The American Women’s Medical Association's "2018 Woman in Science Award" goes to UIC women’s mental health expert - Dr. Pauline Maki
Dr. Pauline Maki, professor of psychology and psychiatry in the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine, will receive the 2018 Woman in Science Award, given by the American Medical Women’s Association at its annual meeting March 24 in Philadelphia.
Dr. Pauline Maki, professor of psychology and psychiatry in the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine, will receive the 2018 Woman in Science Award, given by the American Medical Women’s Association at its annual meeting March 24 in Philadelphia.
Maki, who is also senior research director of the Center for Research on Women and Gender at UIC, has focused on menopause, sex steroids, cognition and mood. Her studies have identified risk factors for brain aging and dementia in healthy women and women living with HIV.
Woman in Science
The Woman in Science Award is given to a woman physician who has made exceptional contributions to medical science, especially in women’s health, through her basic and /or clinical research, her publications and through leadership in her field.