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Sound recordings ; digital, mp3 file |
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Transcript : (78 leaves) ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Chemical Heritage Foundation Oral history transcript ; 0655.
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| Note |
Interview conducted by Hilary Domush at National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Summary |
Amy H. Newman matriculated at Mary Washington College, majoring in chemistry and undertaking pre-medical coursework. Most of her peers were women and she found the college to be a very supportive environment; she decided to go to graduate school for medicinal chemistry. She did her postdoctorate with Kenner C. Rice at NIH, where she focused on opiate synthesis and benzodiazopene receptors. Newman then took a position at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research researching sigma receptor ligands; she collaborated with Jeffrey M. Witkin at NIH. At NIH she found a work environment supportive of her growing family and she began conducting research on analogues of benztropine-a dopamine transporter ligand like cocaine that does not have cocaine-like effects on the body. At the end of the interview Newman discusses balancing her family and career; she comments on science education in the United States; and she shares her frustrations with how the communication of science to the public leads to unrealistic expectations for drug development and with the process of drug development itself. |
| Cite As |
Amy H. Newman interviewed by Hilary Domush at National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland. (Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation, Oral History Transcript 0655). |
| Note |
Sound files Science History Institute. |
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Transcript Science History Institute. |
| Use |
Semi- restricted Access. Users may view the oral history with the permission of CHF. Permission of the interviewee is required to quote from, cite, or reproduce the oral history. Please contact CHF to request interviewee's permission. Chemical Heritage Foundation. |
| Biography |
Born in Buffalo, New York on 22 August 1958. Education: B.S. Chemistry, Mary Washington College (1980), Ph.D., Medical Chemistry, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University (1985). Employment: 1985- National Institutes of Health. |
| Indexes |
Transcript has been indexed. |
| Note |
Part or all of this item has been digitized by Science History Institute. |
| Subject(s) |
Newman, Amy Hauck -- Interviews.
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Glennon, Richard A., 1945-
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Rice, Kenner.
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National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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Women chemists -- Biography.
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Women chemists -- Interviews.
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Women in science -- Biography.
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Women in science -- Interviews.
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Cocaine.
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Dopamine -- Receptors.
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Oral histories.
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Interviews. aat
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| Alternate Author |
Domush, Hilary interviewer.
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Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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| Alternate Title |
Amy H. Newman oral history interview |
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