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People & Projects in the Biosciences

Advocacy & Policy | Astrobiology | Biochemistry | Bioinformatics | Biology | Biomathematics | Biometry | Biophysics | Biotechnology | Cell Biology | Computational Biology | Ecology | Endocrinology | Entomology | Environmental Microbiology | Environmental Studies | Environmental Toxicology | Mathematical Biology | Nanomedicine | Synthetic Biology | Zoology

ADVOCACY & POLICY


Donna M. Christian-Christensen (Caribbean-American):

Rick Martinez (African-American/Mexican-American):

ASTROBIOLOGY, EXOBIOLOGY & XENOBIOLOGY


Rose Grymes:

Andrew Knoll:

Other resources:

BIOCHEMISTRY


Ida Stephens Owens (African-American):

BIOINFORMATICS - BIOTECHNOLOGY - COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY - NANOMEDICINE


Other Resources:

BIOLOGY


Keli Agama (Ghanaian-Canadian):

Vernon Avila (Hispanic):

Jill Bargonetti-Chavarria (African-American):

Gladys Escalona de Motta (Puerto Rican):

  • PBS Bio Note accompanying BreakThrough: The Changing Face of Science In America series featuring 20 Native American, Latino, and African-American scientists.

Anne Fausto-Sterling:

Clifton Poodry (Tonawanda Seneca):

BIOMATHEMATICS - BIOMETRY - MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY


Carlos Castillo-Chavez (Mexican-American):

Gerardo Chowell-Puente (Mexican-American):

Abdul-Aziz Yakubu (Ghanaian):

Other Resources:

BIOPHYSICS


Karen Magnus (Fond du Lac Ojibwe):

Elba Serrano (Puerto Rican):

CELL BIOLOGY


Mina J. Bissell (Iranian-American):

David R. Burgess (Western Cherokee):

Jewel Plummer Cobb (African-American):

Elma González (Mexican-American):

Shinya Inoue (Japanese-American):

George Langford (African-American):

  • PBS Bio Note accompanying BreakThrough: The Changing Face of Science In America series featuring 20 Native American, Latino, and African-American scientists.

  • American Society for Cell Biology Profile.

Other Resources:

  • The National Institutes of Health offers Cell Biology and Cancer, a curriculum supplement for high school students (grades 9-12) in online and downloadable formats.
  • The National Institute of General Medical Services provides Inside the Cell, a Web-based introduction for high school students.
  • The American Society for Cell Biology Minority Affairs website has member profiles, links to funding and training opportunities, and information on professional development and other career topics.

ECOLOGY


Janalee Paige Caldwell (Western Cherokee):

Carmen Cid (Cuban-American):

Shirley Malcom (African-American):

  • Feature in Next Wave, a Web publication of the AAAS.
  • "Coming Off the Bench," feature story on Malcom's recognition as University of Washington Alumnu Summa Laude Dignata. Also part 2 of the article.
  • Speakers page on the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) website; includes several video clips featuring Malcom discussing science literacy, technology training, and encouraging underrepresented and underserved students to explore careers in science and engineering.
  • Congressional testimony on the National Science Board's activities.
  • Interview with Malcom about Teacher Preparation includes PDF transcript and two video clips.

Lee Anne Martinez (Mexican-American):

Mercedes Pascual:

  • Homepage at the University of Michigan
  • Interview with Earth & Sky (radio series). Links to play and download MP3 file.
  • Read a summary "Scientific observations can save lives ... cholera is a case in point" (VIRTUE Newsletter, December 1999) of the research paper: Pascual, M., Rodo X., Ellner S.P., Colwell R., and Bouma M.J. (2000): Cholera dynamics and the El Niño Southern Oscillation. Science 289(5485):1766.
  • Report: Ecology for a Crowded Planet (Science 2004 304(5675):1251-1252).
  • Math Models Link El Nino and Cholera; will also Aid Fish Counts (UMBI News, April 1999).

Frances Paula Solomon:

  • Interview with Women in Technology International.
  • Website of Solomon's organization, King County Water & Land Resources.
  • Read a short editorial on a circuit court decision on timber harvests and salmon habitat ("Timber Ruling Favors Salmonids." Washington Chapter AWRA Newsletter, May-July 2001).
  • Another short editorial on "Global Warming, Water Resources, and Salmon Recovery" (Washington Chapter AWRA Newsletter, March-April 2001).

