Ariel Hollinshead

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Ariel Cahill Hollinshead (born August 24, 1929 in Allentown , Pennsylvania - † September 10, 2019 ) was an American cancer researcher , pharmacologist and professor at George Washington University . She has received several awards and honors for her scientific findings in the field of cancer immunotherapy .

Life

Her mother, Ebony, was a senior at Barnard College (women's college for arts and science). She later also became the chairman of that college. Randall's father was an engineer .

At the age of twelve, Ariel Hollinshead taught a neighbor who had leukemia to play the piano. When he died, she made up her mind to help other people through research. She therefore began her studies in animal science and chemistry at Swarthmore College in 1947 , but soon moved to Ohio University . After completing her bachelor's degree in 1951, she began her thesis at George Washington University , where she did her Master of Arts (1955) and Doctor of Philosophy (1957) and later her Doctor of Medicine (1977).

She later spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow in virology at Baylor University , Texas , but then moved back to Washington, DC , where her academic career began at George Washington University. She was also committed to science education and women's careers and founded the group “Professional Opportunities for Women in Science (POWS)”.

Ariel Hollinshead married in 1958 and had two sons.

Research and work

Ariel Hollinshead was one of the first to research tumor antigens in human and animal cancerous tumors . She discovered tumor-associated antigens and tested chemotherapy products to attack the tumor cells in these areas.

In the 1970s, she was working on a drug for all four main types of lung cancer and invented a so-called "low-frequency sound technique". With this technique, antigens can be isolated from cell membranes without damaging them. This technique monitored the development of the tumor and enabled better therapies.

Later, in 1980, she studied ovarian cancer and worked on the development of new forms of HIV and AIDS therapy. Ariel Hollinshead spent her entire career at George Washington University and the Medical Center there, teaching pharmacology, immunology, virology and oncology . She was also head of the Virus and Cancer Research Laboratory she founded in 1987.

honors and awards

Ariel Hollinshead has received many honors for her 280 published articles on active immunotherapy and immunochemotherapy for cancer and viral diseases. One of the awards was USA Bicentennial Medical Women of the Year in 1976 by the General Board of American Medical Colleges. In 1975 she received the Marion Spencer Fay Award .

In 1980 she received the “Star of Europe”, an honor given by the Health Ministers from Germany , Italy and England.

In 1985 and 1986 she received the Distinguished Scientist Award and then the Distinguished Scientist Emeritus Award , both from the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine for "Outstanding Careers in Research and Teaching in Medicine".

In the years 1968–69 and 1985–86 she supported the "Graduate Women in Science" in leading positions, an organization that promotes women in science.

Publications

literature

  • Elizabeth H. Oakes: Encyclopedia of World Scientists . Facts on File Inc, New York 2007, ISBN 0-8160-6158-0
  • Autumn Stanley: Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology . Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick (New Jersey) 1995, ISBN 0-8135-2197-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ariel Hollinshead Hyun. In: The Washington Post / legacy.com. September 13, 2019, accessed on September 13, 2019 .
  2. ^ Ariel Hollinshead, AB '51. (pdf, 9.7 MB) In: Ohio Today. July 2, 2009, p. 9 , archived from the original on March 12, 2016 ; accessed on October 10, 2012 (English).
  3. ↑ Inventor of the Week Archive: Defying Stereotypes: Women Invent in Tradionally Male Field. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 1997, archived from the original July 1, 2007 ; accessed on September 13, 2019 (English).
  4. ^ Marion Spencer Fay Award Recipients. (pdf, 41 kB) Drexel University College of Medicine , November 9, 2011, archived from the original on October 12, 2012 ; accessed on September 13, 2019 (English).
  5. ^ Ariel C. Hollinshead. In: Zoom Information. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013 ; accessed on September 13, 2019 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Hollinshead, Ariel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hollinshead, Ariel Cahill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cancer researcher, pharmacologist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Allentown , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 2019