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  1. Jan 22, 2014 · CHICAGO MEDICINE. Janet Davison was born in New York City on 5 April 1925 and spent most of her life in Chicago, Illinois. Encouraged by her mother, a high-school teacher and librarian, Janet ...

    • Brian J. Druker
    • drukerb@ohsu.edu
    • 2014
  2. Janet Davison Rowley was born April 5, 1925 in New York City, the only child of Hurford and Ethel Davison. Her parents, both UChicago graduates, moved to Chicago when she was 2. Her father taught retail store management at the college level and her mother taught English in the public high schools. In 1940, after two years at a Catholic girls ...

  3. Feb 7, 2014 · 7 Feb 2014. Vol 343, Issue 6171. p. 626. DOI: 10.1126/science.1251005. Janet Rowley, geneticist and lifelong member of the University of Chicago, died on 17 December 2013, aged 88. She was regarded with huge admiration, respect, and affection by her peers and by two generations of younger scientists, many of whom benefited from her mentorship.

    • Mel Greaves
    • 2014
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  5. Oct 14, 2021 · October 14, 2021. Janet D. Rowley, the Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago, was a pioneer in connecting the development of cancer with genetic abnormalities. Before Rowley, few scientists suspected that chromosomal aberrations caused cancer.

  6. Apr 15, 2014 · Janet Davison Rowley was a pioneer, a humanitarian, and a legend. As the mother of the field of cytogenetics (or as she referred to herself in later years—its grandmother), she laid the foundation for modern cancer molecular genetics and targeted therapy for oncology. Yet, it was her impact as a wife, mother, mentor, teacher, and role model that leaves the broadest footprint on the cancer ...

  7. Jan 13, 2014 · Janet D. Rowley, M.D., died on December 17, 2013, from complications of ovarian cancer. Speaking about her own cancer experience as recently as November when she accepted an award from the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation, Janet said, “Cancer can be cured if we work hard enough.”. It was that type of resolve and commitment ...

  8. Jan 30, 2014 · Janet Davison Rowley was born in New York City on April 5, 1925, the only child of Hurford and Ethel Davison, both graduates of the University of Chicago. The family moved to Chicago when she was 2 years old, and Janet always fondly remembered growing up on the south side of Chicago. Her father taught retail store management at the college ...

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