Each year, the Northern California Chapters present an award in honor of Judith Pool.  Judith Pool, Ph.D. was very active in promoting opportunities for women in the field of medicine and science.  She was the first co-President of AWIS, formed in 1971, and the founder and first chairwoman of the Professional Women of Stanford Medical School..  Dr. Pool was an exceptional scientist, making major contributions in two areas.  In the field of physiology, she was the first to measure the membrane potential of single cells.  Dr. Pool was highly regarded in hematological circles, both nationally and internationally, for her work on blood coagulation.  She published extensively in the field and contributions included assays of coagulation factors, in vitro synthesis of coagulation factors, studies of the anti coagulant coumadin and antibody inhibitors of factor VIII.  Dr. Pool also developed a method to purify factor VIII cheaply and easily from plasma, greatly improving the lives of hemophiliacs.
    In 1972, Dr. Pool was promoted to Professor, making her one of the first two women to attain this position at Stanford Medical School.  It was in part her struggle for recognition at Stanford that led her to co-found AWIS.  In addition to her significant contributions to science and to women, she also raised three children.  Judith Pool died of cancer in 1975, at the age of 56.

2001        Paula Jardieu, Ph.D.
                Genentech Inc.

2000        Paula J. Shadle, Ph.D.
                Bayer Corporation

1999        Cherrill Spencer, Ph.D.
                Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)

1998        Phyllis Gardner, M.D.
                ALZA Corporation

1997        Kathelyn Sue Steimer, Ph.D.
                Chiron Corporation

1996        Lynda J. Goff, Ph.D.
                Professor of Biology
                University of California, Santa Cruz

1995        Ellen Weaver, Ph.D.
                Professor Emerita
 
 

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