Jasmine Brown is an American author and medical student. She is the author of the 2023 book, Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century.
Jasmine Brown | |
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| Education | Washington University (BA) Hertford College, Oxford (MPhil) University of Pennsylvania |
| Website | Official website |
Life edit
Brown lived in Indiana for a period during her childhood and she frequently visited extended family members in St. Louis.[1] In 2014, Brown graduated from Hillsborough High School in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey.[2] She was a member of its track and field, the National Honor Society, and the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica.[2]
Brown attended Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis as an Ervin Scholar.[3] She majored in biology with a focus in neuroscience.[2] Brown founded and served as president of the Minority Association of Rising Scientists.[2] She was a research assistant at a few institutions including the Broad Institute where conducted researched cancer, Johns Hopkins University where she conducted pulmonary research, and Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine where she conducted behavioral research.[2] In the spring of 2018, she was investigating the molecular pathways of the West Nile and Zika viruses.[3] She was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha.[3] Brown graduated with a B.A. in 2018.[4]
In late 2017, Brown won a Rhodes Scholarship.[5] In January 2018, the township committee of Hillsborough Township honored Brown with a proclamation for her Rhodes selection.[2] In 2020, Brown earned a MPhil in the history of science, medicine, and technology from the Hertford College, Oxford.[6] She researched the impacts of Black women physicians in medicine and American society.[6]
In 2020, Brown enrolled at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.[7] In January 2023, during her third year of medical school, she authored a book based on her earlier research on Black women in medicine.[8] In it, Brown profiles nine physicians including Rebecca Lee Crumpler, May Edward Chinn, and Marilyn Gaston.[8]
Selected works edit
- Brown, Jasmine (2023). Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0-8070-2508-6.[9]
References edit
- ^ Ibitayo, Tobeya (2023-01-23). "A conversation with "Twice as Hard" author Jasmine Brown". St. Louis Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ a b c d e f "Hillsborough HS Graduate Jasmine Brown Named a Rhodes Scholar". TAPinto Hillsborough. January 11, 2018. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ a b c Nappier, Terri (2018-04-09). "A family of leaders - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis". The Source. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ Wegorzewska, Marta (2022-10-10). "The mentors she never had: Biology alumna writes book to shine a light on black women physicians". Washington University in St. Louis Department of Biology. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ Deak, Mike (2017-11-22). "2 Central Jersey residents named Rhodes Scholars". The Courier-News. pp. A1. Retrieved 2023-04-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Doctors made invisible – The Bridge". 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ Epps, Tristan (January 31, 2023). "Penn Med student highlights the untold stories of Black women in medicine". Penn Today. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ a b Waxman, Olivia B. (2023-03-01). "The Unsung Stories of 3 Pioneering Black Female Doctors". Time. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ Reviews of Twice as Hard:
- Bassett, Mary T. (2023-03-25). "Black women in medicine in the USA: telling their stories". The Lancet. 401 (10381): 991–992. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00580-9. ISSN 0140-6736. S2CID 257698157.
- Murray, Taayoo (February 28, 2023). "Medical Student Publishes History of Black Women Doctors". Medscape. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- Sarakas, Crystal (2023-02-22). "How Black women overcame enormous struggles to become physicians". WSKG. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- French, Kristen (2023-02-18). "Where Are the Black Female Doctors?". Nautilus. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
