Edith Coonen is a Senior Clinical Embryologist working at the department of Reproductive Medicine next to a laboratory specialist in Reproductive Genetics employed by the department of Clinical Genetics at the Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), the Netherlands. She is appointed assistant professor at Maastricht University.
Edith is actively involved in research concerning innovations in reproductive genetics, amongst which Preimplantion Genetic Testing (PGT) and research aimed at elucidating the relationship between laboratory aspects of ART procedures and ART outcome.
She is (co)author of over 50 peer reviewed scientific articles, including international guidelines and expert opinion papers and a collaborator on various projects under the auspices of the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM), Council of Europe.
Edith has been an active member of the ESHRE PGT Consortium from its foundation in 1996, she is past Steering Committee member and past chair. Currently, she is a member of the ESHRE Executive Committee.