Northeastern Biology Department presents: Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: A Scientific Voyage into the Female Body

Women Who Impact Science and Society Lecture

In this talk, journalist Rachel E. Gross will take you on a journey into the origins of three myths about the female body, and how they have shaped medicine and science for centuries. Then, she'll tell the stories of modern scientists who are overturning old ideas and asking new questions to help us better understand and treat all bodies. Gross is a journalist who writes about gender bias and marginalized voices in medicine for the New York Times, Scientific American, the BBC, and others. She is the author of "Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage," a New York Times Editors' Pick and shortlist selection for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Award in Literary Science Writing. Previously, she was a 2018-19 Knight Science Journalism Fellow and the digital science editor of Smithsonian magazine.  

https://www.rachelegross.com/