Professor Fernandez Lynch currently teaches as an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine and the Carey Law School. She is known for her work on clinical research ethics and regulation, access to investigational medicine, and FDA pharmaceutical policy.
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.
They are Kristen Ghodsee, a professor of Russian and East European studies; Ayako Kano, a professor of East Asian languages and civilizations; Leigh Stearns, a professor of Earth and environmental sciences; and Deborah A. Thomas, a professor of anthropology.
Vanderbilt University's Shatema Threadcraft received two book awards from the American Political Science Association. Lisa Messeri of Yale University was honored by the Society for Cultural Anthropology and Fiona Cunningham of the University of Pennsylvania was honored by Cornell University.
According to a large global study of nearly 545,000 couples from 29 high-income countries, relationships where women earn more than their male partners are 36 percent more likely to separate than male-breadwinner couples — particularly among couples with children.
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. Falleti is an endowed professor in political science at the University of Pennsylvania. Her 2010 book Decentralization and Subnational Politics in Latin America was recently recognized by the American Political Science Association as a lasting achievement in federalism and intergovernmental relations scholarship.
Dr. Dinnerstein joined the University of Arizona in 1975 as founding director of the women's studies program. Four years later, she became founding director of the Southwest Institute for Research on Women.
The women who are taking on academic leadership positions are Ana Miljački at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dolores Albarracín at the University of Pennsylvania, Wen Zhang at the University of Arkansas, Ashanti Jones at the University of Louisiana Monroe, Uma Velury at the University of Delaware, and Lia Uribe at the University of Arizona.
A faculty member with the University of Pennsylvania for nearly three decades, Professor Allen is an internationally renowned expert on philosophical and social justice dimensions of privacy and data protection law.
Dr. Gottschalk's award-winning book examines how concentrated economic and political power in the United States has fostered forms of violence stemming from C-suite corporate executives.
The honorees are Rachael Chanin at Stanford University, Amy C. Fan at the University of Caliofornia, San Francisco, Simone Park at the University of Pennsylvania, Carolina Rodriguez Tirado at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in The Bronx, New York, and Madeline Rollins at the University of Chicago.