Also A Scientist - Exam Block 3

Question 1

Which scientist:
* got an MD from New England Female Medical College
* was the first African-American woman to earn an MD
* published “Book of Medical Discourses”?

Answer 1

Rebecca Lee Crumpler, MD

Question 2

Which scientist:
* was never able to get a PhD because of sex bias
* won a Novel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988
* was the daughter of a Lithuanian-Jewish immigrant & Polish immigrant who lost all of their money during the wall street crash of 1929
* worked many jobs
* developed drugs for many different conditions - ACYCLOVIR?

Answer 2

Gertrude Elion

Question 3

Which scientist:
* received a PhD in molecular virology & viral oncology at UC Davis
* is an assistant professor of cancer biology at Meharry Medical College
* is a cytomegalovirus expert for the FDA Division of Vaccine Injury & Compensation
* is a consulting & voting member for the FDA Antiviral Drug Advisory Committee
* studies cytomegalovirus trafficking on the CNS?

Answer 3

Donald Alcendor, PhD

Question 4

Which scientist:
* is a scientist, professor and researcher at the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico
* developed a cheap and effective way to detect HPV in women with 98% PPV
* determined that photodynamic therapy is effective for elimating HPV-16 and HPV-18?

Answer 4

Eva Ramón Gallegos, PhD

Question 5

Which scientist:
* is a staff clinician in the Laboratory of Infectious Disease, Medical Virology Section at the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease
* is developing the HSV529 vaccine against HSV2?

Answer 5

Lesia Dropulic, MD