Hope E. Hopps
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Hope Elizabeth Hopps (June 15, 1926 – November 7, 1988) was an American microbiologist and immunologist who retired from the US
The Society for In Vitro Biology established the Hope E. Hopps Award, for outstanding students of in-vitro biology.[3]
Education
Hopps earned her undergraduate degree from
Career
Initially a bacteriologist at Garfield Memorial Hospital, she went on to do research at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. She moved to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1956, then to the National Institutes of Health's Division of Biological Standards (which because the Bureau of Biologics in 1972) in 1960, where she served as assistant to the director.[2]
Research
Hopps developed a continuous
She later worked with Harry M. Meyer, Jr. and
She was elected national president of Graduate Women in Science in 1972.[2] She was active in the Tissue Culture Association (TCA), now known as the Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB), serving as president of the Washington, D.C. chapter from 1974 until 1975, national vice-president from 1978 until 1980, and was a member of its council and occasionally its executive board from 1974 until 1988.[1] She chaired the publications committee and established a new name and format for the society's journal, In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology.[1]
Private life
She married George Hopps and they lived in Silver Spring. She died of cancer at age 62.[2]
Legacy
The Society for In Vitro Biology established the Hope E. Hopps Award in her honor, for students who demonstrate outstanding achievements in the field of in vitro biology.[3]
In 2018 the NIH were amending their records of "female technician" in photographs to add her name.[4]
References
- ^ S2CID 27814643.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "HOPE E. HOPPS DIES AT 62". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Hope E. Hopps Award, The Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB)". Society for In Vitro Biology. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d Bowen, Ashley (2018-09-06). "Finding Hope: A Woman's Place is in the Lab". Circulating Now from NLM. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
- OCLC 50379776.
- ^ "Parkman, Paul Douglas (1932- ) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-09-02.