Geraldine Branch

Geraldine Burton Branch (October 20, 1908 – July 22, 2016) was an African American obstetrician-gynecologist who practiced in New York City, NY and Los Angeles, CA. She received her B.S. from Hunter College in chemistry and physics in 1932 and her M.D. from New York Medical College in 1936.[1] In 1962, she received a master's degree in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles.[2] The "Dr. Geraldine Burton-Branch Award" at Charles S. Drew University of Medicine and Science is a merit-based scholarship named in her honor.

Geraldine Branch
Born
Geraldine Burton Branch

October 20, 1908
DiedJuly 22, 2016(2016-07-22) (aged 107)
EducationHunter College

New York Medical College

University of California Los Angeles
Spouse(s)Robert Henry
ChildrenRobert Henry III
Elizabeth Doggette
Parent(s)Joseph Burton
Agusta Freeman

In 1992, Dr. Geraldine Branch received the Healing Hands Award from University of California, Santa Barbara [3]

Early life and career

Branch was born on October 20, 1908. She is the daughter of Joseph Burton and Agusta Freeman. She was married to Robert Henry and has two children, Elizabeth Doggette, and Robert Henry III.

Works and achievements

Branch wrote several works regarding various health conditions such as "Study of Gonorrhea in Infants & Children" [4] and "Study of Use of Neighborhood Aides in Control of a Diphtheria Outbreak" [5]

gollark: The grid here noticeably breaks for a few hours every year or so, presumably because there's a lot of redundancy due to lots of components in it. If we had a smaller-scale one, it would either have to be really overbuilt or fail when it was cloudy for too many weeks or something like that, but it would be free of cascading-failure-y problems.
gollark: Less area/stuff to spread problems over.
gollark: Dunbar's number is an incredibly handwavey estimate, but I think the concept is sound.
gollark: Revolutions have always worked well, so this is a good idea.
gollark: Maybe I should have documented this.

References
  1. Branch, Geraldine Burton, M.D., 1908-2016
  2. Geraldine Burton Branch, M.D. ’36
  3. Gale Biography in Context
  4. Branch, Geraldine (1965). "Study of Gonorrhea in Infants & Children". Public Health Reports. 80 (4): 347–352. doi:10.2307/4592419. JSTOR 4592419. PMC 1919640. PMID 14279980.
  5. Branch, Geraldine (1971). "Study of Use of Neighborhood Aides in Control of a Diphtheria Outbreak". HSMHA Health Reports. 86 (1): 92–96. doi:10.2307/4594093. JSTOR 4594093. PMC 1937050. PMID 5100849.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.