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Throughout her career, Jewel Plummer Cobb worked tirelessly to promote opportunities for young women and minorities to enter the sciences and other traditionally white male-dominated fields. When public funds ran dry, she turned to private sources and never veered from her belief that education was the key to a life of success and independence.
12 de dic. de 2019 · Researcher’s Background. Jewel Plummer Cobb was a biologist, cancer researcher, professor, and an advocate for increasing the representation of women and students of color in universities. Cobb’s research included work on the relationship between melanin and skin damage, and on the effects of hormones, ultraviolet light, and chemotherapy ...
3 de may. de 2023 · Jewel Plummer Cobb was an American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic who made significant contributions to the field of cell biology. She was born on January 17, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois, and passed away on January 1, 2017, at the age of 92. Cobb began her academic career at the University of Michigan, where she.
24 de feb. de 2023 · Jewel Plummer Cobb. Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924-2017) was an American cell biologist and cancer researcher widely recognised for her pioneering contributions to the study of melanoma and for advocating for women and people of colour in science. Cobb was born in Chicago to a family of educators who instilled in her a passion for learning and ...
23 de may. de 2018 · Jewel Plummer Cobb. Largely known for her work with skin pigment, or melanin, cell biologist and cell physiologist Jewel Plummer Cobb (born 1924) has encouraged women and ethnic minorities to enter the sciences. An educator and researcher, she contributed to the field of chemotherapy with her research on how drugs affected cancer cells.
7 de feb. de 2017 · An African-American trailblazer for women in the sciences, Cobb was a biologist, an educator and a college president. Top: Jewel Plummer Cobb, second from right, is pictured with family and friends during a farewell reception held in honor of her retirement from California State University, Fullerton, on June 3, 1990.
8 de feb. de 2021 · Jewel Plummer Cobb. Dr. Cobb’s contributions to our world are incalculable. She was the granddaughter of a freed slave that would go on to graduate from Howard and become a pharmacist, and the daughter of the first Black person to earn a Doctor of Medicine from Cornell University. Jewel was a prolific educator, a researcher, and an administrator.
