{"id":154,"date":"2019-09-09T15:50:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T15:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ibwgs\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2020-05-07T14:43:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T14:43:21","slug":"excellence-in-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/ibwgs\/excellence-in-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellence in Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Hadiyah- Nicole Green<\/strong>, the second African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, recently became the first person to successfully cure cancer using nanoparticles. She\u2019s\u00a0 the recipient of a $1.1 million grant to further develop a technology she\u2019s pioneered that uses laser-activated nanoparticles to treat cancer.\u00a0 Learn more about Dr. Green and her work by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)<\/strong> hosted a roundtable lunch with Dr. Jeanette Brown as part of its Breakout Professional sessions funded by the SGLC grant. Black female STEM students got to meet with the American organic medicinal chemist, historian, and author of African-American women chemists in the modern era. Click here<\/a> to learn more about NOBCChE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Velma McBride Murry,<\/strong> who holds the Lois Autrey Betts Chair in Education and Human Development, has been named University Professor of Human and Organizational Development and University Professor of Health Policy. Murry is the first Peabody College<\/a> professor, the third woman, and the first person of color to be named a University Professor. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. ReAnna S. Roby <\/strong>named a 2019 East Carolina University Emerging Scholar. She, along with 18 early-career scholars were selected for the Fall 2019 cohort.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Ren\u00e3 A.S. Robinson<\/strong><\/p>\n