Mailman Trivia

Submitted by Jennifer Fearon, MPH ‘15

How well do you know famous Mailman alumni?  

1. Who earned the nickname "Dr. Rabies" for disease elimination efforts across the globe?
    

2. Who is the daughter of a "ditchdigger" and became the first African-American women board certified in maternal-fetal medicine in the United States?
    

3. Who provided expert testimony against Proposition 8 before the Supreme Court in Perry v. Schwarzenegger?
    

4. Who was the Principal Investigator of the CAPRISA trial demonstrating the effectiveness and safety of tenofovir gel in preventing HIV infection?

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Trivia Answers
 

• A1: Dr. Ernest S. Tierkel, MPH ‘45
• A2: Yvonne Thornton, MPH ‘96
• A3: Ilan Meyer, PhD ‘93
• A4: Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim, MS ‘88