Florence R. Sabin
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American medical scientist (1871–1953)
Key facts
- Born
- Florence Rena Sabin , ( 1871-11-09 ) November 9, 1871, Central City, Colorado Territory
- Died
- October 3, 1953 (1953-10-03) (aged 81), Denver, Colorado , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Smith College (B.S., 1893); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (M.D., 1900)
- Known for
- Research on the lymphatic system ; modernization of Colorado public health (“Sabin Health Laws”)
- Awards
- Albert Lasker Public Service Award (1951)
- Fields
- Anatomy ; medical research ; public health
- Institutions
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine ; Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Central City
- Place of death
- Denver
- Occupation
- anatomist
- Educated at
- Smith College
- Employer
- Smith College
- Image
- Florence R. Sabin (Colorado Club Woman, 1929).png
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Florence R. Sabin
- date of death
- 1953-10-03
- date of birth
- 1871-11-09
- student
- Dorothy Hansine Andersen
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Encyclopedic overview
Florence Rena Sabin (November 9, 1871 – October 3, 1953) was an American physician and medical scientist known for pioneering work on the development of the lymphatic system and for later transforming public health in Colorado. She was the first woman to hold a full professorship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to head a department at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. During retirement she led a public-health reform campaign in Colorado that produced the “Sabin Health Laws”; in 1951 she received the Albert Lasker Public Service Award for her public-health work.
Early life
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