Director of Duke's Asthma and Allergic Diseases Center, Chief of Allery & Immunology, JB Sidbury Professor of Pediatrics
Active years
1968-present
Degrees
BS Duke, MD UNC (pediatric immunology)Pioneered use of bone marrow and thymus transplants to treat SCID -- "bubble boy disease," persuaded NC legislators to add SCID to the newborn blood testing panel, still winning grants and publishing scientific work in her late 80s.