Ten San Diego researchers have been named among the 1,000 best female scientists in the world byThis is an inaugural list by the company, which says it based its choices on a scholar’s productivity, the impact of their work, specific contributions to their fields, and their awards and achievements.
The book tells the story of how Strathdee and her colleagues used an experimental mix of viruses to save her husband from dying of a superbug infection he developed in Egypt.• Sonia Ancoli-Israel, an emeritus psychiatry professor known for her insights about how sleep disorders can affect aging and how to treat such disorders in people with dementia;
• Marta Kutas, an emeritus professor of cognitive science who explored how the human brain works, with a focus on language comprehension and memory;• Andrea Z. LaCroix, an epidemiologist who studies healthy aging and cognition in older women and men.