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Tag: First Black Woman
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Dr. Namandjé Bumpus Becomes First Black Woman to Chair a Department at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
In May, Dr. Namandjé Bumpus made history when she was named director of the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The appointment makes Bumpus the first African American woman to lead a department at the School of Medicine and the only African American woman currently chairing a pharmacology department at any medical school in the United States.
August 23, 2020
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Vanderbilt Names First Female Athletics Director, First Black Woman to Lead SEC School
Dr. Candice Storey Lee has been named interim athletic director at Vanderbilt University, marking history as the school’s first female athletic director and the first Black woman to lead a Southeastern Conference (SEC) athletics department. Lee has been a leader at the university for almost 20 years, most recently serving as deputy director of the […]
February 5, 2020
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