Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett
Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett is a research fellow and the scientific lead for the Coronavirus Vaccines & Immunopathogenesis Team at the National Institutes of Health...
Category : Science
Samuel Massie
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Organic Chemist Samuel Massie was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on July 3, 1919; his mother, a teacher, and his father, a minister, instilled in...
Bernard A. Harris Jr
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Astronaut, medical scientist, and management executive Bernard A. Harris were born in Temple, Texas on June 26, 1956, to Bernard A. Harris, Sr. and Gussie...
Gibor Saul Basri
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Astronomer Gibor S. Basri was born in May 3, 1951 in New York City, New York, the eldest son of Saul A. Basri, an Iraqi Jewish immigrant from...
Henry Fitzbutler
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Although mainly known as the founder of Louisville National Medical College, Dr. Henry Fitzbutler was an exceptional physician and educator. Fitzbutler and his wife Sarah Helen McCurdy became activists in their community...
Bessie Blount Griffin
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Bessie Virginia Blount, pioneer physical therapist, inventor, and scientist, was born in Hickory (today Chesapeake), Virginia, on November 24, 1914. In the sixth grade, she had to discontinue...
Geraldine Pittman Woods
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Geraldine Woods is known for her lifelong dedication to using science to contribute to community service and her establishment of programs that give opportunities to...
Roscoe Conkling Giles
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Roscoe Conkling Giles was the first African American to earn a medical degree from Cornell University, and later went on to be the first African American to...
Dolphus Milligan
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Dolphus Milligan was an internationally acclaimed American chemist, best known for his spectroscopic studies of free radicals and other reactive molecules. Dolphus Edward Milligan was born...
Howard Venable
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Howard Venable is known for the revolutionary changes he made in the field of ophthalmology. Venable was born January 27, 1913 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada,...