Dr. Melissa Simon
Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
George H. Gardner Professor of Clinical Gynecology
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Preventive Medicine and Medical Social Sciences
Founder/Director, Center for Health Equity Transformation
Founder/Director, Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative
Co-Program Leader Cancer Control and Survivorship, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research
Faculty Fellow, Center for Civic Engagement
Faculty Member, Center for Reproductive Science
Leadership Council, Women’s Health Research Institute
Simon is the vice chair for research in the department of obstetrics and gynecology and the director of the Center for Health Equity Transformation at Northwestern Feinberg. A reproductive health and public health expert, scientist with a substantive body of National Institutes of Health-funded research on health equity, Northwestern Medicine physician, mother of four children and a Latina, Simon can speak on the topic of abortion from multiple perspectives.
