Background
Blankson, Mary Lartey was born on March 16, 1946 in Tutu, Ghana. Daughter of Richard Emmanuel and Christiana Karl L. came to the United States, 1977.
Blankson, Mary Lartey was born on March 16, 1946 in Tutu, Ghana. Daughter of Richard Emmanuel and Christiana Karl L. came to the United States, 1977.
Pre-medical degree, U. Ghana, West Africa, 1967; Doctor of Medicine, U. Ghana, West Africa, 1972; Master in Public Health in Maternal and Child Health, University of Minnesota, 1982.
Rotating intern to instructor interns, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, 1972-1974;
instructor for interns, primary care physician, senior medical officer, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, 1976-1977;
intern to resident in pediatrics, Harlem Hospital Center, Columbia University, 1980;
fellowship ambulatory pediatrics, U Minnesota, 1982;
primary care physician, preceptor medical students and nurses, Bureau Maternal and Child Health, Minneapolis Health Department, 1980-1983;
pediatrician, mentor for nurse practitioners, Child Care Clinic, University of Minnesota, 1982-1983;
pediatrician, Community University Health Care Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1983-1984;
clinical instructor in pediatrics, Department Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, since 1984;
assistant professor maternal and child health training program, School Public Health, U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1985;
primary care pediatrician, Jefferson County Health Department, since 1985. Courtesty staff privileges The Children's Hospital of Alabama, since 1985. Physician (part-time) Cancer Detection Center, University of Minnesota, 1981-1983.
Pediatrician (part-time) Group Health Inc., Minneapolis, 1982-1983. Faculty advisor to African students organization U. Alabama, 1987-1990, member educational policy committee school public health, 1988-1992, member admission committee, since 1993. Member Public Health Area 8 Perinatal Advisory Committee, since 1988.
Advisory county Child Care Resources, since 1993. Head Start Health Advisory Committee, since 1993. Chairperson medical advising committee Healthy Start Project, co-chairperson needs assessment committee, 1991, adolescent pregnancy prevention committee,1992.
Pediatric consultant Health Care for the Homeless, since 1989. Member HoldOut the Lifeline committee, since 1990. Member program planning committee Reuben-Lindh, Child Development Center, Minneapolis, 1982-1984.
Advisory board UAB Daycare, since 1989. Member commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Child Welfare Superior vena cava syndrome, 1988. Board directors Planned Parenthood of Alabama, 1987-1990.
Fellow American Academy Pediatrics. Member APHA, Society for Pediatric Epidemiol.Rsch., Ambulatory Pediatric Association, National Council for International Health, Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health, Ghana Medical Association.
Married Joe Harry Blankson, January 20, 1973. Children: Kwamena Abaka Blankson, Kwabena Lattey Blankson, Amma Amene Blankson.