Women’s Global Health Institute
DLR 444, Purdue University
207 S. Martin Jischke Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1971
She has received numerous awards, including e.g. the Mare‐Curie‐Ring (Holthusen Ring) of the German Roentgen Ray Society, the European Magnetic Resonance Award, the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) award, the Gold Medal of the ISMRM and of the European Society of Breast Imaging. She served as member of the working Group on Breast MRI of the United States Health Service's Office on Women's Health, Commission on Standards and Accreditation, and on the BI‐RADS‐Committee of the ACR. She has been elected as member of Leopoldina, Germany’s most prestigious National Academy of Sciences. She is Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, and member of a number of international societies such as Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American College of Radiology (ACR), the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI), the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI), the Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (CIRSE).
She studied medicine at the University of Bonn, Germany, and did her Ph.D. thesis on 31P MR spectroscopy in patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathies with “summa cum laude” in 1992. She completed her residency training at the Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, in 1998. She became associate professor in 1999, and full professor of Radiology and vice chairman of the Department of Radiology of Bonn University in 2004. In 2010, she joined the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH) to become Chairman and Director of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Germany.
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Introduction and Breakout Sessions
Women's Health Research Grant Awardees: (click for details)
The health of women and girls is of particular concern as a result of gender-related biological differences, socioeconomic status, and disparities in research involving women participants. At Purdue University, we deliver solutions through research and training that address these challenges, both nationally and internationally, through our work at the Women’s Global Health Institute (WGHI). The institute combines strong technology, engineering, natural and social sciences, and is a hub for interdisciplinary research.
The institute aspires to deliver meaningful solutions to the challenges in women’s health by securing partnerships and support for research and training from government, private foundations, and corporate companies.
Our Women's Health Research Grant Program supports outstanding researchers in women's health. Here are the recent awardees.We'd love to hear from you and discuss how we can promote and support your work on women's health and sex differences. Please click here to send us the information (requires a description of ~2-3 lines of your current or future work) and we will follow up with you.