ENDOCRINOLOGY


Janice E. Douglas (African-American):

ENTOMOLOGY


Marjorie A. Hoy:

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY


Kristine Brenneman (Choctaw):

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES


Ann Lopez (Mexican-American):

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY


Karen Medville (Cherokee):

EPIDEMIOLOGY


Jennifer Giroux (Rosebud Sioux):
  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.
  • Read the abstract and introduction to an article on Native womens' health (Giroux, et al (2000): "Low National Breast and Cervical Cancer-Screening Rates in American Indian and Alaska Native Women With Diabetes" in J Am Board Fam Pract 13(4):239-245).
  • Read a short article by Giroux and her colleagues: "HIV/AIDS Universal Precaution Practices in Sun Dance Ceremonies" in The IHS Primary Care Provider (1997) 22(4):54.

GENETICS


Linda B. Buck:

Carlos Bustamante (Peruvian-American):

Joan Esnayra (Yaqui):

Mary Styles Harris (African-American):

Other Resources:

INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY


Scottie Henderson, PhD (Navajo):

MARINE BIOLOGY


Sonia Ortega, PhD (Nicaraguan-American):

Judy Sakanari, PhD (Japanese-American):

  • Activity kit from Wonderwise (University of Nebraska State Museum)

  • Read a short article, "SSU students hunt Lyme-carrying ticks" about Dr. Sakanari and her students working in the field. (The Press Democrat, 3/10/2001).

MARINE ECOSYSTEMS


Usha Varanasi, PhD (Burmese-American):

MEDICINE


Evan Tlesla Adams, MD (Coast Salish):
  • Homepage

  • Short review of the movie Smoke Signals in which Adams co-stars (as Thomas Builds-the-Fire).

  • Read Dr. Adams's testimony to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission supporting Aboriginal Voices Radio. (Listen to AVR online.

  • Read an interview with Dr. Adams on his role in The Business of Fancydancing archived at the Native Networks website (2003).

Lori Arviso Alvord, MD (Navajo):

Linda Aranaydo, MD (Muscogee Creek):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Lillian M. Beard, MD (African-American):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Regina Marcia Benjamin, MD (African-American):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Judy Ann Bigby, MD (African-American):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Judith Martin Cadore, MD (African-American):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Alexa Irene Canady, MD (African-American):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Benjamin S. Carson, MD (African-American):

Elizabeth Lo Chin, MD (Asian-American):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

  • Book: This Side of Doctoring: Reflections From Women in Medicine (2002)

Patricia StandTal Clarke, MD (Eastern Cherokee):

Sayde Curry, MD (African-American):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Marie Amos Dobyns, MD (Eastern Cherokee):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Sarah K. Dye, MD (Sac Fox/Shawnee):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

  • Newsletter article (page 5) on Dr. Dye's award for distinguished service to the Aberdeen Area IHS.

Angela Erdrich, MD (Turtle Mountain Chippewa):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Frances McLemore Fisk, MD ( ):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Cosmo Fraser (Jamaican):

Bernadette Freeland-Hyde, MD (Navajo):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Patricia Nez Henderson, MD (Navajo):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Mae Jemison, MD, PhD (African-American):

Susan Karol, MD (Tuscarora):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Judith Salmon Kaur, MD ( ):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Sharon Malotte, MD (Western Shoshone):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Theresa Maresca, MD (Mohawk):

Melvina L. McCabe, MD (Navajo):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Laurie A. McLemore, MD ( ):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Kathryn Ann Morsea, MD (Navajo):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Randolph Rasch, PhD, RN (African-American):

Ina Park Rhee, MD (Asian-American):

Barbara Riley, MD (Aleut/Inupiat):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Yvette Roubideaux, MD (Rosebud Sioux):

Susan Potts Sloan, MD ( ):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Victoria M. Stevens, MD (San Carlos Apache):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Yolanda Talbot, RN, BSN (Navajo):

Michael Lewis Tutt, MD (Navajo):

Laura Williams (Juaneno-Acjachemen):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

MICROBIOLOGY


John F. Alderete (Mexican-American)

Cecilio Barrera (Mexican-American):

Eugene Cota-Robles (Mexican-American):

Dale Emeagwali (African-American):

  • Biographical information and discussion of National Technical Association's "Scientist of the Year" award she received in 1996.

Ernest D. Márquez (Mexican-American):

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Jabbar Bennett, PhD (African-American):

Leticia Márquez-Magaña, PhD (Mexican-American):

Constance Tom Noguchi, PhD (Chinese-American):

  • Homepage at the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) includes links to selected professional publications.

  • Interview excerpt from A Hand Up: Women Mentoring Women in Science (Association of Women in Science; July 10, 1995).


