Barbara J. Stoll is an American pediatrician and professor. She is the H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences, Professor of Pediatrics and former Dean at the

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Early life and education

Stoll grew up in

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. She graduated from

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. She completed her Bachelor of Arts from

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. Stoll earned a M.D. from

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, graduating ''

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''. She completed a pediatric internship and residency at

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and a fellowship in neonatology at

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Career

After her fellowship, Stoll was an associate scientist at the

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. She was a visiting scientist at

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where she researched systemic and mucosal immune response to diarrheal agents. In 1984, Stoll became an assistant professor in the

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Department of Medicine. She researched immune mechanisms of infectious disease prevention. In 1986, she began at the division of neonatal-perinatal medicine at

. She took a year

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working for the

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where she raised awareness on neonatal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In 1997, she was promoted to full professor of pediatrics at Emory. In 1999, she was named the vice-chair for research in the department of pediatrics. In 2004, she became the chair of the department. She was the second woman to chair a department at Emory, following

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, and the first woman to chair Emory's Department of Pediatrics. , she is the H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences, Professor of Pediatrics and former Dean at the

Personal life

Stoll met Roger I. Glass when she was 19 years old. They married while she was in medical school. They have three children, Nina, Michael, and Andy Glass.

Awards and honors

Stoll is a fellow of the

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. In 1986, she was elected member of the

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. In 1998 she was elected to the

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and the

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. In 2009, she was elected to the

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. She served as president of the American Pediatric Society. In 2016, she received the

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References

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