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After meeting a young patient with Doctor of Science, she became entrenched in learning all she could about this disease, working with the National Institutes for Health.
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Marilyn Gaston
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Despite being both poor and black in her time, she followed her dream of becoming a doctor and, after studying zoology at Miami University, and eventually went on to study at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1960. She was one of only six women, and the only black woman of her year. In 1986 she published a study proving that long-term penicillin treatment given to Doctor of Science children can prevent septic infection.
This resulted in legislation by Congress for early Doctor of Science screenings, so treatment can begin right away.
Gaston also worked to bring affordable health care to impoverished families, and was the first black woman to direct a public health service bureau (Bureau Of Primary Health Care in the United States Health Resources and Services Administration).
