Science & Medicine
Hannah Valantine
Cardiologist and scientific inclusion pioneer
A Gambian legacyBorn in The Gambia and raised in England, Hannah Valantine built a career in cardiovascular medicine and transplant research at Stanford. In 2014 she became the first Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity at the US National Institutes of Health. Her work joins advances in transplantation with efforts to widen participation in biomedical science.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Became the NIH’s inaugural Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity in 2014.
02Elected to the US National Academy of Medicine in 2020.
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