2005 VISION AWARD RECIPIENT
Vivian Pinn
Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health
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L to R: Vivian Pinn, Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, Dr. Maupin |
Vivian W. Pinn is the first full-time Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an appointment she has held since November 1991. In February 1994, she was also named as Associate Director for Research on Women's Health, NIH.
Dr. Pinn came to NIH from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., where she had been Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology since 1982, and had previously held appointments at Tufts University and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Pinn has long been active in efforts to improve the health and career opportunities for women and minorities. She has been invited to present the ORWH's mandate, programs, and initiatives to many national and international individuals and organizations with an interest in improving women's health and the health of minorities.
Dr. Pinn has received numerous honors, awards, and recognitions, and has been granted seven Honorary Degrees of Law and Science since 1992. She was included among "A Dozen Who Have Risen to Prominence in Women's Health," in the June 1997 New York Times Women's Health Section, and she was named the 1997 Excellence in Leadership in the Public Sector Honoree by the National Women's Economic Alliance Foundation. She was also featured in several issues of Ladies Home Journal, including in March 1999, when Dr. Pinn was cited among the Top 10 Researchers in Women's Health and one of the country's most vocal and most effective leaders. Essence magazine in May 2000 recognized Dr. Pinn among Black women trailblazers for her dedication to women's health research.
Dr. Pinn received her early education in the public schools of Lynchburg, Virginia. She earned her B.A. from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, and received of her M.D. from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1967, where she was the only woman and minority in her class.
Obtained from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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