Margaret E. Grigsby
Margaret Elizabeth Grigsby | |
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Born | January 16, 1923 Prairie View, Texas |
Died | June 24, 2009 (aged 86) Washington, D.C. |
Education | Bachelor's Degree from Prairie View College (1943) and M.D. from The University of Michigan (1947) |
Known for | Physician of Internal Medicine, Tropical Medicine, and Infectious Disease |
Parent(s) | John Richard Grigsby and Lee (Hankins) Grigsby |
Margaret Elizabeth Grigsby was born on January 16, 1923, in
Education
Grigsby earned her baccalaureate at
Career
Starting in 1948, Grigsby interned at
She held other positions. At Howard University, she worked as the chief of infectious diseases from 1952 to 1971, and an administrative assistant for the department of medicine school social work from 1961 to 1963. In addition to her positions at Howard, Grigsby held a couple positions in Ibadan, Nigeria. She had a position in the Epidemiologist United States Public Health Service from 1966 to 1968,[4] and served as an honorary visiting professor for preventive and social medicine from 1967 to 1968.[6]
During Grigsby’s two years in Africa, she oversaw the smallpox inoculation of millions of individuals. Grigsby was able to do this through the Smallpox Eradication Program [4] from Howard University College of Medicine. After returning from Africa she continued her profession as a professor at Howard University until she retired in 1993.[1]
Degrees and awards
- National Board Medical Examiners, American Board Internal Medicine. Rockefeller Foundation fellow Harvard University, 1951-1952
- Research fellow Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, 1951-1952
- China Medical Board fellow tropical medicine University Puerto Rico, 1956
- Commonwealth Fund Fellow University London, 1962-1963
- Surgeon General’s Certificate of Appreciation, 1987
- Leonard F. Sain Esteemed Alumni Award, 1987
References
- ^ a b The Michigan Alumnus. UM Libraries. 1986.
- ISBN 9780253336033.
margaret grigsby african american physician.
- ^ "Margaret Grigsby Obituary". Legacy.com.
- ^ a b c "Smallpox Eradication Program" (PDF). CDC smallpox eradication program 1969. p. 24.
- PMID 24367388.
- ^ Columbia, University (2021-11-09). "In Memory of Zena Stein, Public Health Pioneer, Advocate for Justice | Columbia Public Health". www.publichealth.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-21.