Helen Iglauer Glueck (1907–1995) was an American physician known for her research in blood chemistry that linked bleeding disorders in newborns with a lack of

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. Glueck graduated from

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in 1925. She obtained her BA from the

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and her MD from the

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. She directed the University of Cincinnati Student Health Services (1945-1959) and then became Director of the Coagulation Laboratory at the University.

Honors

* 1979 YWCA Career Woman of the Year * 1985

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Founders Medal * 1985 University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Daniel Drake Award * 1993 named a "Great Living Cincinnatian" by the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce

References

Twentieth Century Women Physicians of Cincinnati
1907 births 1995 deaths Physicians from Ohio University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni University of Cincinnati alumni 20th-century American women physicians 20th-century American physicians {{US-physician-stub