Dr Cecilia M Romero
Dr. Cecilia Romero has helped more than 500 young doctors better serve their Hispanic patients.
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Dr Clara Arena Brawner
Dr. Clara Brawner was the only practicing African American woman physician in Memphis in the mid-1950s.
Dr Clarice D Reid
Dr. Clarice Reid began her education in the segregated schools of Birmingham, Alabama, and went on to become director of the Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.
Dr Frances Oldham Kelsey
In 1960, during her first month at the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey took a bold stance against inadequate testing and corporate pressure when she refused to approve release of thalidomide in the United States. The drug had been used as a sleeping pill and was later proven to have caused thousands of birth deformities in Germany and Great Britain.
Dr Lisa A Cooper
Internal medicine physician, social epidemiologist, and health services researcher who was among the first to document how doctor-patient relationships can help overcome racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare.
One of the nation’s leading researchers and practitioners in the field of health equity, having designed innovative approaches to improve physicians’ communication skills, patients’ self-management skills, and the ability of healthcare organizations to address the needs of populations experiencing health disparities.
Recipient of numerous awards, including the American Public Health Association Helen Rodríguez-Trías Social Justice Award.
Awarded the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship in 2007.
Author of the book Why Are Health Disparities Everyone’s Problem?.
Member of U.S. National Academy of Medicine.
Dr Lisa T Su
Electrical engineer who is an expert in semiconductor devices and high-performance processors who pioneered new ways to connect computer chips using copper instead of aluminum, resulting in 20% faster chip speeds.
Dr Maria T Zuber
Geophysicist and planetary scientist who has produced several topography and gravity maps of planetary bodies that exceed the quality and resolution of those for Earth. She has led a dozen experiments on ten NASA missions and is the first woman to lead a NASA planetary mission.
Captain Sue S Dauser
She became a Navy Nurse in September 1917, subseqently serving with Naval Base Hospital Number 3 in the U.S. and in Scotland during World War I, holding the grade of Chief Nurse for most of that period. Following the war, she was placed in charge of nursing activities at the U.S. Naval Hospital at San Diego, California.
Dr Audrey Forbes Manley
Dr. Audrey Forbes Manley was the first African American woman to achieve the rank of Assistant Surgeon General (Rear Admiral).
Dr Laura H Greene
Physicist and expert in quantum mechanics known for her discoveries and research in unconventional superconducting materials and high magnetic fields. She also is a leading advocate for diversity in science and a champion for women in scientific and engineering fields.