Work

Adele Ludin Boskey, PhD

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: The orthopedic community has lost one of its most prestigious and beloved scientists. Adele Ludin Boskey, PhD, passed away on May 2, 2017 in New York City. A memorial service was held at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) on May 17, 2017, celebrated by a very large crowd of her friends, family, coworkers, science collaborators, physicians, and research staff. The family tribute was given by Adele's daughter, Elizabeth Boskey. Adele was a graduate of Barnard College in 1964 and received her PhD from Boston College in 1970. She completed a post‐doctoral fellowship at Imperial College in London before accepting a research position at the HSS in 1972. She remained on the HSS staff for 45 years. Adele also had professor‐level appointments at City College of New York, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Cornell University. Adele served as Director of Research at HSS from 1992 to 2002. In 2002 she was appointed to the Starr Chair in Mineralized Tissue Research, an endowed chair to honor and recognize her contributions to musculoskeletal research

Source: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.3187

Authors: Stephen B. Doty, Mathias P. Bostrom, Richard S. Bockman, Marjolein CH van der Meulen, Nancy Pleshko

Institutions: Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University, Temple University

Language: English

Topic: History of Science and Medicine

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Boston College, Imperial College London