Janet Rowley

Janet Davison Rowley ( born April 5, 1925 in New York City; † 17 December 2013, Chicago) was an American hematologist and professor at the University of Chicago.

Life

Janet Rowley earned a bachelor's degree in 1946 and 1948, an MD at the University of Chicago. As a research assistant, she worked at a clinic for disabled children at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, where she began to be interested in cytogenetics. As a post - doctoral student, she worked 1961/1962 and 1970/1971 at Oxford University. As a mother, she could only work part-time; Nevertheless, she received a 1969 first professor (associate professor ) and 1978 a full professorship at the University of Chicago. Into old age, they remained scientifically active as an author of numerous scientific publications. For her academic activities, she received numerous awards (see below).

1948 married Janet Davidson Donald A. Rowley. Of their four sons were born. On December 17, 2013 Janet Rowley died 88 years old at the consequences of ovarian cancer.

Work

Rowley was able to prove in 1972 that the Philadelphia chromosome - a genetic abnormality in certain leukemias - by a translocation of the main part of the long arm of chromosome 9 by chromosome 22 is established. She was thus a pioneer of the study of the cytogenetics in oncology. Rowley always sought a translation of knowledge of basic medicine from the laboratory into clinical practice and was one of the protagonists of translational medicine.

Awards (selection)

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