Health and Medicine

Jacqueline is England’s first Chief Midwifery Officer and Professor of Midwifery at King’s College London and London South Bank University.

Smith had a keen interest in languages. mastering Latin, Greek, and French and he also developed a working knowledge of Hebrew, Italian, Spanish and German.

he became known locally as the celebrated Black Doctor of Paddington. Dr Alcindor also carried out research and published articles on cancer, influenza, tuberculosis, and…

He Served for many years as a member of the Nigerian Nursing Council and developed tailored training programmes for local communities.

Kofoworola was the first Black nurse to work for National Health Service and was the first Nigerian to establish the foundation of modern nursing in…

Boahen founded and leads Stanford University’s Brains in Silicon lab, which makes silicon integrated circuits that emulate the way neurons compute, and computational models that…

Laura Serrant is one of only six Black Professors of Nursing in the UK. She has often found herself as the sole voice representing nurses…

Barry was a prominent gastroenterologist who served as President of the National Medical Association (USA) between 1965-1966.

Lonnie Bristow is a board-certified doctor of internal medicine, who became the first African American President of the American Medical Association

Mary Mahoney became the first female African American nurse in America in 1879 at the age of 33 years