U.S. National Institutes of Health

Charlotte Silverman, MD — internal medicine (epidemiology)

Courtesy Johns Hopkins University Hygiene Development Office

Dr. Charlotte Silverman (1913–2003) built her career in epidemiology at a time when new developments in the field brought many benefits and unkown risks. As an associate chief at the Food and Drug Administration, she helped test and monitor these innovations and their long-term consequences.

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