Constance Brinckerhoff
Constance Brinckerhoff | |
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| Born | Constance Elizabeth Laurence 1942 (age 81–82) |
| Alma mater | Smith College University at Buffalo |
| Spouse |
Robert Brinckerhoff (m. 1963) |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Microbiology |
| Institutions | Geisel School of Medicine |
Constance Elizabeth Brinckerhoff (née Laurence; born 1942) is an American microbiologist and an emeritus professor of medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine.
Life
[edit]The eldest of five children born to social worker Elizabeth E. (Zimmerman) Laurence (died 1982) and physician Dr. Maurice K. Laurence (originally Maurice Kamm Lurensky; died 2000),[1] Constance Laurence Brinckerhoff earned a B.A. in biology, cum laude, in 1963 at Smith College. She completed a M.A. (1966) and Ph.D. (1968) in microbiology and immunology at the University at Buffalo (now SUNY Buffalo).[2]
Brinckerhoff was the director of bacteriology at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital from 1969 to 1971. In 1972, she joined the Geisel School of Medicine as a research associate[2] and postdoc with rheumatologist Edward Harris.[3] She became the Nathan Smith Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry in 1993. She was the acting provost of Dartmouth College from 1998 to 1999.[2] She is emeritus professor of medicine at Dartmouth.[4]
In 1999, Brinckerhoff was awarded a MERIT grant (Method to Extend Research in Time) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.[5]
Personal life
[edit]A breast cancer survivor, Constance Brinckerhoff and husband, Dr. Robert Brinckerhoff, have three children.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ The Boston Globe 1982, p. 51.
- ^ a b c Brinckerhoff 2009, p. 1.
- ^ Putnam 2015, p. 287.
- ^ "Constance E. Brinckerhoff, PhD – Faculty Expertise Database – Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth". Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ Valley News 1999, p. 3.
- ^ Biodata, pa59ers.com. Accessed March 22, 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Putnam, Constance (2015). The Science We Have Loved and Taught: Dartmouth medical School's First Two Centuries. University Press of New England. ISBN 978-1-61168-872-6.
- Brinckerhoff, Constance E. (January 30, 2009). "Biographical Sketch". Geisel School of Medicine.
- "Elizabeth Laurence Former social worker; at 70". The Boston Globe. 1982-08-26. p. 51. Retrieved 2022-08-31 – via newspapers.com.
- "Researcher Wins MERIT Grant". Valley News. 1999-04-27. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-08-31 – via newspapers.com.
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- American microbiologists
- American women microbiologists
- American medical researchers
- American women medical researchers
- Smith College alumni
- University at Buffalo alumni
- Geisel School of Medicine faculty
- People from Swampscott, Massachusetts
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