How one scientist averted a national health crisis - Andrea Tone
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In the fall of 1960, Frances Oldham Kelsey was one of the Food and Drug Administration’s newest recruits. Before the year was out, she would begin a fight that would save thousands of lives, though no one knew it at the time. Although she was new to the FDA, Kelsey was no novice as a scientist. After graduating from high school at age 15, she enrolled at McGill University in Montreal and earned both undergraduate and master’s degrees in pharmacology. From there, she applied for a research post at the University of Chicago’s pharmacology department. Her acceptance letter was addressed to Mr. Oldham. Kelsey later joked that had her name been Elizabeth or Mary Jane, her career might have ended there. Fortunately, it didn’t. She earned her doctorate in pharmacology and accepted Chicago’s invitation to stay as faculty, where she un...
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In the fall of 1960, Frances Oldham Kelsey was one of the Food and Drug Administration’s newest recruits. Before the year was out, she would begin a fight that would save thousands of lives, though no one knew it at the time. Although she was new to the FDA, Kelsey was no novice as a scientist. After graduating from high school at age 15, she enrolled at McGill University in Montreal and earned both undergraduate and master’s degrees in pharmacology. From there, she applied for a research post at the University of Chicago’s pharmacology department. Her acceptance letter was addressed to Mr. Oldham. Kelsey later joked that had her name been Elizabeth or Mary Jane, her career might have ended there. Fortunately, it didn’t. She earned her doctorate in pharmacology and accepted Chicago’s invitation to stay as faculty, where she un...
