Grace Marilynn James, M.D., spent her life caring for the African American community of Louisville, Kentucky, who often had little access to regular health care....
Dr. Renee Rosalind Jenkins earned her undergraduate and medical degrees at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. There, as an African American woman in a...
Physician, educator, and writer Dr. Jeanne Spurlock drew inspiration in her career from the challenges she faced in life as an African American woman. As...
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...
Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey’s career combines geriatric medicine and health policy, focusing on disease, disability prevention, and health care issues among minorities. As president and chief...
As a young medical student at Howard University College of Medicine from 1972 to 1976, Janet Mitchell saw patients from some of the poorest neighborhoods...
Dr. Ruth Marguerite Easterling, a pathologist, worked with William Augustus Hinton, the African American physician who developed the Hinton test for syphilis. She also served...
Dr. Lena Edwards was one of the first African American women to be board-certified as an obstetrician-gynecologist as well as to gain admission to the...
JudyAnn Bigby, M.D., served as director of the Harvard Medical School Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. She is devoted to the health care needs...