Dr. Jean R. Anderson (born 1953) is an internationally recognized obstetrician and gynaecologist, most well known for being the founder and first director of Johns Hopkins HIV Women's Health Program (1991). Dr. Jean Anderson was also the director of Division of Gynecologic Specialties, coordinator of Global Women's Health Fellowship, and a professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Her expertise included cervical cancer, gynecology, HIV/AIDS, pregnancy and childbirth, uterine fibroids, and women's reproductive health. Dr. Anderson received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from David Lipscomb College. After helping bandage injured animals with her grandmother as a child, Anderson discovered her passion for medicine. She started out at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, being one of only five women in her class. In 1987, she began working for Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was asked if she'd like to work for their new clinic made to help women with HIV. Her decision to take the job helped establish the clinic as a vital resource for the care needed for women with HIV and AIDS, being one of the first hospitals to use peer counseling. In her lifetime so far, Jean Anderson has written over 75 articles on women with HIV, as well as the book The Manual for the Clinical Care for Women With HIV. Her efforts have garnered her international recognition, as well as four teaching awards, a membership at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of HIV Medicine. Today, she continues to serve as a director at Johns Hopkins HIV Women's Health Program. Honors Salutatorian, David Lipscomb College, 1975 CIBA Award for Community Service, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1977 J. Donald Woodruff Teaching Award, 1990 APGO Excellence in Teaching Award, 1993 Golden Apple Student Teaching Award, 1995 Golden Apple Resident Teaching Award, 2002 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2005 Distinguished alumna - David Lipscomb University, 2010 Excellence in Teaching and Mentorship Award, Housestaff, 2011 Constance Wofsey Women's Health Investigator Award, AIDS Clinical Trials Group, 2013 Memberships Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical society, 2005 American Academy of HIV Medicine, 2002 American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologist, 1985 fellow Howard Kelly Society, 2004 International AIDS Society, 2000 Lonnie S. Burnett OBGYN Society, 1983 Books Anderson J (ed): A Guide to the Clinical Care of Women with HIV Infection, Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office, 2013 References 20th-century American women scientists 21st-century American women scientists 1953 births