Background
KIRSCHSTEIN, Ruth was born on October 12, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Daughter of Julius and Elizabeth (Berm) Kirschstein.
federal agency administrator physician
KIRSCHSTEIN, Ruth was born on October 12, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Daughter of Julius and Elizabeth (Berm) Kirschstein.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Long Island University, 1947. Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University School Medicine, New Orleans, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Laws, Tulane University, 1997.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Mount Sinai School Medicine, 1984. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Atlanta University, 1985. Doctor of Science (honorary), Medical College Ohio, 1986.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Long Island University, 1991. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Rochester School Medicine, 1998. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Brown University, 1999.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Spelman College, 2001. Doctor of Science (honorary), Georgetown University, 2001.
Intern Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, 1951-1952. Resident pathology Veterans Administration Hospital, Atlanta, 1952, Providence Hospital, Detroit, 1952—1954, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, 1956. Experimental pathology researcher, division biologics standards National Institutes of Health, 1957—1972, chief Laboratory Pathology, 1961—1974, assistant director, division biologics standards, 1972, deputy director Food and Drug Administration bureau, 1972—1974, director National Institute General Medical Sciences, 1974-1993, acting associate director, Office Research on Women's Health, acting director National Institutes of Health, 1993, 2000—2002, deputy director, 1993—1999, senior advisor to director, 2003—2006, acting director National Center Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), 2007—2009.
Fellow National Heart Institute, Tulane University, 1953—1954. Member Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences, from 1982. Member research advisory committee Office Technology Assessment, from 1989.
Co-chair Public Health Services Coordinating Committee on Women's Health Issues, from 1990.
Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member: American Medical Association (Doctor Nathan Davis award 1990), American Academy Microbiology, American Association Pathologists, American Association Immunologists.
Married Alan S. Rabson, June 11, 1950. 1 child Arnold.