Women's History Commons^™

Interview With Millicent Goldschmidt, Millicent Goldscmidt Ph.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Millicent Goldschmidt about her career at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) where she has held faculty positions in the Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences at UTHealth School of Dentistry, UTHealth Medical School, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Millicent Edna Goldschmidt, Ph.D., came to the Texas Medical Center after an educational journey that included parental objections and a husband’s ethical concerns about research.

Once in Houston, her professional journey took her to almost every institution in the Texas Medical Center – from Baylor College of Medicine to The University …

Interview With Melinda Perrin, Melinda H. Perrin

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Melinda Perrin about her career in the Texas Medical Center and work on the board of Hermann Hospital and later Memorial Hermann Healthcare System.

Melinda Hill Perrin was born into a family known for the leadership it has provided both the city of Houston and the state of Texas. Her father John Hill served as the Texas’ secretary of state, then attorney general and finally Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court. Her work in the community and the non-profit sector led to her selection as a member of the Board of Hermann Hospital during …

Interview With Margaret Carter Mcneese, Margaret Carter Mcneese M.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Margaret Carter McNeese about her career in the Department of Pediatrics at the Univeristy of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School.

Dr. McNeese’s undergraduate years were spent at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia. She went to medical school at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, where she began her career as a physician and pediatrician. She has been a recipient of many awards, among them the UT Health Science Center at Houston’s President’s Award for Mentoring Women; the Catholic Charity Guild Award for service at the San Jose Clinic, the …

Interview With Diana Chow, Diana Shu-Lian Chow Ph.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

Diana Shu-Lian Chow, Ph.D., is an outstanding researcher at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, where she began her career in 1981. She has authored or co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, three book chapters and more than 200 abstracts presented at national and international scientific conference or meetings. She is the editor of the British Journal of Pharmacology, editorial board member for the Journal of Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy and a reviewer for more than a dozen journals.

She holds more than 10 U.S. and international patents, and in 2009, the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association …

Interview With Kathryn Peek, Kathryn Elaine Peek Ph.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Kathryn Elaine Hickman Peek about her career as a biomedical administrator and educator at many institutions in the Texas Medical Center.

Kathryn Elaine Peek, Ph.D. completed her bachelor’s degree in English and embarked on a first career as a public school teacher. She obtained master’s degrees in biology and behavioral sciences at the University of Houston and UH Clear Lake during two stays in the Houston area. She entered the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at what is now the McGovern Medical School at the age of 39. She graduated with a …

Interview With Huda Zoghbi, Huda Zoghbi Md

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Dr. Huda Zoghbi about her career at Baylor College of Medicine in the Texas Medical Center. She worked as a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology and Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine. She was also an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital.

SOURCE: Baylor College of Medicine website, http://www.bcm.edu

Interview With Dana Rooks, Dana Rooks

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Dana Rooks, who served as Dean of Libraries at the University of Houston from 1997-2014.

Interview With Margaret Caddy, Margaret Caddy

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral History interview with Margaret Caddy discussing her nursing and administrative career in Houston and the Texas Medical Center. Caddy worked in hospice care from 1983-2009. Part of that time, She served as the Executive Director for Houston Hospice.

Interview With Katie Mcgready, Katie Mcgready

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Mary Catherine Bussey Boice (Katie) McGready, the first medical librarian in the Texas Medical Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Mary Catherine Bussey Boice “Katie” McGready became the first medical librarian in the Texas Medical Center when Dr. Ernst W. Bertner asked to her to begin the medical library at what was then the fledgling MD Anderson Cancer Center. She was among the first employees at the Cancer Center, then located at “The Oaks,” the estate of the late Colonel James A. Baker at 2310 Baldwin Street in Houston.

Born …

Interview With Marianne Marcus, Marianne Marcus Edd, Rn

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history with Marianne Marcus, Professor Emerita at the University of Texas at Houston School of Nursing. Before she retired and assumed the title of Professor Emerita in 2104, Dr. Marcus chaired the UT Nursing School’s Department of Nursing Systems, directed its Master’s of Nursing Education degree track and directed its Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Education and Research. While at UT, she was elected to its Academy of Health Science Education and named as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She was appointed the John P. McGovern Distinguished Professor of Addiction Nursing at UT Health Science …

Interview With Elizabeth Travis, Elizabeth Travis Ph.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Elizabeth Travis, PhD of MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Interview With Robin Britt, Robin Britt Edd, Rn

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Robin Britt, EDD, RN of Texas Woman's University College of Nursing.

Interview With Asha Kapadia, Asha Kapadia Ph.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Asha Kapadia, PhD of University of Texas School of Public Health.

Interview With Janet Butel, Janet Butel Ph.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An Oral history interview with Janet Butel, PhD of Baylor College of Medicine.

Interview With Margaret Kripke, Margaret Kripke Ph.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Margaret Kripke.

Interview With Ritsu Komaki, Ritsu Komaki Md, Facr, Fastro

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Ritsu Komaki.

Interview With Patricia Starck, Patricia Starck Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Patricia Starck.

Interview With Edith Irby Jones, Edith Irby Jones Md

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Dr. Edith Irby Jones, MD.

Interview With Kathryn Stream, Kathryn Stream Ph.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Kathryn Sheaffer Stream.

Interview With Dorothy Otto, Dorothy Otto M.S.N., Ed.D., Anef

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

Interview with Dorothy Otto, Associate Professor at the School of Nursing, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center.

Interview With Anna Steinberger, Anna Steinberger Ph.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral interview with Dr. Anna Steinberger, who taught and conducted basic research in Reproductive Biology and served as Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs at UT Medical School-Houston. Her research yielded over 250 scientific articles, books, and book chapters for which she received numerous awards and recognitions in the USA and abroad.

Interview With Dianna Milewicz, Dianna Milewicz M.D., Ph.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral interview with Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Director of the M.D./Ph.D. Program and co-Director of the Biomedical Engineering Center. Her research interests include the genetic basis of cardiovascular diseases, and understanding the effect of identified mutations on protein function. She has recently established a genetic core laboratory to provide molecular biology and genetic expertise to clinicians who want to initiate genetic studies on their patient populations.

Interview With Lu Ann Aday, Lu Ann Aday Ph.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral Interview with Dr. Lu Ann Aday, distinguished professor emerita in public health and medicine at the University of Texas School of Medicine and Public Health. She is the inaugural holder of the Lorne D. Bain Distinguished Professorship in Public Health and Medicine at the University of Texas, School of Public Health, and has advised numerous masters' and doctoral candidates and post-doctoral fellows during her more than 30 years in the field. With training in economics and sociology, Dr. Aday has authored a number of books dealing with conceptual or empirical aspects of research on access to health and …

Interview With Julie Knobil, Julie Knobil M.A., Ph.D.

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral interview with Juile (Hotchkiss) Knobil, research professor of physiology and then integrative biology at the Medical School, where she lectured on mammalian physiology and perinatal endocrinology.