The HUB

Making the Legacies of Women in Medicine Visible and Discoverable

The HUB draws from the discipline of history to engage researchers, students, educators, and the medical community in conversation, learning, reflection, and knowledge production related to the experiences of women in medicine.

It catalogs and electronically displays autobiographical, biographical, and professional materials from a diverse array of illustrious women in medicine. As this platform grows, it will establish the Foundation as a connector and funder of historical materials documenting women’s legacy in medicine, furthering our mission to preserve and promote the history of women in medicine.

Becoming the HUB

We’ve started by building comprehensive profiles of six of our Alma Dea Morani awardees, compiling their currently fractured legacies into an accessible and appealing format. These six women not only advanced their profession; they also sought to redress inequities in social and professional spheres. 

We will grow the HUB’s repository of diverse women healthcare professionals in concert with our educational partners, ensuring a more robust appreciation for, and broad engagement with, the past and future legacies of women in medicine.  

The six women below represent the HUB’s initial pilot.

Alma Dea Morani, MD, FACS

“In fact, it never occurred to them that any women wanted to be surgeons.”

Mary-Claire King, PhD

"As a young scientist, it can be liberating to not have expectations placed on you."

Barbara Barlow, MD, FACS

“I don’t forget any children that died. You live with it, forever.”

Rita Charon, MD, PhD

"I think my duty is to promote two things in my students: creativity and doubt."

Florence Pat Haseltine, MD, PhD

“I had bought into the American idea that things should be equitable."

Vivian W. Pinn, MD

"When I talk to young people, I often say you’ve got to have self-confidence but you can’t be arrogant."