Vanessa Northington Gamble
Vanessa Northington Gamble, M.D., Ph.D., is a University Professor of Medical Humanities at George Washington University. She is the first woman and first African American...
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John Henryism
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The Hidden Health Costs of Relentless Determination In 1983, Sherman James and colleagues introduced a psychological concept known as John Henryism (JH), named after the...
Sherman James
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Sherman A. James, an African American epidemiologist and health researcher, is renowned for his “John Henryism” hypothesis, which links premature mortality among African Americans to...
Sekazi K. Mtingwa
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Research physicist and physics professor Sekazi K. Mtingwa was born on October 20, 1949, in Atlanta, Georgia. After receiving his B.S. degrees in physics and...
Dr. Olajide Williams
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Dr. Olajide Williams, MD, MS is a Professor and Chief of Staff of the Department of Neurology at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians...
Dr. Dorceta Taylor
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Dr. Dorceta Taylor is a professor at the Yale School for the Environment. Prior to that, she was a professor of environmental sociology at the...
Dr. Genevieve Neal-Perry
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Dr. Genevieve Neal-Perry, MD, Ph.D. was born and raised in New Jersey. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and obtained her MD/Ph.D. in...
Karen Elizabeth Nelson
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Scientist Karen Elizabeth Nelson was born in Jamaica in 1950 and migrated to the United States in the 1970s. She received a Bachelor of Science...
Craig E. Cameron
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A Leader in Microbiology and Immunology Dr. Craig E. Cameron is a distinguished figure in the field of microbiology and immunology, with a career marked...
EVELYNN M. HAMMONDS
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Evelynn M. Hammonds is an esteemed scholar and academic leader, known for her significant contributions to the fields of history of science, African American studies,...