Advisory Board

As a way to continually evaluate and improve the activities of the Northwestern Center for Reproductive Science, we have engaged a group of internal and exertnal colleagues for our advisory board. The advisory board also includes trainee representatives. These individuals were selected based on their relevant expertise and their engagement with and commitment to the center.

Below is a list of our current board members, who are serving one-to-two-year terms.

External Board Members 

• T. Rajendra Kumar, PhD
  Edgar L. & Patricia M. Makowski Endowed Professor & Associate Vice-Chair of Research
  Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology 
  University of Colorado Denver-Anschutz Medical Campus 
• Jodi Flaws, PhD 
  Professor, Comparative Biosciences 
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
• Kyle Orwig, PhD
  Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
  University of Pittsburgh  
• Karen Schindler, PhD 
  Associate Professor, Department of Genetics
  Rutgers University  

Northwestern Board Members 

• Serdar Bulun, MD 
  Chair & John J. Sciarra Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  
• Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD 
  Chair & Stephen Walter Ranson Professor of Cell Biology
  Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
  
• Kelly Mayo, PhD 
  Dean & Associate Provost for Graduate Education at The Graduate School
  Professor of Molecular Biosciences at Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
• Margrit Urbanek, PhD 
  Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Trainee Board Representatives

• Mariam Charles 
  MS-RSM Student 
• Shweta Dipali 
  PhD Candidate, Duncan Lab 
• Hannah McDowell 
  PhD Candidate, Laronda Lab