Congratulations to ICON-✘ Junior Faculty Dr Rachel Zsido, who has been awarded the prestigious Otto Hahn Medal. Since 1978, the Max Planck Society (Munich, Germany) has awarded the Otto Hahn Medal to young researchers for outstanding scientific achievements.

Dr. Zsido her Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. During her doctoral studies, she used multimodal neuroimaging techniques (MRI, EEG, PET) to investigate how sex steroids shape brain structure, function, and chemistry across the lifespan; with emphasis on women’s increased risk for depression and dementia.

We are really proud to have Dr Zsido in our team, advancing Sex Selective Research and Medicine.