Rita Colwell, Ph.D.
Renowned microbiologist and writer Rita Colwell, Ph.D., who discovered however cholera survives betwixt epidemics, is slated to present the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immunology’s play lecture astatine 11:30 a.m. Tuesday via Zoom.
Zoom link: https://wayneedu.zoom.us/j/92818543731?pwd=MmNNd1pMbnBrNVhZK1I3TSswQ2hHdz09
Meeting ID: 928 1854 3731; Passcode: 967873
Dr. Colwell, a distinguished assemblage prof astatine some the University of Maryland successful College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health successful Baltimore, volition contiguous “What Cholera Pandemics Can Teach Us.”
The lecture is hosted by the department’s postgraduate students, including elder doctoral campaigner Madison Walton.
“It is genuinely an grant to person Dr. Colwell articulation america for this seminar,” Walton said. “As a cholera researcher myself, I americium inspired by the enactment she has done to research sources of seasonal cholera outbreaks and place simple, inexpensive methods for reducing illness load successful endemic regions.”
A book, “A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism successful Science,” by Dr. Colwell and Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, was published successful 2020 and covers the challenges faced by the erstwhile successful her six decades successful the technological community.
“Her travel arsenic a pistillate successful subject who has risen to clasp rather influential positions successful her vocation is encouraging for truthful galore young scientists. I look guardant to proceeding much of Dr. Colwell’s communicative during her virtual visit,” Walton said.
Dr. Colwell’s interests are focused connected planetary infectious diseases, h2o and health. She developed an planetary web to code emerging infectious diseases and h2o issues, including harmless drinking h2o for some the developed and processing world, successful collaboration with Safe Water Network, headquartered successful New York.
She has been awarded 62 honorary degrees from institutions of higher education, including her alma mater, Purdue University. A geological tract successful Antarctica, called Colwell Massif, has been named successful designation of her enactment successful the polar regions. She served arsenic the 11th manager of the National Science Foundation from 1998 to 2004. In her capableness arsenic NSF director, she served arsenic co-chair of the Committee connected Science of the National Science and Technology Council. Before joining the NSF, Dr. Colwell was president of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, and a prof of microbiology and biotechnology. She besides was a subordinate of the National Science Board from 1984 to 1990.
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