Bringing the same rigorous standards used in high quality academic research institutions to the FDA Dr. Frances Kelsey stopped the drug thalidomide from causing serve birth defects in American children and changed the drug approval process at the same time.
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Dr. Kariko spent most of her career working in the much-maligned field of RNA research – which was finally brought into the spotlight when it was used to create two of the COVID-19 vaccines.
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As the first African American woman to be granted a patent for a medical purpose Dr. Patricia Bath has dedicated her career to protecting and improving the eyesight of all people.
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Dr. Chiaki Mukai was already an established cardiac surgeon when she became the first Japanese woman to go to space.
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Mary Walker trained as a surgeon, volunteered for the Union Army in the Civil War, and is the only woman to have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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It was believed that the polio virus directly attacked the central nervous system until Dr. Dorothy Horstmann made a groundbreaking discovery about the mechanism involved with the spread of Polio in the body.
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Dr. Barbara Rothbaum is a pioneer in the use of virtual reality exposure therapy for the treatment of various psychological disorders, specializing in research and treatment of patients with anxiety disorders, focusing primarily on PTSD.
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Male students petitioned to have Elizabeth Garrett removed from their school, but she still went on to become Britain’s first female physician.
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Dr. Helen Taussig helped found the field of pediatric cardiology after a childhood struggle with dyslexia.
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As the first to recognize cystic fibrosis as a disease, Dr. Dorothy H. Andersen changed the lives of people with this condition.
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