Two of our own are among the remarkable women celebrated in the Yale School of Medicine’s Aperture portrait series, which honors women faculty whose contributions have shaped the institution.
Susan Baserga, (Md-PhD ‘88), Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Therapeutic Radiology, holds the distinction of being the first woman graduate of Yale College to receive tenure in the biological sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; a milestone driven, she says, by “boundless curiosity.”
Joan Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is likewise featured, offering this advice to those who may doubt themselves: “Focus on the next step, not some far-distant goal.”
The Aperture exhibit, now in its fourth rotation, was commissioned to cast light on women who have long shaped science and medicine at Yale. View the full gallery here.