NorthShore University HealthSystem
Alexa Freedman is a Research Scientist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston Hospital. Her research focuses on how maternal exposures, including psychological stress, affect fetal development and birth outcomes. She is particularly interested in the underlying biological mechanisms, including alterations in placental development and function. Alexa earned her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in 2018 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at NorthShore and Northwestern University in 2022.