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Glatt Tower
Neue Winterthurerstrasse 99
11th Floor
Wallisellen, Zürich (de), 8304
Switzerland

Ann-Marie De Lange

Dr. Ann-Marie de Lange holds a degree in clinical psychology and a PhD in neuroimaging and brain plasticity from the University of Oslo. She completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Oxford, before establishing her research group 'FemiLab' at Lausanne University Hospital. Her research aims to identify factors that harm or protect the female brain, using clinical, genetic, and brain imaging data from population-based cohorts. Dr. de Lange is a passionate advocate for women's health research, and strives to connect science and society through her academic work and communication.

Rita Rahban

Rita is a senior scientist at the Department of Genetic Medicine and Development of the University of Geneva where she earned her PhD from. She has been working on the topic of male reproductive health for more than 8 years and is mainly interested in the impact of environmental and lifestyle factors on semen quality. She has conducted research on one of the largest national studies on semen quality of young men in Switzerland and also worked on the development of non-hormonal male contraception. She worked with experts in the fields of reproduction in Denmark, Germany, and more recently Scotland. Rita loves the mountains, poems, and Italy.