Background
Dunham, Ethel Collins was born on March 12, 1883 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Samuel G. and Alice (Collins) Dunham.
Dunham, Ethel Collins was born on March 12, 1883 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Samuel G. and Alice (Collins) Dunham.
Bachelor of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, 1914. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1918. Doctor of Science, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1957.
House officer pediatrics Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1918-1919.
Assistant resident New Haven Hospital, 1919-1920. Instructor pediatrics school medicine, Yale, 1920-1924, assistant professor, 1924-1927, associate clinical professor, 1927-1935, lecturer clinical pediatrics, 1935-1950.
Attending pediatrician New Haven Hospital and Children’s Community Center, New Haven, 1920-1934, Grace Hospital, 1928-1930. Medical consultant Child Welfare Association, 1933-1935.
Medical officer in charge neonatal studies United States Children’s Bureau, New Haven, 1927-1934.
Acting director division maternal and child health United States Children’s Bureau, Department Labor, Washington, February-June 1935, director division research child development, 1935-1940, consultant pediatrics, 1940-1942. Medical consultant World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland, 1949-1952. Board member Department Public Welfare, State of Connecticut, 1932-1934, United States Civil Service Commission Fair Employment Board, 1948-1949.
Alumnae director Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College, 1937-1942.
Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1918. Assistant resident New Haven Hospital, 1919-1920. Officer in charge neonatal studies United States Children’s Bureau, New Haven, 1927-1934.
Fellow American Academy Pediatrics (chairman Connecticut 1930-1934). Member American Pediatric Society, American Public Health Association, Sigma Xi.