JEWEL PLUMMER COBB
Jewel Plummer Cobb was the granddaughter of a freed slave who graduated from
pharmacy school.
In high school, she enjoyed taking courses dealing with biology and working in
the biology labs at her school.
She received a master's degree and a doctorate in Cell from New York University.
She then entered the National Cancer Institute on a postdoctoral fellowship. Her
research works with designing experiments to compare the in vivo (in the cancer
patient) effects of chemotherapeutic agents with in vitro (in a flask, test tube,
or a dish) effects from the same patient.
Her publications are many, including fifty books, articles, and other scholarly
reports. She has been awarded eighteen honorary doctorates.
Jewel Plummer Cobb was the granddaughter of a freed slave who graduated from
pharmacy school.
In high school, she enjoyed taking courses dealing with biology and working in
the biology labs at her school.
She received a master's degree and a doctorate in Cell from New York University.
She then entered the National Cancer Institute on a postdoctoral fellowship. Her
research works with designing experiments to compare the in vivo (in the cancer
patient) effects of chemotherapeutic agents with in vitro (in a flask, test tube,
or a dish) effects from the same patient.
Her publications are many, including fifty books, articles, and other scholarly
reports. She has been awarded eighteen honorary doctorates.