Florence Pat Haseltine
Florence Pat Haseltine | |
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Haseltine in 2021 | |
| Born | August 17, 1942 United States |
| Alma mater | University of California at Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Obstetrics, gynecology, women's rights, gender bias |
| Awards | American Woman's Medical Association Scientist Award The Kilby International Laureates Award Barbara Eck Menning Founder's Award Alma Dea Morani, M.D. Renaissance Woman Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biophysics, reproductive endocrinology and infertility |
| Institutions | National Institutes of Health Yale University The University of Texas at Arlington |
| Doctoral students | Denise Faustman |
Florence Pat Haseltine (born 1942) is a U.S. physician, biophysicist, reproductive endocrinologist, journal editor, novelist, inventor, and advocate for women's health. An associate professor at Yale University, her work specializes in obstetrics and gynecology as well as women's rights and gender bias in medicine. While at Yale, Haseltine established the embryology laboratory, which was one of the early labs to have a successful IVF baby. The Microscope used in the laboratory is now in Historical Collections of the National Museum of Health and Medicine (Catalog number is M- 030.10091).
Haseltine is a Presidential Distinguished Professor of Nursing and the Jenkins Garrett Professor at The University of Texas at Arlington and serves as the medical director of the North Texas Genome Center where she managed the COVID-19 testing program.