Hanrahan reflects, “I’ve always gotten the feeling that she was one of those people who thought that nothing was impossible. None of these autoimmune diseases are straightforward. All of them continue to be a challenge, and I think she likes that.”
On the occasion of receiving the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Daniel Drake Award in 2001, Dr. Hess noted that she had gained great satisfaction working with patient-advocacy volunteer organizations, such as the Arthritis Foundation, the LFA, and the Cincinnati AIDS Task Force, among others. “In this way,” she said, “one has the best of both worlds, combining science and patient care.”
Timeline
1949 – Earns MD from University College, Dublin
1949 – Completes medicine and surgery internship at Joyce Green Hospital, London
1950 – Completes medicine internship at West Middlesex Hospital, London
1952 – Completes chest diseases residency at Clare Hall Hospital, London
1954 – Becomes registrar at Middlesex Chest Diseases Clinic, London
1955 – Completes medicine residency at Royal Free Hospital, London
1956 – Becomes registrar at Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Royal Free Hospital and Medical School
1960 – Becomes instructor, department of internal medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
1961 – Becomes assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern
1964 – Becomes associate professor, department of medicine, University of Cincinnati
1964 – Becomes director, division of immunology, rheumatology, and allergy, University of Cincinnati
1969 – Named McDonald Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati
1977 – Becomes professor of medicine, University of Cincinnati
Gretchen Henkel is writing the “Metrics in Rheumatology” series.
References
- Hess EV, Ashworth CT, Ziff M. Transfer of an autoimmune nephrosis in the rat by means of lymph node cells. J Exp Med. 1962;115:421-438.
- Hess EV, Ashworth CT, Ziff M. Nephrosis in the rat induced by rat extracts. Ann NY Academy of Science. 1965;124: 323-328.
- Hess EV, Fink CW, Taranta A, Ziff M. Heart muscle antibodies in rheumatic fever and other diseases. J Clin Invest. 1964; 43:886-893.
- Hess EV. Are there environmental forms of systemic autoimmune disease? Env Health Perspect. 1999;107:709-711.
- Miller FW, Hess EV, Clauw DJ, et al. Approaches for identifying and defining environmentally associated rheumatic disorders. Arthritis Rheum. 2000;43:243-249.
