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Dr Bridie O’Donnell
Australian cyclist, physician and sports broadcaster
Aileen Nusbaum
American archaeologist and WWI nurse
Betty Budlong
American who worked at Canyon de Chelly and El Morro National Monuments and published articles on Navajo ceremonies and dwellings
Raye Montague
Naval engineer who developed a computer program to design ships in as little as 18 and 26 minutes, compared to the two years it took before
Dr Patricia Hilliard Robertson
US astronaut and medical doctor
Dr Edith Jacobson
German-American physician and psychologist
Dr Mattie Rae Spivey Fox
Dr. Mattie Rae Spivey Fox made substantial contributions to the field of trace nutrient investigations and the work of the FDA in regulating food, and thereby advanced the health and well-being of the public.
Susan Ellenberg
When FDA and CBER created its own Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Ellenberg was selected as its first director, a position she held from 1993-2004. Her work at FDA was characterized by a commitment to vaccine safety accompanied by an insistence on more publications by regulators in professional journals to make clear not only what was known, but also what was not known, about the safety of children’s vaccines.
Dr Ruth L Kirschstein
In 1974 she returned to NIH as the Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the first woman to hold an institute directorship, and in 1993 she became Deputy Director of NIH, a position she carried out for the next decade.