David H. Abbott, PhD, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a senior scientist at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center. He received his BSc (1975) and PhD (1979) from the University of Edinburgh, with subsequent post-docs in neuroscience at UW Madison and the University of Cambridge, before his appointment as Unit Head of Behavioural Physiology at the Institute of Zoology, London. He has over 40 years of experience employing animal models of female reproduction to determine pathophysiological mechanisms in women. More recently, he led the collaborative development of comprehensive nonhuman primate (NHP) models for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), including naturally hyperandrogenic female monkeys that suggest PCOS phenotypes beyond humans. He is a past president of the AEPCOS Society and their 2021 recipient of the Ricardo Azziz Distinguished Researcher Award. He has published extensively, with ~200 peer-reviewed publications and an h-index of 76.