Joanne A. P. Wilson Oral History Interview, May 24, 2007

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Summary

Creator:
Wilson, Joanne A. P.
Abstract:
Joanne A. P. Wilson was the second African-American woman to graduate from Duke University School of Medicine. She later became a full professor in Duke's Department of Medicine. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on May 24, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit. In this interview, Wilson discusses her experiences as a woman within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke and establishing the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at the University of South Alabama.
Extent:
1 interview (2 master CDs, 2 use CDs, and 1 transcript)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
OH.WILSONJ

Background

Scope and content:

Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Joanne A. P. Wilson conducted on May 24, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
In this interview, Wilson discusses her experiences as an African-American woman in the field of medicine.
The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Joanne A. Peebles Wilson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and was valedictorian of Cardinal Gibbons High School. She graduated with a BS in chemistry with highest honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969 and with an MD from Duke in 1973. Wilson was the second African-American woman to graduate from Duke University School of Medicine. She also served as President of medical student body and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA).
After her graduate training in Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., Wilson joined the staff of the University of Michigan Medical Center as a gastroenterologist. She returned to Duke as a faculty member in 1986, serving as Associate Professor and Associate Chief of Gastroenterology for outpatient services of Duke University Medical Center. In 1995, she became the second woman in the Duke Department of Medicine to achieve the rank of full professor.
Wilson was the first woman and first African American to serve as secretary of the American Gastroenterological Association (1997-2003) and served on the organization's board. She has served in numerous capacities within Duke and beyond, serving on committees and advisory boards regionally and nationally. She is widely published and has won numerous awards, including the Trailblazer Award from the Duke Student National Medical Association in 2007. She was named one of the American Gastroenterological Association's Outstanding Women in Science, 2008.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2007.126 (acquired, May 2007)
Processing information:

Processed by Jessica Roseberry: June 2008; encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas: November 2008

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[Identification of item], Joanne A. P. Wilson Oral History Interview, Duke University Medical Center Archives.