Cheryl Rosenfeld

Cheryl Rosenfeld is a Professor at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. She has been a faculty member since 2004 and teaches first and second year College of Veterinary Medicine students while conducting research on how parental exposures prior to conception and during pregnancy affect offspring. Rosenfeld began her education as an undergraduate biology student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Medicine in 1993 and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1995 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She later obtained a PhD in reproductive biology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Society for the Study of Reproduction, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, through which she was selected as an AAAS Fellow in Medical Sciences in 2021. Rosenfeld attributes her success to her parents, especially her father, who encouraged learning, reading, and curiosity through nature hikes, as well as supportive teachers. She advises being forward-thinking, disregarding noise, staying focused on goals, and finding mentors. Her values include acting ethically, following the golden rule, and paying it forward by uplifting other women colleagues.