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Shyamala Gopalan (December 7, 1938 – February 11, 2009) was a biomedical scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, whose work in isolating and characterizing the progesterone receptor gene stimulated advances in breast biology and oncology.
Jan 25, 2021 · Shyamala Gopalan was a pioneering woman of colour in America, a scientist and an activist. She was also Vice-President Kamala Harris's mother and her "greatest influence".
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Jan 20, 2021 · All of the facts, photos, and information about Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris's mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris. An Indian immigrant, Gopalan was a biological researcher in California...
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Jan 26, 2021 · Shyamala Gopalan was a pioneering woman of colour in America, a scientist and an activist. She was also Vice-President Kamala Harris's mother and her "greatest influence".
Aug 12, 2020 · New Delhi CNN — In 1958, Shyamala Gopalan arrived in Berkeley, California, after traveling thousands of miles from her family to pursue a doctorate in nutrition and endocrinology. Gopalan was...
Dr. Shyamala Gopalan was born in 1938 in Madras (now Chennai). To pursue her doctorate in nutrition and endocrinology at UC Berkeley, she left India at the age of 19, Dr. Shyamala’s meteoric ascent to become an influential figure in American academia has created a lasting impact on women around the globe.
Aug 16, 2020 · He instilled great confidence in Ms. Harris’s mother, Shyamala Gopalan, who came to America in the late 1950s young and alone and made a career as a breast cancer researcher before dying of...
