Dr. Jodi A. Flaws is a Professor in the Department of Comparative Biosciences and Director of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Toxicology Training Program in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  She completed her B.S. degree at St. Xavier University, M.S. degree at Loyola University of Chicago, and PhD degree at the University of Arizona. Her research interests include the genetic and environmental factors that affect the female reproductive system, genes and hormones that regulate the normal development and function of the ovary, the effects of environmental toxicants on the development and function of the ovary, the mechanisms that underlie the effects of reproductive toxicants on the ovary, and environmental exposures associated with reproductive abnormalities in women.