Florence Sabin

Biography

Florence Sabin was the first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences. She made pioneering contributions to the understanding of the lymphatic system, demonstrating that lymphatic vessels grow from veins through a process of budding. Her research on tuberculosis at the Rockefeller Institute advanced the understanding of the disease. After retirement, she led a public health crusade in Colorado that resulted in landmark legislation known as the Sabin health laws.

弗洛伦斯·萨宾是约翰斯·霍普金斯医学院第一位女性正教授，也是第一位当选美国国家科学院院士的女性。她对淋巴系统的理解做出了开创性贡献，证明淋巴管通过出芽方式从静脉生长而来。她在洛克菲勒研究所对结核病的研究推进了对该疾病的认识。退休后，她在科罗拉多州领导了一场公共卫生运动，促成了被称为'萨宾卫生法'的里程碑式立法。

Key Achievements

• First woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins Medicine

  约翰斯·霍普金斯医学院第一位女性正教授

• First woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences

  第一位当选美国国家科学院院士的女性

• Led Colorado public health reform known as the Sabin health laws

  领导科罗拉多州公共卫生改革，促成'萨宾卫生法'

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Florence R. Sabin — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_R._Sabin
2. Bluemel, Elinor. Florence Sabin: Colorado Woman of the Century. University Press of Colorado, 1959.