Holly E Richter, PhD, MD is Professor Emerita Obstetrics and Gynecology, past Endowed Chair, Division Director and Research Director of the Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery and Medical/Quality Officer of the Ambulatory OB/GYN clinics. She is Associate Director of Gynecologic Research for the Center for Research in Women’s Health and past President of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons and the American Urogynecologic Society. She serves as an Editor for the International Urogynecology Journal and past Editor of Obstetrics & Gynecology. In 2019, Dr. Richter received the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons Distinguished Surgeon Award. She was the Principal Investigator of the NIDDK-sponsored Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network and NICHD-sponsored Pelvic Floor Disorders Network at UAB starting in 2001. She oversaw other NIH (R01, R03) and industry sponsored research over the years. She was also the recipient of a 10-year mid-career award (K24, NIDDK) in patient oriented pelvic floor research and to this day mentors many young investigators. More recently she is the PI of a PCORI grant, oversees PFDN follow-up, has industry funding and has a Sparkman Global Health Center grant exploring outcomes in vesicovaginal fistula reintegration outcomes in women undergoing surgery in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso. She has 450+ publications, many in top journals such as JAMA and NEJM.