Yvonne Maddox Explained

Yvonne T. Maddox
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Yvonne T. Maddox is an American academic who currently works as vice president for research at the Uniformed Services University.[1] She was previously the acting director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Her career at the National Institutes of Health also includes previous leadership roles as acting deputy director of the National Institutes of Health[2] and deputy director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Education

Maddox received her Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Virginia Union University in 1965.[3] [4]

During her senior year, Maddox was accepted into medical school; her father's illness caused her to give up medical school and take a position as a technician at the Medical College of Virginia in order to provide for her parents and two brothers.[5] [6] Later, after marrying and becoming a mother, Maddox enrolled in graduate school,[7] [8] and in 1981 she received her Ph.D. in physiology from Georgetown University.[9]

Maddox was a National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow and an assistant professor of physiology in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown.[10] She also studied as a visiting scientist at the French Atomic Energy Commission in Saclay, France, and graduated from the Senior Managers in Government Program of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.[11]

Career

Maddox's career has focused on healthcare equity for minorities, women, and children, in both the United States and abroad.[12] [13] She first started working in 1965 as a blood bank technician in the Department of Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia.[14] [15] From 1968 to 1985, she worked as a researcher, instructor, and visiting scientist in various institutions including the Department of Inhalation Toxicology, the Department of Ophthalmology at the Washington Hospital Center, the Department of Biology at American University,[16] the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University Medical Center,[17] the French Atomic Energy Commission,[18] and the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown.[19]

In 1985, Maddox began work as a health scientist administrator at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, where she became deputy director of the Biophysics and Physiological Sciences Program and chief of the Pharmacology and Physiological Sciences Section, and acting director of the Minority Access to Research Careers Program from 1993 to 1994.[20]

From 1995 to 2014, Maddox was the deputy director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).[21] As deputy director, she led many federal and international efforts to improve maternal and child health, including the NICHD Safe to Sleep (formerly the Back to Sleep campaign), the NIH Down Syndrome Consortium,[22] and the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research.[23]

While deputy director of NICHD, she was also acting director of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research and the institute's acting associate director for Prevention and International Activities. Maddox was the NIH acting deputy director from January 2000 to June 2002. In 2014, Maddox became the acting director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.[24]

In June 2015, Dr. Maddox became the Vice President for Research at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.[25]

Awards and honors

Maddox was inducted into the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Hall of Fame in recognition for her contributions in the field of medicine. She has also received several honorary degrees, served on public service and academic boards, and delivered national and international keynote scientific lectures.[31]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yvonne Maddox to Lead USU Research Program Uniformed Services University. usuhs.mil. 2015-12-28.
  2. Web site: Yvonne Thompson Maddox, Ph.D.. 7 August 2015. National Institutes of Health (NIH). 2015-12-28.
  3. Web site: About VUU History. 18 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160902002810/http://www.vuu.edu/about_vuu/history.aspx. 2 September 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Biomedical Science Careers Program. 18 March 2015.
  5. Web site: Biomedical Science Careers Program. 18 March 2015.
  6. Book: Women in Science at the National Institutes of Health. 2008. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 98.
  7. Web site: Biomedical Science Careers Program. 18 March 2015.
  8. Book: Women in Science at the National Institutes of Health. 2008. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 98.
  9. Book: Women in Science at the National Institutes of Health. 2008. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 98.
  10. Web site: 9th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health. 18 March 2015.
  11. Web site: Minority Health Project Maddox Bio. 18 March 2015.
  12. Web site: NIMHD Director's Bio. 18 March 2015.
  13. Web site: 9th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health.
  14. Web site: Biomedical Science Careers Program. 18 March 2015.
  15. Book: Women in Science at the National Institutes of Health. 2008. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 98.
  16. Web site: Biomedical Science Careers Program April 2004. 18 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194839/http://www.bscp.org/Upload/Files/April%202004.pdf. 23 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  17. Web site: NIH Record April 1995. 18 March 2015.
  18. Web site: World Down Syndrome Day. 18 March 2015.
  19. Web site: 9th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health. 18 March 2015.
  20. Web site: Director Of New Health Agency Program Determined To Elevate Status Of Minority Biomedical Scientists. 18 March 2015.
  21. Web site: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Not the Retiring Kind: Yvonne T. Maddox Reflects on Her 28.5 Years—and Counting—at NIH. 13 March 2015.
  22. Web site: Down Syndrome International. World Down Syndrome Day. 13 March 2015.
  23. Web site: First Candle's 2009 Research and Advocacy Symposium: Multimedia Proceedings. 13 March 2015.
  24. Web site: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. About NIMHD. 13 March 2015.
  25. Web site: USUHS Office Office of Research. USUHS Research Personnel. 29 June 2015.
  26. Web site: NIH Awardees November 2001. 18 March 2015.
  27. Web site: Friends of the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research News Letter. 18 March 2015.
  28. Web site: Maddox recognized for achievements. 18 March 2015.
  29. Web site: Collins. Francis. Director of NIH. nih.gov. 18 March 2015. 23 January 2015.
  30. Web site: Past AAPM&R Award Recipients. 18 March 2015.
  31. Web site: National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities. Director's Page. 13 March 2015.