Endocrinology, JCEM, Maturitas, Menopause, Climacteric. I have always enjoyed contributing to Scientific Societies. I am a past member of the Trainee Development Committee and International Relationship committee of the Endocrine Society. Since 2006 I am the Executive Secretary of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology and from 2008 I am a member of the Scientific Board and now Adjunct Secretary General of the European Society of Gynecology. From 2012 I serve as Treasurer of the European Menopause and Andropause Society. I am a long-standing member of the International Menopause Society, and I contributed actively to the organization of key IMS events, such as the series of IMS Expert Workshops and the 2011 Rome IMS World Congress on Menopause, I thus know the Society well and I am keen to contribute within the Board to its activities. If elected, I would be particularly interested in fostering the scientific and educational interaction between IMS and strong regional Societies, such as EMAS and others, in order to implement the diffusion of Science and good clinical practice in the field of menopausal medicine Worldwide. I would also devote my efforts into broadening the interest of IMS towards fundamental and translational research in climacteric medicine and ageing and towards younger researchers, particularly in emerging Countries. Signed: