Beatrix Hamburg
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Beatrix Hamburg is an American
psychiatrist
whose long career in academic medicine advanced the field of child and adolescent psychiatry
. Hamburg was the first African-American to attend Vassar College
, and was also the first African-American woman to attend Yale Medical School. Hamburg held professorships at Stanford, Harvard, Mt. Sinai and Cornell Medical schools. She was on the President's Commission on Mental Health under President Jimmy Carter. Hamburg was formerly president of the William T. Grant Foundation. She is most well known for her research "on early adolescence, pioneering work on peer counseling, and studies of diabetic children and adolescents."
Hamburg is married to David A. Hamburg
, a noted physician with a career in academic medicine and mental health research. In 2007 they received the 2007 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Award in Mental Health from the Institute of Medicine for their long careers in medicine and public service. Their daughter, Margaret Hamburg, is a physician who followed their footsteps into public service. She is currently the commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
United States
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psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
whose long career in academic medicine advanced the field of child and adolescent psychiatry
Child and adolescent psychiatry
The branch of psychiatry that specializes in the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of psychopathological disorders of children, adolescents, and their families, child and adolescent psychiatry encompasses the clinical investigation of phenomenology, biologic factors, psychosocial factors,...
. Hamburg was the first African-American to attend Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
, and was also the first African-American woman to attend Yale Medical School. Hamburg held professorships at Stanford, Harvard, Mt. Sinai and Cornell Medical schools. She was on the President's Commission on Mental Health under President Jimmy Carter. Hamburg was formerly president of the William T. Grant Foundation. She is most well known for her research "on early adolescence, pioneering work on peer counseling, and studies of diabetic children and adolescents."
Hamburg is married to David A. Hamburg
David A. Hamburg
David A. Hamburg is President Emeritus at Carnegie Corporation of New York, where he served as president from 1982 to 1997. He also served as the President of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences and President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Hamburg was...
, a noted physician with a career in academic medicine and mental health research. In 2007 they received the 2007 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Award in Mental Health from the Institute of Medicine for their long careers in medicine and public service. Their daughter, Margaret Hamburg, is a physician who followed their footsteps into public service. She is currently the commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).