Rate My Professor Mike Armour

Associate Professor Mike Armour is an Associate Professor in reproductive health and Director of Research at the NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University. He earned a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Biomedicine from the University of Auckland in 2003, a Bachelor of Health Science in Acupuncture in 2009, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Women's Health from Western Sydney University in 2016. Armour's career began in 2001 as a summer research scholar in cardiovascular biophysics at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medicine. He served as a research assistant at Waitemata District Health Board, tutored in research methodology at the Faculty of Medicine and the New Zealand School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine from 2010 to 2016, and operated a clinical practice focused on women's health. Joining NICM Health Research Institute in 2016 as a postdoctoral research fellow, he now leads clinical trials on endometriosis, dysmenorrhea, and menstrual health literacy. He holds positions as Academic Lead of the Menstrual Cycle Research Network, Chair of the Australasian Interdisciplinary Researchers in Endometriosis, World Endometriosis Society Ambassador, and complementary medicine expert on the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ Endometriosis Expert Working Group, which produced Australia's first endometriosis guidelines in 2021. He has secured over $7.1 million in research funding.