Date of Birth | 09-November-1871 | |
Place of Birth |
Central City (Gilpin County, Colorado, United States of America) |
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Nationality | United States of America | |
Also know as | Florence Sabin, Dr. Florence R. Sabin | |
Profession | Physician | |
Florence Rena Sabin was an American medical scientist. She was a pioneer for women in science; she was the first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to head a department at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. In her retirement years, she pursued a second career as a public health activist in Colorado, and in 1951 received a Lasker Award for this work. |
Awards by Florence R. Sabin |
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