Although higher rates of suicide were found among women doctors compared to the general population of women in the United States, the same trend was not found among male physicians compared to the overall male population.
Dr. Howard has received national recognition for her outstanding research on stroke risk factors. She currently leads the REGARDS project, which investigates racial health disparities in stroke-related deaths.
Kirsten Martin will hold a chair in the Technology Ethics Center at the University of Notre Dame. Aviva Briefel was appointed to an endowed chair in English language and literature and cinema studies at Bowdoin College in Maine, and Sophie Paczesny will hold an endowed chair at the Hollings Cancer Center of the Medical Univerity of South Carolina.
The researchers believe it is the first study to evaluate whether the stroke risk in men and women at a particular age is similar for White men and women compared to Black men and women.
Dr. Buck is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, a clinical associate professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia, and an affiliate clinical professor in the School of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Elizabeth Ann Clark taught nursing at the University of Massachusetts, the University of Maine, and the Medical University of South Carolina. She was also the head nurse at Yale New Haven Hospital.
The seven women who have announced their retirements include the presidents of Georgia Court University in Lakewood New Jersey, Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri, and Kentucky State University in Franfort.
