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    Home » Science Experiments for Kids » Marie M. Daly – Fact File

    Marie M. Daly – Fact File

    July 21, 2020 By Emma Vanstone Leave a Comment

    Marie Daly was an American biochemist and the first African-American woman to receive a Chemistry Ph.D. in the United States. Marie’s groundbreaking work led to a new understanding of how diet affects the human circulatory system.

    Marie Daly image - inspirational women scientists

    Marie was fascinated by the human body. After her Ph.D. she worked on a seven year research program on how proteins are constructed at Rockefeller Institute of Medicine. She returned to Columbia University in 1955 and after that the Albert Einstein Collage in New York, where she worked on the relationship between high cholesterol, blood pressure and clogged arteries.

    Marie was one of the first people to research the effects of cigarette smoking on the lungs.

    As well as her own research, Marie taught biochemistry courses while encouraging and supporting minority students to enrol in medical and science programs. In 1988, she founded a scholarship for minority students wanting to study science at Queen’s College in New York.

    Marie’s achievements are all the more incredible when you consider that she was educated at a time when a college education was thought to be impossible for many African American students.

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    Last Updated on July 12, 2022 by Emma Vanstone

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