Joseph Charles Aub (1890-1973) was an American
endocrinologist
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and
professor
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then chair of medicine at
Harvard University
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. He graduated from
Harvard College
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and
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...
.
The lead industry funded Aub's research which ignored the health effects of lead on children.
Honours and awards
Foreign honours
* : Officer of the
Order of the White Lion
The Order of the White Lion ( cs, Řád Bílého lva) is the highest order of the Czech Republic. It continues a Czechoslovak order of the same name created in 1922 as an award for foreigners (Czechoslovakia had no civilian decoration for its ...
(1946)
[https://www.prazskyhradarchiv.cz/file/edee/vyznamenani/cs_rbl.pdf ]
References
External links
Joseph C. Aub papers, 1918-1974. H MS c169, Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass.
1890 births
1973 deaths
American endocrinologists
Harvard Medical School alumni
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Officers of the Order of the White Lion
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