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Changing the Face of Medicine

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Changing the Face of Medicine Molly Joel Coye

WEBDr. Molly Joel Coye is the founder and was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Health Technology Center, a non-profit organization which promotes the use of new …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Florence Rena Sabin

WEBFlorence Rena Sabin was one of the first women physicians to build a career as a research scientist. She was the first woman on the faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of …

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Changing the Face of Medicine S. JosephineBaker

WEBDr. S. Josephine Baker expanded the scope of public health care as the first director of New York's Bureau of Child Hygiene from 1908 to 1923. In 1917, she became the first …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Susan J. Blumenthal

WEBA champion for improving the health of people globally, Susan J. Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A. served as U.S. assistant surgeon general, and senior science and E-health advisor in …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Mae C. Jemison

WEBDr. Jemison actively inspires and encourages young people to pursue careers in science and medicine, and she has worked to advocate gender, ethnic, and social diversity in …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Lesson Plans: What's Happening …

WEBThe benefits of physical fitness include maintaining healthy weight, having energy and strength for routine activities, good muscle tone, bone strength, strong …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Stephanie Joan Woolhandler

WEBMedicine was a career that allowed me to combine both my interests. Dr. Stephanie J. Woolhandler has advocated guaranteed access to health care for all members of …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Marilyn Hughes Gaston

WEBMarilyn Hughes Gaston, M.D., faced poverty and prejudice as a young student, but was determined to become a physician. She has dedicated her career to medical care for …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Jean Baker Miller

WEBJean Baker Miller, M.D., published Towards a New Psychology of Women in 1976, a groundbreaking work in the understanding of human relationships. In 1995 Wellesley …

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Changing the Face of Medicine MargaretHamburg

WEBMargaret Hamburg, one of the youngest people ever elected to the Institute of Medicine (IoM, an affiliate of the National Academy of Sciences), is a highly regarded expert in …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Virginia M. Alexander

WEBVirginia Alexander made the very best of far from ideal circumstances to care for America's most neglected populations. Often working in difficult conditions without charging any …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Susan La Flesche Picotte

WEBDr. Susan La Flesche Picotte was the first American Indian woman in the United States to receive a medical degree. As a child, Susan La Flesche had watched a sick Indian …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Pamela M. Peeke

WEBDr. Pamela Peeke was among the first physicians with formal training in nutrition science to research the connections between chronic stress, nutrition, and weight gain. Dr. Pamela …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Lori Arviso Alvord

WEBDr. Lori Arviso Alvord bridges two worlds of medicine—traditional Navajo healing and conventional Western medicine—to treat the whole patient. She provides culturally …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Jimmie C. Holland

WEBDr. Jimmie C. Holland's work in psychiatry has been central to the establishment of psycho-oncology as a subspecialty. She conducted some of the first epidemiologic studies of the …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Donna M. Christian-Christensen

WEBAs chair of the Congressional Black Caucus's (CBC) Health Braintrust since 1998, Congresswoman Christian-Christensen led the effort to oversee and advocated on …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Mary Edwards Walker

WEBDr. Mary Walker was the first woman awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, for her work as a surgeon during the Civil War. Dr. Mary Walker was an outspoken advocate for …

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Changing the Face of Medicine Mary Steichen Calderone

WEBDr. Mary Calderone was the principal founder and first director of the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States. Mary Steichen became interested in medicine …

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Changing the Face of Medicine AliceHamilton

WEBIn 1919 she became the first woman appointed to the faculty at Harvard Medical School, serving in their new Department of Industrial Medicine. She also worked with the state of …

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Dr. Leona Baumgartner

WEBIn 1937, Dr. Baumgartner joined the New York Department of Health. She was director of public health training, and taught child and school hygiene. She rose through the ranks, …

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Dr. Anna Wessels Williams

WEBIn the 1800s, diphtheria was a deadly infectious disease without cure. Dr. Anna Wessels Williams isolated a strain of the diphtheria bacillus crucial to the development of an …

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