Philip Jefferson

Philip Jefferson

by | Mar 7, 2023 | African American History, People

Philip Nathan Jefferson is an American economist who has been a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 2022. Jefferson is the fourth African American to serve as Governor. Jefferson was born and raised in the Kingman Park neighborhood of Washington,...
Edith P. Mitchell, MD (1948- )

Edith P. Mitchell, MD (1948- )

by | Feb 10, 2023 | African American History, People

Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD, was born in 1948, and raised in Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee during the time of Racial segregation in the United States. The daughter of Callie and Robert Peterson, she is a prominent Philadelphia physician and Medical School...
Erle S. Robertson

Erle S. Robertson

by divimachine | Feb 10, 2023 | African American History, People

Erle S. Robertson, Ph.D., is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and programme director of the Abramson Cancer Centre’s Tumour Virology Programme. Dr Robertson is a leading expert in the field of viral oncology. He has served on many...
Sharlene Newman

Sharlene Newman

by divimachine | Feb 10, 2023 | African American History

Sharlene D. Newman is an American cognitive neuroscientist, executive director of the Alabama Life Research Institute at the University of Alabama (UA), professor in the Department of Psychology at UA, and associate professor in the Department of Psychology and Brain...