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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)
Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know -- but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Leading Ladies, Activists, STEMinists, Hometown Heroes, and many more. Encyclopedia Womannica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures.Encyclopedia Womannica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Liz Smith, Cinthia Pimentel, Grace Lynch, and Maddy Foley. Special thanks to Shira Atkins, Edie Allard, Luisa Garbowit, and Carmen Borca-Carrillo.We are offering free ad space on Wonder Media Network shows to organizations working towards social justice. For more information, please email Jenny at jenny@wondermedianetwork.com.Follow Wonder Media Network:WebsiteInstagramTwitter
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