Scientist Teresa Woodruff has spent her career advancing a specialized field of medicine.
Woodruff – the president emerita of Michigan State University and a National Medal of Science recipient – works in oncofertility, a field focused on preserving patients’ abilities to have biological children following life-saving treatments such as chemotherapy. Woodruff gave a lecture at a distinguished speaker series held by UCLA’s Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education on April 8.