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Jerome F. Strauss, III, M.D., Ph.D is the Dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs of the VCU Health System. His research interests are in the field of reproductive medicine focusing on the genetics of disorders affecting fertility and pregnancy outcome. He has authored over 300 original scientific articles, and holds 12 issued U.S. patents for discoveries in diagnostics and therapeutics. Dr. Strauss’s honors include election to AOA (1971); the University of Pennsylvania’s Berwick Award for Teaching (1983); the Medical Student Government Award for Distinguished Teaching from the University of Pennsylvania (1983); the President’s Achievement Award (1990), the Distinguished Scientist Award (2006) and Frederick Naftolin Award for Mentorship (2016) from the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, of which he is past President (2004); the Society for the Study of Reproduction Research Award (1992); election to the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (1994); the Transatlantic Medal of the British Endocrine Society (1994); the Beacon (2001), Pioneer (2004) and National Research Distinguished Service Awards (2007) for contributions to the reproductive sciences; the 2005 Distinguished Graduate Award from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the highest honor that the School of Medicine bestows upon an alumnus; Chuenkong Scholar from the China Ministry of Education (2006); the Rector’s Medal from the University of Chile (2009) for contributions to research and research training; and honorary professor at Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China (2013). Dr. Strauss served on the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Advisory Council as Chair of its Executive Committee. He is currently Chair of the Institute’s Board of Scientific Counselors.