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We are celebrating week 4 of Black History Month by sharing the story of two historic figures – Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler and Dr. Helen Octavia Dickens, who were trailblazers for women of color in medicine as the “first” of many.

The Center for Reproductive Health Sciences (CRepHS) is pleased to share our newsletter, released February 2022. The CRepHS Newsletter will be distributed on a quarterly basis.

PhD Candidate Juan Ferreira from Dr. Celia Santi’s lab successfully defended his thesis in January 2022, entitled “SLO2.1 channels: a new molecular mechanism to regulate uterine excitability.” Congratulations, Dr. Ferreira!

TLDR – Honoring Henrietta Lacks, whose story highlights the long history of the dehumanization of Black women in the scientific community and underscores the importance of informed consent. Support local, black-owned businesses  La Patisserie Chouquette and Creole Meet Soul.  We are celebrating week 3 of Black History Month by sharing the story of our third historic figure:  Henrietta Lacks – whose cervical cancer cells were the source of the HeLa cell line, which enabled significant scientific advances.  […]

National Black Women Physicians Day is February 8th in honor of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, who was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, we honored Dr. Jacqueline Turner, a trailblazer in her own right. She is a graduate of MIT, then went on […]