Elizabeth Roboz Einstein: The Determined Genius Behind a Multiple Sclerosis Breakthrough

Elizabeth Roboz Einstein’s life was shaped by the forces of history. She studied bioorganic chemistry at the University of Vienna in the 1920s and then left her home country of Hungary during World War II, before German troops invaded — practically a miracle for a single, Jewish woman. In the U.S., she blazed a trail in the brand new field of neurochemistry; her seminal research into multiple sclerosis (MS) unlocked key findings that would make effective medical treatments for MS possible. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Elizabeth Roboz Einstein: The Determined Genius Behind a Multiple Sclerosis Breakthrough is an episode from Lost Women of Science by Lost Women of Science.

This episode is 38:45 long.

This episode was published on Apr 16, 2026.

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