Meet Our Speakers

Dr. Regina Turner graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine in 1989. After a year in a private mixed animal practice, Dr. Turner returned to Penn’s New Bolton Center to complete a 2-year residency in Large Animal Reproduction. She then stayed on as a lecturer and became Board Certified in Theriogenology in 1994. Between 1995 and 1999, Dr. Turner completed a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine. After completion of her PhD, she was hired as a faculty member in Penn’s Veterinary School and served as Professor and Chief of the Section of Reproduction and Behavior. Dr. Turner’s main clinical interests focus on the fertility of breeding stallions and include reproductive imaging, semen cryopreservation, fertility analysis, and advanced semen processing. She has published numerous manuscripts and book chapters on issues relating to stallion fertility and was named Theriogenologist of the Year by the American College of Theriogenologists in 2024. Dr. Turner’s research interests focus on age-related stallion infertility and the molecular and cellular regulation of sperm motility.