“We know that women and men age differently; the challenge is understanding why,” said Jennifer Ailshire, co-director of the new center. “By bringing together expertise that has traditionally been separated, GeroSCORE will help uncover how biology, environment and life experiences combine to shape aging.”
Jordana B. Cohen of the University of Pennsylvania and Daria V. Ilatovskaya of Augusta University have been honored by the American Journal of Hypertension for their outstanding research contributions in clinical science and basic science, respectively.
"Done well, simulation doesn't just teach skills. It shapes safer, more thoughtful clinicians," said Dr. Fogg, an associate professor and assistant dean at the Texas Woman's University College of Nursing. "When it's interprofessional, it prepares them to work as part of the collaborative healthcare teams patients depend on."
In the 2024–2025 academic year, women earned 27 percent of the 8,108 total bachelor's degrees in physics awarded by U.S. institutions. This is the highest proportion on record and more than double women's representation in the early 1980s.
Andrea J. Liu of the University of Pennsylvania, Zhenan Bao of Stanford University, and Xiaowei Zhuang of Harvard University are among the nine inaugural recipients of the International Congress of Basic Science Medals.
Dr. Guerinot, an endowed professor at Dartmouth College, was recently recognized for advancing research on Arabidopsis thaliana, a small weed that has become the standard model for plant biology.
At the University of South Florida College of Public Health, Jamie Corvin will serve as senior associate dean for academic and student affairs, Tricia Penniecook will serve as director of the Center for Leadership in Public Health Practice, and Ellen Daley will serve as vice dean for faculty and research.
Presented every four years by the International Mathematical Union, the Fields Medal is considered the highest honor in the field of mathematics. Dr. Wang has been recognized for her recent resolution of the Kakeya conjecture, a central problem in harmonic analysis and geometry that had been unsolved for more than a century.
In 2024, women earned 26.6 percent of all bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in engineering. Women were most represented among graduates in the environmental and biomedical disciplines. They were least represented among graduates in electrical and mechanical disciplines.
Dr. Shah is the Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases and associate dean for translational research at the Duke University School of Medicine. She will serve as president-elect of the American Heart Association in 2026–2027, followed by a one-year term as president in 2027–2028.
In an analysis of clinical studies conducted between 2015 and 2023, women's participation met or exceed their disease prevalence in 67 percent of trials. However, some areas of study still significantly under-enroll women participants.
