Kelle H. Moley

Kelle Harbert Moley is an American physician-scientist and executive specializing in reproductive medicine and maternal health. She is currently global vice president of reproductive medicine and maternal health at Ferring Pharmaceuticals. She is a former professor of obstetrics and gynecology and of cell biology and physiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and has held senior leadership roles at the March of Dimes and the Gates Foundation. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Career Moley served on the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, with appointments in obstetrics and gynecology and cell biology and physiology. She was appointed assistant professor in 1999, promoted to associate professor in 2003, and to professor in 2006. From 2006 to 2019, she served as vice chair of obstetrics and gynecology and chief of the Division of Basic and Translational Research. In 2009, she was named the inaugural James P. Crane Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

From 2003 to 2014, Moley directed the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship Program. She later served as director of the Center for Reproductive Health Sciences from 2016 to 2018. Between 2011 and 2016, she was co-director of the Institute of Clinical and Translational Science, where she contributed to institutional research strategy and mentoring initiatives.

Since 2019, Moley has held the title of Voluntary Research Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine.

Selected honors and awards Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences, Burroughs Wellcome Fund (2002) Elected Scholar, American Society for Clinical Investigation (2005) President's Achievement Award, Society for Gynecologic Investigation (2007) Star Award, American Society for Reproductive Medicine (2013–2018) President, Society for Reproductive Investigation (2014) Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine (2014) 2nd Century award, Washington University (2017) Best Basic Science Oral Presentation Award, European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (2018)