Our Team
Dr. Ayman Al-Hendy
Overall UniFi Principal Investigator, Principal Investigator Project 2
Gynecologist, Scientist
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois at Chicago


Dr. Tom Boyer
Co-Principal Investigator UniFi Project 1
Scientist, Mediator biologist
Professor of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas San Antonio
Dr. Nahed Ismail
Co-Principal Investigator Project 2
Microbiologist, Cellular immunologist
Professor of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago


Dr. Romana Nowak
Principal Investigator UniFi Project 3
Scientist, Extracellular matrix biologist
Professor of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Qiwei Yang
Co-Principal Investigator UniFi Project 1
Scientist, Epigeneticist
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois at Chicago
