Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases

Ilpo Huhtaniemi is Emeritus Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology at Imperial College London and Emeritus Professor of Physiology at the University of Turku, Finland. His clinical specialty is chemical pathology. He is the author of more than seven hundred peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters on basic and clinical reproductive endocrinology, as well as the monograph Good and Bad Testosterone (Elsevier, 2024). He has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including as Editor-in-Chief of Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology (Elsevier). He has also edited books in the fields of reproductive endocrinology and andrology.

He has received several honours for his research, including the NIH International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Fogarty Foundation), the Centre of Excellence Award of the Academy of Finland, the Young Investigator Award of the American Society of Andrology, the Matti AEyraepaeae Award of the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim, and honorary doctorates from the Medical University of Lodz (Poland), Albert Szent-Gyoergyi Medical University (Szeged, Hungary), and the University of Tartu (Estonia). Additional distinctions include the Egon Diczfalusy Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, the Iain McIntyre Medal (Queen Mary University of London), the European Medal of the Society for Endocrinology (UK), and the European Hormone Medal of the European Society of Endocrinology. He is an honorary member of the Finnish Endocrine Society, the European Society of Endocrinology, and the European Academy of Andrology.

Named lectureships include the German Endocrine Society Berthold Medal and Prize Lecture, the Australian Society for Reproductive Biology Goding Lecture, the Nordic Association for Andrology Erik Blom Lecture, and the American Society of Andrology-EAA Exchange Lecture. He is an elected member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Order of the White Rose of Finland (Knight, First Class).