Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Stimulated by a suggestion by the campus organization Women in Science at Rockefeller (WISeR), and Dr. Leslie Vosshall, head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, the Hospital leadership embarked on a project with Olga Nilova, Special Collections and Operations Librarian in the Markus Library, Kate Kadoun, Senior Director, Volunteer Support and Donor Relations, and Jennifer Ashlock, Development Communications Specialist, to update the Hospital’s first floor hallway display with placards depicting 11 outstanding women scientists at Rockefeller. The list includes:

• Alma E. Hiller, PhD – The Discovery of Hydroxylysine and the Birth of Clinical Chemistry
• Marie Maynard Daly, PhD – The Chemistry of Histones
• Clara J. Lynch, PhD – Deciphering the Genetics of Cancer
• Clara Nigg, PhD – Cultivating and Characterizing Rickettsia Prowazekii
• Florence Sabin, MD – Embryology of Hematopoiesis and the Role of Monocytes in Tuberculosis
• Lillian E. Baker, PhD – The Birth of Tissue Cultures of Human Cells
• Louise Pierce, MD – Discovery and Successful Clinical Trials of Tryparsamide
• Margaret Pittman, PhD – Characterization and Development of Serotherapy of Hemophilus Influenzae
• Nancy P.  Ellicott, RN – The Birth of Research Nursing
• Rebecca C. Lancefield, PhD – The Chemistry and Classification of Streptococci
• Mary Jeanne Kreek, MD – The Development of Methadone Maintenance Therapy and the Biology of Addictive Disease

In addition, a series of historical photos of the hospital are displayed, including scenes of the construction of the hospital and its annex, an early ambulance, the World War I demonstration hospital erected adjacent to  the  Hospital  for  training  personnel  to  treat  injured  soldiers  in  France,  the  first  oxygen  chamber  to  treat  patients  with  pneumonia,  the  laboratory  of  Dr.  Oswald  Avery,  and  a  typical  early  ward  in the Hospital. Dr. Barry Coller, Physician-in-Chief of the Hospital, commented, “By highlighting the groundbreaking and landmark research of these 11 outstanding scientists, the display is designed to serve as an inspiration for all members of the Rockefeller community.”