Molly Fox, associate professor of anthropology a the University of California, Los Angeles, is the lead author of a new study that found an increase in time spent pregnant and breastfeeding throughout a woman's lifetime is associated with stronger cognitive function later in life.
A new study from Harvard Medical School has found orthopedic surgeons represent only 0.3 percent of patient referrals to in-hospital domestic violence programs, even though these providers often treat physical injuries associated with intimate partner violence.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health recently presented its 2025 Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship to Stephanie R. Jones, professor of neuroscience at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
The women selected for new endowed positions in the academic world are Valerie Thomas of Virginia Tech, Shailey Mahendra of the University of California, Los Angeles, Esther Freeman of Harvard Medical School, and Laura Marcu of the University of California, Davis.
Compared to other women, pregnant women face a 37 percent higher risk of dying from gun violence. Between 2018 and 2021, firearms accounted for nearly 80 percent of all homicides of pregnant women. States with high levels of gun ownership experience the highest rates of firearm homicides of pregnant women.
Dr. Chodorow was a longtime professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Throughout her career, she conducted groundbreaking research on mother-daughter relationships, specifically how mothering shapes psychological development and social roles.
The women who have been selected for endowed professorships are Kimberly Stegmaier at Harvard Medical School, Morgan Loechli at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, and Joan Wennstrom Bennett at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Among workers outside of the healthcare field, women have lower mortality rates than men. But among physicians, women's mortality advantage is absent, with women more likely than their male peers to die from neoplasms and lower-respiratory diseases.
Alexia Hudson-Ward of MIT has been named president-elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Natalia Rost of Harvard Medical School has been named president of the American Academy of Neurology, and Ale Kennedy of Clemson University has been named chair-elect of the board for the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
Dr. Kayhart served as chair of the biology department at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, for nearly 40 years. After her retirement, she became the first-ever faculty member elected to the college's board of trustees.
Currently, the United States has the highest rate of pregnancy-related deaths among all high-income countries around the world. From 2018 to 2022, the number of maternal deaths in America rose by over 27 percent.
The women appointmented to endowed faculty positions are Tara Cox at Savannah State University in Georgia, Jennifer Homans at New York University, and Esther Freeman at Harvard Medical School.
