Professor Helena Teede: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- endocrinologist, director of Melbourne's Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation
- Quoted on
- Women's health & gynaecology, Diabetes
- Press citations held
- 10
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
“It's an honour to have NICE adapt the International PCOS Guideline. It is the first Guideline to be adapted by NICE, a testament to the exceptional work of the global PCOS network, methodological rigour of evidence synthesis and the integrity of our guideline development process.”
What Professor Helena Teede has said
“This effort is being led by a steering committee that I am on, chaired by Helena Teede, MBBS, PhD”
MBBS, PhD, chair of steering committee · Women's health & gynaecology · 30 Sept 2026 · Opinion | What's in a Name? A New One Might Help PCOS Patients ↗
“What we now know is that there is actually no increase in abnormal cysts on the ovary, and the diverse features of the condition were often unappreciated. It was heart breaking to see the delayed diagnosis, limited awareness, and inadequate care afforded those affected by this neglected condition.”
Director, Monash Centre for Health Research & Implementation and endocrinologist, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia · Women's health & gynaecology · 30 Sept 2026 · PCOS Renamed PMOS in Landmark Global Consensus - EMJ ↗
“What we now know is that there is actually no increase in abnormal cysts on the ovary, and the diverse features of the condition were often unappreciated. It was heart-breaking to see the delayed diagnosis, limited awareness and inadequate care afforded those affected by this neglected condition.”
Director of Monash University's Monash Centre for Health Research & Implementation and an endocrinologist at Monash Health · Women's health & gynaecology · 30 Sept 2026 · Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome: New name to improve diagnosis and care of condition affecting 170 million women worldwide ↗
“What we now know is that there is actually no increase in abnormal cysts on the ovary, and the diverse features of the condition were often unappreciated. It was heart-breaking to see the delayed diagnosis, limited awareness and inadequate care afforded to those affected by this neglected condition.”
Director of Monash University's Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation in Australia · Women's health & gynaecology · 30 Sept 2026 · Leading infertility cause - polycystic ovary syndrome - renamed in push for better care ↗
“led the name-changing initiative”
Professor at Monash University in Australia · Women's health & gynaecology · 30 Sept 2026 · What in the World | Will the PCOS name change help young women get treatment? ↗
“It was very clear that the name was inaccurate.”
endocrinologist and professor of women's health at Monash University · Women's health & gynaecology · 30 Sept 2026 · PCOS renamed PMOS in global overhaul of women’s health term ↗
“They're not actual true cysts. They're follicles or eggs that are just developing along a pathway, but they stop developing normally because they don't like the hormones that they're floating around in.”
Australian endocrinologist and expert in PCOS at Monash University in Melbourne · Women's health & gynaecology · 29 Sept 2026 · I was diagnosed with PCOS – and was soon drowning in misinformation ↗
“The term PCOS didn't capture the "multi-system burden that people with this condition have suffered", and that it "directs attention to only one organ".”
endocrinologist, director of Melbourne's Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation · Women's health & gynaecology · 29 Sept 2026 · New name for PCOS gives new hope to millions of women ↗
“Authors of the Lancet paper Professor Helena Teede from Monash University and colleagues said the previous term implied pathological ovarian cysts, obscuring the condition's 'diverse endocrine and metabolic features' and contributing to 'delayed diagnosis, fragmented care and stigma'.”
Professor at Monash University · Diabetes · 10 Sept 2026 · UK guidelines to adopt ‘PMOS’ as new name for PCOS ↗
Where Professor Helena Teede has been quoted
- UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to adapt Monash-led International PCOS Guideline for UK health professionalsmonash.edu · 30 Sept 2026
- Opinion | What's in a Name? A New One Might Help PCOS Patientsmedpagetoday.com · 30 Sept 2026
- PCOS Renamed PMOS in Landmark Global Consensus - EMJemjreviews.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome: New name to improve diagnosis and care of condition affecting 170 million women worldwideendocrine.org · 30 Sept 2026
- Leading infertility cause - polycystic ovary syndrome - renamed in push for better carenews.sky.com · 30 Sept 2026
- What in the World | Will the PCOS name change help young women get treatment?bbc.com · 30 Sept 2026
- PCOS renamed PMOS in global overhaul of women’s health termtucson.com · 30 Sept 2026
- I was diagnosed with PCOS – and was soon drowning in misinformationtheguardian.com · 29 Sept 2026
- New name for PCOS gives new hope to millions of womentheguardian.com · 29 Sept 2026
- UK guidelines to adopt ‘PMOS’ as new name for PCOSpulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
Professors, researchers and think-tank analysts quoted on the strength of their research rather than a clinical role. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 30 Sept 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.