Vivian Winona Pinn
Personal Information
Born: 1941
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
Wellesley BA Zoology 1963; University of Virginia School of Medicine MD 1967
Professional Life
Field of Study: Renal & Transplant Pathology; Medicine
Institution/Corporation: Tufts University School of Medicine; Howard University School of Medicine; NIH
Degrees & Memberships: Holds 10 Honorary Degrees; Member: Fellow American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1994) Institute of Medicine (1995) Board of Advisors Tufts School of Medicine National Medical Association (NMA President 1989) Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (2021)
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1995 Elizabeth Blackwell Medal American Medical Women's Association; 2022 Leading While Black Honoree Tufts University School of Medicine; 1990 Candace Award National Coalition of 100 Black Women; 2000 Margaret E. Mahoney Award for Outstanding Service Commonwealth Fund; 2011 Tufts University School of Medicine established a scholarship fund in her name; 2011 Dean's Medal of Honor Tufts University School of Medicine; 2013 Foremother Award National Center for Health Research; 2020 Alma Dea Morani MD Renassance Woman Award Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation; Modern Healthcare's Hall of Fame; 2017 Marion Spencer Fay Lifetime Achievement Award Drexel University College of Medicine; 2020 Distinguished Service Award AMA; 2011 Bernadine Healy Award
Achievements: 1991 Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH); 1982 1st woman to chair an academic pathology dept in the US (Howard University School of Medicine)
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