Dominique Janee is a graduate of Spelman College and holds a Podcasting Certificate from the UC Berkeley Advanced Media Institute. She joined Lost Women of Science in January of 2022. As Associate Producer, she has ushered three earlier Lost Women of Science episodes to completion, researching, writing, editing, and providing voice over talent, while acting as liaison to Scientific American and PRX.
The U.S.’s First Black Female Physician Cared for Patients from Cradle to Grave
Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive an M.D., earned while the Civil War raged, and the first Black person in the country to write a medical book, a popular guide with a preventive approach