Health
September 4, 2024
Vivien Thomas (1910-1985): The Surgical Technician Who Revolutionized Cardiac Surgery
Vivien Theodore Thomas was born on August 29, 1910, in New Iberia, Louisiana. Raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Thomas grew up…
September 4, 2024
Emmett Chappelle (1925-2019): Biochemist and NASA Scientist Who Revolutionized Life Detection
Emmett William Chappelle was born on October 24, 1925, in Phoenix, Arizona. He grew up on a small farm where…
September 3, 2024
Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941): A Trailblazer in Cell Biology
Ernest Everett Just was born on August 14, 1883, in Charleston, South Carolina. He was raised by his mother, Mary…
September 3, 2024
Charles Drew (1904-1950): The Pioneer of Blood Plasma Preservation
Charles Richard Drew was born on June 3, 1904, in Washington, D.C. He was the eldest of five children in…
August 15, 2019
Arielle Kitio, programming to help fight tuberculosis
Arielle Kitio, who is completing her PhD in “Applied Software Engineering” at Yaounde University 1, is studying the epidemiological surveillance…
July 14, 2019
Patricia Bath
Patricia Era Bath (born November 4, 1942 in Harlem, New York and died May 30, 2019 in San Francisco) is…