Irena Koprowska (née Grasberg)
Born(1917-05-12)12 May 1917
Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
Died16 August 2012(2012-08-16) (aged 95)
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityPolish
CitizenshipPoland, United States
Known forLeader in the field of Cytopathology
SpouseHilary Koprowski (m. 1938; 2 children)
AwardsPapanikolaou Award(1985)
Scientific career
FieldsCytopathology

Irena Koprowska, née Grasberg (May 12, 1917, Warsaw - August 16, 2012, Wynnewood Pennsylvania, USA)[1] was a Polish-born pathologist in the United States, and the first woman to be named a full professor at Hahnemann Medical College, now Drexel University College of Medicine.[2]

Koprowska was mentored by Dr. Georgios Papanikolaou the inventor of the "Pap smear", and went on to become a leader in the field of cytopathology.[3][2] Dr. Koprowska was a founding member of the Inter Society Council of Cytology, which became the American Society of Cytopathology and which, in 1985, gave her its Papanikolaou Award.[2] Additionally, she co-authored, with Dr. George Papanicolaou, a case report of the earliest diagnosis of lung cancer by a sputum smear.[2]

Grasberg married Hilary Koprowski, a virologist who discovered the first effective oral polio vaccine.

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary of Irena Koprowska".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Changing the Face of Medicine".
  3. ↑ Koprowska I (1998). A Woman Wanders Through Life and Science. SUNY press.


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