Eppie David Rael, PhD (Mexican-American):

Aguilera Renato, PhD (Mexican-American):

NEUROSCIENCE - NEUROBIOLOGY


Stephanie Johnson, PhD (African-American):

Michael Sesma, PhD (Japanese-Mexican-American):

Kiran Soma, PhD ( ):

Jerry Yakel, PhD (Luiseño and La Hoya):

NUTRITION


Kibbe Conti, RD (Oglala Sioux):

OCEANOGRAPHY


Sharon Roth Franks, PhD:

Frank González, PhD (Mexican-American):

Other resources:

PATHOLOGY


Frances Owl-Smith, MD (Eastern Cherokee):

Merlyn Meneze Rodrigues, MD, PhD (Indian-American):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

PHYSIOLOGY


Peying Fong, PhD (Asian-American):

  • Homepage at Johns Hopkins' Cystic Fibrosis Research Center.

  • Many of Dr. Fong's scholarly papers are available online. Do a Google search with their Scholar option.

POPULATION GENETICS


Sophia Cleland, PhD (Mission and Sioux):

PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY


U. Diane Buckingham, RN, MD (African-American):

Marigold Linton, PhD (Cahuilla-Cupeño and Morongo):

Craig Love, PhD (Southern Arapaho):

Mary Roessel, MD (Navajo):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

  • Read a short article on SCONAP, an organization at the University of New Mexico's Dept of Psychiatry focused on Native Americans, written by Dr. Roessel, one of SCONAP's co-founders.

  • Award-winning video Real Psychiatry: Doctors in Action produced by the American Psychiatric Association's Dept of Minority and National Affairs features Dr. Roessel and three other community psychiatrists treating patients in a variety of settings. Information on obtaining the video is available.

Darryl Tonemah, PhD (Kiowa, Comanche and Tuscarora):

  • Interview in Tribal Connections (May 2005).

  • Homepage

  • Remarks published in Native Tongue Magazine.

  • Sample some of Dr. Tonemah's songs from his album a time like now.

Rebekah May Wang-Cheng, MD (Asian-American):

PUBLIC HEALTH


Kathleen R. Annette, MD (White Earth Chippewa):
  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

  • IHS Biography

  • Read a Minnesota Public Radio transcript with Dr. Annette about the Red Lake Native community following the spring 2005 tragedy. (Includes audio file.)

  • Read a synopsis of Dr. Annette's keynote presentation on "Addressing Health Disparities in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities" at the OMHRC National Forum on Health Disparity Issues for American Indians and Alaska Natives (9/22/02, scroll down).

Linda Burhansstipanov, MPH, PHD (Western Cherokee):

Kelly R. Moore, MD (Creek):

  • Biographical entry in the National Library of Medicine's Celebrating Women Physicians website.

Pelagie Snesrud, RN, CPHN (Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux):

RADIATION BIOLOGY & RADIOLOGY


Leo Gómez, PhD (Mexican-American):

Marilyn Roubidoux, MD (Sioux/Iowa):

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY


Other resources:

TEACHING


David Ray Baines, MD (Tlingit and Tsimshian):

Walt Hollow, MD (Assiniboine-Sioux):

Linda Dairiki Shortliffe, MD (Japanese-American):

WILDLIFE BIOLOGY


Brenda Ballachey, PhD:
  • Activity kit from Wonderwise (University of Nebraska State Museum)

  • Ballachey's USGS Homepage at the Alaska Science Center. Includes publications.

  • Read a short article on the damage to intertidal marine life from the Exxon Valdez oil spill (Anchorage Daily News, 1/23/02, includes comments by Ballachey).

  • The Otter Project homepage, contains links to research papers, etc.

Tolani Francisco, DVM (Laguna Pueblo):

  • Activity kit from Wonderwise (University of Nebraska State Museum)

  • Read Francisco's article about going to the UK to assist with the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in 2001.

  • Read "Healthy as a horse?" short article about the 1998 Equine '98 National Animal Health Monitoring System survey, which for the first time included information about animals on Indian lands.

John Takekawa, PhD (Japanese-American):

Other Resources:

  • The World Wildlife Fund's Wildfinder lets you search for wildlife by geographic region or species.

WILDLIFE ECOLOGY


A. Keith Miles, PhD (African-American):
  • Faculty homepage at UC-Davis.

  • Miles' homepage at USGS.

  • PBS Bio Note accompanying BreakThrough: The Changing Face of Science In America series featuring 20 Native American, Latino, and African-American scientists.

  • Project description of Contaminant Exposure and Habitat Use by Declining Species of Sea Ducks Wintering Near Industrial Developments on the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, research done for the US FWS Alaska.

WILDLIFE TOXICOLOGY


Miguel Mora, PhD (Mexican-American):

ZOOLOGY


Ann Rypstra, PhD:

Wilfred Foster Denectlaw, PhD (Navajo):




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