Nawal M. Nour
Encyclopedia
Nawal M. Nour is an American obstetrician and gynecologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital
, she won 2003 Genius Award
.
She graduated from Brown University
, and from Harvard Medical School
in 1994, and completed a chief residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, in 1998.
She graduated from Harvard School of Public Health
with a MPH in 1999, as a Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellow.
She created the African Women's Health Practice that focuses on Female genital cutting
.
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate with 793 beds...
, she won 2003 Genius Award
MacArthur Fellows Program
The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
.
Life
She was raised in Sudan, Egypt, and England.She graduated from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, and from Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
in 1994, and completed a chief residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, in 1998.
She graduated from Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard School of Public Health
The Harvard School of Public Health is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University, located in the Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, which is next to Harvard Medical School. HSPH is considered a significant school focusing on health in the...
with a MPH in 1999, as a Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellow.
She created the African Women's Health Practice that focuses on Female genital cutting
Female genital cutting
Female genital mutilation , also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is defined by the World Health Organization as "all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons."FGM...
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Works
- "Female genital cutting", OB/GYN News, July 1, 2005