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Chelsea Jade Healey (born 6 August 1988) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the roles of Janeece Bryant in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2006–2012, 2023), Honey Wright in the BBC medical drama series Casualty (2014–2015)…
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Cheryl Ann Marie Anderson is an American epidemiologist, currently serving as the inaugural dean of the Wertheim School of Public Health at the University of California, San Diego since June 2020. Her fields of research are in nutrition and chronic disease…
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Cheryl L. Shavers (born December 26, 1953, San Marcos, Texas) is an American chemist, engineer, and businesswoman. After gaining a degree in chemistry, she worked as an engineer at Motorola. Shavers returned to university for a few years, gaining a PhD in…
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Cheryl McKissack Daniel (born May 15, 1961) is an American civil engineer and businesswoman. She is the president and chief executive officer of McKissack & McKissack, a design and construction company founded by her grandfather Moses McKissack III and…
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Chesta Dillard Dean (born February 12, 1885) was a pharmacist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the first Black woman to open and operate a pharmacy in Philadelphia.
1927–2016
Chester Middlebrook Pierce ((1927-03-04)March 4, 1927 – (2016-09-23)September 23, 2016) was an American psychiatrist and tenured professor of education and psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He was the first African-American full professor at…
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Cheyne Anderson, better known mononymously as Cheyne, is an American R&B singer who was still a teenager when her song "Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service)" hit number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1985. She also contributed to the…
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Dame Chinyelu Susan "Chi" Onwurah ( ; born 12 April 1965) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West since 2024, and previously for Newcastle upon Tyne Central from 2010 to 2024, when the…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound chief medical officer's annual and monthly reports of operations, 1866–69, are arranged by type of report and thereunder chronologically. The annual reports are dated October 1866–September 1868, and the monthly ones, March 1868–March 1869.
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Chika Stacy Oriuwa is a Canadian physician, spoken word artist, and advocate against systemic racism in health care. In 2021, she was one of six frontline workers honored by the Barbie Role Model Program with a doll created in her likeness. In 2020, Oriuwa…
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Bulape Presbyterian Medical Center is remotely situated in the small Congolese village of Bulape located south of the equator, 380 kilometers east of Kinshasa, and 180 kilometers northwest of Kananga. Work in Bulape was begun in 1915 when missionaries…
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Chinasa T. Okolo is the Founder and Scientific Director of Technecultura and a consultant for the United Nations and the World Bank. She works on governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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Chonnettia Jones is an American geneticist and developmental biologist. She has served as the executive director of Addgene since 2022. Jones was previously the vice president of research at the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the director…
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Chris James is an American musician and audio engineer who has worked as a recording engineer and/or mixing engineer for several musical acts. He most frequently collaborates with Prince, with whom he has been nominated for two Grammy Awards, and performs…
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Christina Eubanks-Turner is a professor of mathematics in the Seaver College of Science and Engineering at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). Her academic areas of interest include graph theory, commutative algebra, mathematics education, and mathematical…
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Christina M. Greer is an American political scientist who researches U.S. politics, black ethnic politics, urban politics, and public opinion. She is an associate professor of political science at Fordham University.
1920–2003
Christina Jenkins (December 25, 1920 – November 23, 2003) was an African-American scientist and is considered a pioneer in cosmetology. Jenkins created an invention which presented a new way for women of color to utilize hair extensions for styles and…
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Christine Sharon Grant is an American chemical engineer who is the Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement at North Carolina State University. Her research considers surface and environmental science. She is the 2022 President of the American Institute of…
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Christopher P. Adams is an American scientist, entrepreneur, and inventor who founded and led (as chief executive officer) multiple biotechnology companies, including Mosaic Technologies and Andarix Pharmaceuticals. Adams has made a notable contribution to…
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Christopher Aiden-Lee Jackson (born 1977) is a British geoscientist and science communicator. He was previously Professor of Sustainable Geoscience at the University of Manchester, and before that held the Equinor Chair of Basin Analysis at Imperial…
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Christopher James Davis (22 April 1840 – 27 November 1870) was a British-Barbadian medical doctor. Educated in Europe, he volunteered to help sick and injured during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, where he died from smallpox.
1937–2017
Charles Rudolph Davis, also known as Baba Chuck Davis, (January 1, 1937 – May 14, 2017) was an American dancer and choreographer whose work focused on traditional African dance. He was the founder of DanceAfrica, the Chuck Davis Dance Company, and the…
1938–
Claibourne Smith (born January 6, 1938) is an African American chemist. He worked at DuPont and served on the Board of Trustees of Delaware State University and on the Delaware State Board of Education. He was acting president of Delaware State University…
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Clara Adams-Ender (née Leach; born July 11, 1939) is a retired United States Army officer who served as Chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps from September 1987 to August 1991. She was the first woman to receive her master's degree in military arts…
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