Fruma Yehiely, Ph.D., Director

Fruma Yehiely, Ph.D.
Director

As Director of the Office of Research Development, Dr. Yehiely oversees the strategic and operational functions of ORD, including accelerating and supporting large, multi-investigator proposals in all areas of research across Northwestern and advising faculty on strategic approaches to developing single- and multi-investigator research grants.

Since 2008, Dr.Yehiely served as the director for research administration for the division of fertility preservation in the department of obstetrics and gynecology and the Institute for Women’s Health Research. A key person in the Oncofertility Consortium, Dr.Yehiely served as a liaison for the National Institutes of Health, for investigators from seven schools at the University, and for other institutions across the nation.
Dr.Yehiely joined Northwestern in 2004, working in the laboratory of Vincent Cryns, medicine, at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center. She helped establish a new research program aimed at studying breast cancer stem cells, managed a translational, multi-disciplinary study, and served as a co-investigator on several grants. She authored numerous peer review publications, reviews and book chapters and has presented at national and international conferences.