What It Meant to Me
Alexa Canady, M.D. | February 10, 2020Dr. Alexa Canady was the first African American woman in the United States to become a neurosurgeon. Here, she shares her U-M experience and how a scholarship helped her make history.
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Michigan Medicine NewsThree in One: How Academic Medical Centers Came to Be
Kara Gavin | January 2, 2020No institution had combined patient care with medical education and research before the University of Michigan. They may be commonplace today, however, historically, these huge university medical centers were unfathomable pieces of fiction.
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Bentley Historical LibraryThe Trail Blazer
Eryn Killian | January 2019Scientist and educator Pearl Kendrick was a lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology at U-M and changed the landscape of infectious disease to save countless lives.
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Medicine at MichiganIn Her Own Right
Katie Vloet | June 2019Sarah Gertrude Banks, one of the earliest women to graduate from the U-M Medical School, cared for patients while championing women’s suffrage.
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