International Women's Day

March 08, 2018

Northwestern researchers press for progress

Northwestern female educators are making an impact around the world. From analyzing the economies of developing countries to finding new interventions to personalize patient care, Northwestern researchers, leaders and scientists are changing the global landscape within their unique disciplines. Northwestern celebrates International Women’s Day as our community seeks to #PressforProgress.

Profiles

Emma Adam

Traces how stress gets "under the skin." Work has revealed racial and socioeconomic disparities in stress and sleep.

Brenna Argall

By using robotics for physical rehab, she is working to develop a smart wheelchair and assistive robotic arms.

Neda Bagheri

Identifies new interventions to personalize patient care and cure cancer. Reprograms cells using computational biology.

Elizabeth Gerber

Research focuses on how technology and organizations can solve world challenges. Pioneer of collective innovation.

Sossina Haile

Developed the first solid acid fuel cells. Designs materials and devices for sustainable energy.

Seema Jayachandran

Explores economic issues in developing countries including the environment and gender equality.

Eva Lam

Her ethnographic work in Chicago explores how adolescent immigrants develop social relationships online.

Ijeoma Okeigwe

Working to develop treatments for uterine fibroids and other reproductive diseases.

Kate Poropatich

Research focus on why there's an increase in HPV-driven throat cancer. Using this knowledge to study more aggressive tumors.

Rachel Beatty Riedl

Studies political parties and uncertainty in developing democracies; testing affect of religious messages on political engagement in Africa.

Juliet Sorensen

Focuses on international law and human rights. Connects Northwestern with global communities on global health, law and business.

Noelle Sullivan

Using ethnographic fieldwork in Tanzania, she's exploring the negative effects of voluntourism on global health.

Sera Young

Studies food and water insecurity, focusing on intervention strategies in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.