Scott, Roland B.
1909-2002 · Contribution: 1948-2002
Pioneering pediatric research on sickle cell disease; authored a landmark 1948 study on red-cell sickling in newborns that led toward routine newborn screening; 250+ publications on sickle cell, allergy, and child development
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Impact on the world
Founding director of the Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease (1972) — the first U.S. center devoted to the disease — and a primary advocate for the National Sickle Cell Anemia Control Act (1972); first chair of pediatrics at Howard and one of the first two African American fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Life & background
African-American pediatrician and researcher born April 18, 1909 in Houston, TX; MD, Howard University (1934). Spent his career at Howard, where he focused on sickle cell disease despite no formal hematology training. Died Dec 10, 2002.
Sources
- Howard University (The Dig); PubMed
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