Assoc. Prof. Rebecca Deans is an internationally recognised researcher and clinician in benign gynaecology, infertility and has a special interest in paediatric and adolescent gynaecology. She works at the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney Children’s Hospital, UNSW and Life Fertility Sydney. Among Dr Deans’ many accomplishments are over 60 peer reviewed publications in leading national and international publications, 5 book chapters and over 20 research papers. She has also been invited to present 15 times at national and international meetings. She is the lead researcher in a collaborative uterus transplant research project. In January 2023 Dr Deans and her team performed Australia’s first Australian uterus transplant surgery at the Royal Hospital for Women, with a live birth on 15 December 2023. Two further transplants have been performed with a second live birth in March 2024. For her work in women’s health she was awarded NSW Woman of Excellence in 2023.