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
editBrown lived in Indiana during her childhood and she frequently visited extended family members in St. Louis, Missouri.[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 the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, 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.
