Elizabeth Blackwell, born February 3, 1821, was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States in 1849, as well as the first woman on the United Kingdom Medical Register.
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Sara Damewood receives 2021 Impact Award
Sara Damewood, MD, was honored with a 2021 Impact Award from the Group on Women and Medicine in Science for her ongoing and substantial impact in program development…
Jessica Schmidt shares career experience with undergraduate students
Global Health Director Dr. Jessica Schmidt shared her career experience with two campus interest groups: the Global Health Innovations Club Seminar Series in the College of Engineering and…
Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi receives Rising Star Award in Health Services and Aging Research
Source: The American Federation for Aging Research The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), a national non-profit organization whose mission is to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research, recognized the outstanding contributions of Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, …
February 3rd celebrates National Women Physicians Day
February 3rd is the fourth National Women Physicians Day and 200th birthday of Elizabeth Blackwell, a pioneer of medical and feminist history who became the first woman to earn an M.D. degree from an American medical …