Born: 18 August 1903, United Kingdom
Died: 1992
Country most active: United Kingdom, Australia
Also known as: NA
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Elizabeth White practised medicine chiefly as a bacteriologist to Queen Charlotte’s Hospital Research Laboratories, where she was involved in puerperal fever research using Prontosil treatment. She married Frederick George White in 1932 and moved with him to Canterbury in New Zealand in 1937. After that, while she worked sporadically in a medical capacity, her time was largely devoted to her family.
Chronology
1929
Education – Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Bachelor of Surgery (BS), London School of Medicine for Women
c. 1929 – 1931
Career position – House Physician, Resident Pathologist and routine bacteriologist at the Royal Free Hospital
1931
Education – Diploma of Public Health, London School of Medicine for Women
c. 1931 – 1937
Career position – Bacteriologist at the Queen Charlotte’s Hospital Research Laboratories
1941
Career position – Blood Bank at the Infants Hospital in Sydney
1945
Career position – Demonstrator in Pathology, University of Melbourne Medical School