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Hannah Valantine
Dr. Hannah Valantine is the Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity at the United States National Institutes of Health. Biography Valantine was born in The Gambia and lived in Banjul as a child. When her father was selected as the Gambian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, she and her family moved to London. She studied biochemistry at Chelsea College, London University and graduated from medical school at St. George's Hospital Medical School in 1978. Career After medical school Valantine performed post-graduate work in cardiology at the Brompton Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital in London. She recalls that her decision to enter this field elicited skepticism from colleagues, as only two other women cardiologists worked in the UK at the time. After her residencies in the U.K., she became a fellow at Stanford and worked with Norman Shumway, a pioneer in the field of heart transplants. She became a professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Stanford Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publications. p. 11. . and is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. The Gambia is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, the nation's namesake, which flows through the centre of the Gambia and empties into the Atlantic Ocean, thus the long shape of the country. It has an area of with a population of 1,857,181 as of the April 2013 census. Banjul is the Gambian capital and the country's largest metropolitan area, while the largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama. The Portugal, Portuguese in 1455 entered the Gambian region, the first Europeans to do so, but never established important trade there. In 1765, the Gambia was made a part of the British Empire by establishment of the Gambia Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
