Vanessa Northington Gamble
Vanessa Northington Gamble is an American physician, scholar, and public health advocate. She is best known for her work in the field of medical ethics, particularly in relation to racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare.
Pronunciation
Vanessa Northington Gamble: /vəˈnɛsə ˈnɔːrθɪŋtən ˈɡæmbəl/
Etymology
The name Vanessa is of Greek origin and means "butterfly". Northington is an English surname of geographical origin, referring to a location in England. Gamble is also an English surname, derived from the Old Norse 'gamel', meaning 'old'.
Career
Gamble is a physician and a medical historian. She is a University Professor of Medical Humanities at the George Washington University, where she teaches in the Department of Health Policy and Management and the Department of History. She is also the founding director of the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care.
Contributions
Gamble has made significant contributions to the understanding of racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare. She has written extensively on the history of race in American medicine, the history of African American health, and the history of public health.
Related Terms
- Physician
- Medical historian
- George Washington University
- Tuskegee University
- Bioethics
- Public health
- African American health
- Health Policy and Management
- Department of History
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Vanessa Northington Gamble
- Wikipedia's article - Vanessa Northington Gamble
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