by DrewGamboa | Aug 14, 2021 | African American History, People
Dr. Chester Brown is a medical geneticist who currently serves as the St. Jude Chair of Excellence in Genetics, the Division Chief of Genetics at the University of Tennessee Health Center, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, and is a professor of...
by IsaacApple | Jul 21, 2021 | African American History, People
Theodore Kenneth “T.K.” Lawless, MD was an internationally-known dermatologist who helped pioneer techniques to treat syphilis and was one of the first doctors to treat cancer with radium. A millionaire, Dr. Lawless built his wealth over decades and was recognized for...
by DrewGamboa | Jul 3, 2021 | African American History, People
Sherman A. James is a social epidemiologist and most notably known for the concept of “John Henryism.” Most recently, Dr. James served as a research professor of epidemiology and African American studies at Emory University. Before arriving at Emory University, he...
by malikowens | Jun 6, 2021 | African American History, People
William Augustus Hinton was an American bacteriologist and the first Black Professor at Harvard University. Hinton was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 15, 1883, to former slaves Maria Clark and Augustus Hinton. He spent his formative years in Kansas City,...
by Anna Chase | Apr 23, 2020 | African American History, People
Research scientist Jane Hinton was born on May 1, 1919 in Canton, Massachusetts. Her mother, Ada (Hawes) Hinton, was a former teacher, and her father, William Augustus Hinton, was a bacteriologist and one of the most prominent African American medical researchers of...
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