NHLBI Celebrates Women Scientists
In honor of Women’s History Month, the NHLBI will celebrate the accomplishments of women biomedical scientists who have played and are playing key roles in fighting heart, lung, blood, and sleep-related disorders. Check back throughout the month for additions to this impressive list.
Rosa Puertollano-Moro, Ph.D., knew as a young girl that she wanted to be a scientist. But little did she know that one day she would be doing innovative...
Linda Van Horn, PhD, RDN, has a longstanding interest in the role of diet in prevention and treatment of chronic disease, especially heart disease. A research...
Jennifer Stuart, ScD, has spent a good part of her research career trying to untangle the relationships between pregnancy complications and cardiovascular...
Adrienne Campbell-Washburn, Ph.D., has been teaching a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system new tricks—and it’s shaking up the field of imaging. A staff...
Mary Horowitz, M.D., M.S., has not only witnessed the evolution of the blood and marrow transplantation field; she also has been critical in its advancement...
Cassandra D. Josephson, M.D., is working to minimize complications from red blood cell transfusions in newborns and premature infants, and to understand why...
Premature babies are vulnerable in a myriad ways and are at risk for short- and long-term complications. "Preterm neonates have an anticipated lifespan greater...
Inherited genetic causes of pediatric bone marrow failure and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are more common than previously recognized and profoundly impact...
Swee Lay Thein, M.B., B.S., D.Sc., is no stranger to cutting edge scientific research—12 years ago she found three segments of DNA, including BCL11A, that...
Jennifer Lee, Ph.D., is searching to find order in a chaotic system—and to discover how that chaos begins. She studies amyloids, highly disordered proteins that...
Alison Morris, M.D., knows about the human lungs, but not in the way most people might expect. She is a pioneering researcher in the new and rapidly expanding...
Tiffany Powell-Wiley, M.D., knows the power of community. It is why she has focused her research on finding ways to impact health behaviors in several at-risk...