STEM Speaker Series: This is Her Career on Estrogen

STEM Speaker Series

This is Her Career on Estrogen

Presented by

Pauline M. Maki, Ph.D.

University of Illinois at Chicago,

Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology  

How are cognitive performance and mood affected by gender and the sex steroid hormones estradiol and progesterone? Learn about Maki’s recent research addressing the impact of menstrual cycles and menopause on mood and cognitive functions. Discover how she has applied these findings not only to her own career, but to the career trajectories of women in general.

Tuesday, September 24

2 p.m.

Des Plaines campus ¨ Room 1610

Maki received her doctorate in experimental psychology from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She  was a tenure-track investigator at the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Aging until she joining UIC’s faculty in 2002.  For the past 15 years, she has led an NIH-funded research program on the role of sex steroid hormones on cognition, mood, brain function, and stress responsivity.

  

Sponsored by the Center for Promoting STEM and Oakton Student Government. For information contact Gloria Liu at glorial@oakton.edu or 847.635.1738.