Beatrix Ann McCleary Hamburg
Personal Information
Born: 1923
Died: 2018
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
Vassar College BA Zoology 1944; Yale School of Medicine MD/Psychiatry 1948
Professional Life
Field of Study: Psychiatry
Institution/Corporation: Harvard University; Stanford University School of Medicine; Weill Cornell Medical College; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Degrees & Memberships: Honorary Degree: Northwestern University; Member: Fellow American Academy for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine, President s Commission on Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Society for Adolescent Medicine, NY Academy of Medicine
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2012, Foremother Award, National Research Center for Women & Families; 2007, Rhonda & Bernard Sarnat International Award in Mental Health, Institute of Medicine (with husband David A. Hamburg);2015, Pardes Humanitarian Award in Mental Health, Brain & Behavioral Research Foundation (with David); NARSAD Lifetime Achievement Award; Brownell Prize; T. Ross Gallagher Award, Society of Adolescent Medicine; NIMH Award for Outstanding Achievement; Society for Research in Child Development Research Award; David Rogers Medal for Health Policy
Achievements: 1st known African-american female to attend Vassar College & attend Yale Medical School; research in conflict resolution & violence in schools
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