By: Marina Viktoria Pazin I have recently come home from a motivational and inspirational evening with Bridgette Heller, an Executive Vice President and President of Consumer Care at Merck & […]
By: Stephanie Levi, PhD Victoria Prince, Ph.D. is no stranger to a bustling research career. As a developmental biologist in the University of Chicago’s Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy,
Imagine traveling to Siberia. In the winter. For science. Been there, done that, for Gayle Woloschak. She traveled to Ozersk, a Russian village whose borders require security clearance to breach,
By Agnella Matic What is the last medicine that you took? Do you remember its name? Chances are that you’re thinking of the medicine’s brand name, such as Tylenol® or
Written by C. Zoe Hoeppner, PhD Principal Engineer at Fresenius Kabi (via the recent acquisition of Fenwal Inc), Katherine Radwanski is rising young female star in the apheresis and blood
2013 AWIS Chicago Awards Dinner Featured Awardees: 7th Innovator Award – Dr. Barbara Di Eugenio, of the University of Illinois Chicago, for demonstrating innovative approaches in computational models of Natural
By Marina Damiano When Arabela Grigorescu was a post-doctoral fellow researching DNA repair proteins at the University of Chicago, she found herself a crossroads in her career. Though she was
On Saturday, April 6th, 2013, AWIS Chicago conducted a workshop led by Prof. Rick McGee of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on mentorship. Dr. McGee has been involved with
By Agnella Izzo Matic, PhD The breast tumor lights up in pink on the computer screen. Algorithms automatically detect the tumor and predict that this tumor is malignant. This scene
