Neena Schwartz
| Neena Schwartz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 10, 1926 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Physiology, Endocrinology |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
| Alma mater |
Goucher College Northwestern University |
| Academic advisors | Allen Lein |
| Known for | Discovery of inhibin Feminism in science LGBT advocacy |
Neena Betty Schwartz (born December 10, 1926) is an American endocrinologist and William Deering Professor of Endocrinology Emerita in the Department of Neurobiology at Northwestern University. She is best known for her work on female reproductive biology and the regulation of hormonal signaling pathways, particularly for the discovery of the signaling hormone inhibin. Schwartz has been an active feminist advocate for women in science throughout her career; she was a founding member of the Association for Women in Science organization in 1971 and shared the founding presidency with Judith Pool. She also co-founded the Women in Endocrinology group under the auspices of the Endocrine Society, served terms as the president of the Endocrine Society and the Society for the Study of Reproduction, and has been recognized for her exceptional mentorship of women scientists. In 2010, she wrote a memoir of her life in science, A Lab of My Own, in which she came out as lesbian.
Schwartz was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1926 to a family of Russian descent who she has described as politically active. She received her bachelor's degree from Goucher College (a women's college at the time) in 1948. Despite originally being interested in English and journalism, she became interested in physiology during her undergraduate studies and spent summers conducting undergraduate research with Curt Richter at Johns Hopkins University, and separately at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine.
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