Helen Ranney

Helen Ranney (April 12, 1920 – April 5, 2010) was an American doctor and hematologist that researched sickle-cell anemia.[1] Ranney was a faculty member and the first female head of the department of medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She attended medical school at Columbia University.[2]

References

  1. ^ DENISE GELLENE, "Helen Ranney, Pioneer in Sickle Cell Research, Dies at 89", The New York Times, April 14, 2010, [1]
  2. ^ http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_260.html