This is Her Career on Estrogen: The Effects of Sex Steroid Hormones on Women’s Careers

Discover how gender and sex steroid hormones affect a woman’s career path during a free lecture at 2 p.m., Tuesday, September 24, at Oakton Community College’s Des Plaines campus, 1600, East Golf Road.

Pauline Maki, Ph.D., renowned professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, presents “This is Her Career on Estrogen” as part of Oakton’s STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Speaker Series. Maki discusses her recent research into the impact of menstrual cycles and menopause on mood and cognitive function, and how she has applied these findings to her own life and career.

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

Oakton’s Center for Promoting STEM and the Student Government Association are sponsoring this presentation. For more information, contact Gloria Liu at (847) 635-1738 or glorial@oakton.edu.