Podcast appearances and mentions of Jane C Wright

This week our host, Amari Robinson, tells all about pioneer cancer researcher Dr. Jane Cooke Wright. REFERENCES: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/wright-jane-cooke-1919/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_C._Wright

Jane C. Wright helped to revolutionize the way we think about chemotherapy. She spent her life researching what was a new approach to cancer treatment, even pioneering non-surgical ways to distribute chemotherapeutic agents to previously unreachable tumors in patients. Born into a family of proven greatness, she did not disappoint in the legacy she left behind. www.ofherstory.com Instagram: @womenofherstorypodcast Twitter: @theherstorypod TikTok: @womenofherstory Facebook: Women of HERstory --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womenofherstorypodcast/support

Raven talks about Dr. Jane Cooke  Wright, who helped establish chemotherapy as a viable treatment for cancer, conducted extensive research in the field of oncology, and developed guidelines for cancer treatment.   Reference: Jane C. Wright: The Woman Who Changed the Landscape of Oncology https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/articles/jane-c-wright-the-woman-who-changed-the-landscape-of-oncology-331263   Social media: Twitter @I_squaredpod, our Facebook page, and our public Facebook group, Intersectional Insights. Music credit: "Hard Boiled" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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In this episode we introduce the topic of cancer. Where the name comes from and how the disease can come to be. This is the first in a mini series about cancer with this episode serving as an introduction to discussions about the disease.We also highlight Dr Jane C Wright, the Giant of the Week who was a pioneering African American Physician who specialised in cancer research, treatment and chemotherapy development and administration. Go to our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter pages to see a photo of this fantastic scientist. Feel free to send in any questions you have about cancer or any other topic just as we have on this episode. Email: radionuclear.pod@gmail.comTwitter: @rad_podFacebook: RadioNuclear PodcastInstagram: @radionuclear.pod

Emlyn tells Emma about the revolutionary oncologist and surgeon who contributed immensely to chemotherapy, Dr. Jane Cooke Wright, and Emma tells Emlyn about the hidden female figures behind population genetics! PLEASE FILL OUT THE SURVEY: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwuYfCujp_voMx1I37E4MB1Tk_UbncK6z8Khn4DC683fV-3A/viewform?usp=sf_link   Sources Main Story - Jane Cooke Wright “WOMEN IN SCIENCE: JANE C. WRIGHT REVOLUTIONIZED CANCER RESEARCH (1919-2013)” by Dr. Ellen Elliot. https://www.jax.org/news-and-insights/jax-blog/2016/november/women-in-science-jane-wright “A Passion for Solving the Puzzle of Cancer: Jane Cooke Wright, M.D., 1919-2013” by Sandra M. Swain. http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/content/18/6/646.full Women Pioneers of Medical Research: Biographies of 25 Outstanding Scientists by King-Thom Chung. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_C._Wright Women who werk Researchers discover some of the “hidden figures” of population genetics by scouring old papers’ acknowledgement sections for female scientists whose contributions have been overlooked. Illuminating Women’s Hidden Contribution to Historical Theoretical Population Genetics. Samantha Kristin Dung, Andrea López, Ezequiel Lopez Barragan, Rochelle-Jan Reyes, Ricky Thu, Edgar Castellanos, Francisca Catalan, Emilia Huerta-Sánchez and Rori V. Rohlfs. GENETICS. February 1, 2019 vol. 211 no. 2 363-366; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.118.301277 “The Women Who Contributed to Science but Were Buried in Footnotes” by Ed Yong: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/womens-history-in-science-hidden-footnotes/582472/ Music “Work” by Rihanna “Mary Anning” by Artichoke Cover Image U.S. National Library of Medicine