Virginia M. Miller is an American comparative physiologist who is a professor emerita and former Director of the Women's Health Research Center at the Mayo Clinic. Her research considered how sex hormones such as estrogen impact cardiovascular health.
Virginia M. Miller | |
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| Alma mater | University of Missouri Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Mayo Clinic |
| Thesis | Cord-hypothalamic temperature regulation in the marmot (1976) |
Early life and education
editMiller earned her bachelor's degree in education at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.[1] She earned a Master of Business Administration at the University of Minnesota.[1][2] She moved to the University of Missouri for graduate studies, where she specialized in physiology.[1]
Research and career
editMiller dedicated her career to better understanding women's health.[3] Miller studied sex hormones and their role in cardiovascular health. She served as Principal Investigator of the Mayo Clinic Building Interdisciplinary Careers in Women’s Health scholar's program.[4]
Awards and honors
edit- Bernadine Healy Award for Visionary Leadership in Women’s Health[5]
- Women’s Day Magazine Red Dress Award[6][7]
- Paul M. Vanhoutte Named Lecture in Vascular Pharmacology from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics[8]
- Governing council for the American Physiological Society[7]
- President of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences[7]
Selected publications
edit- Vanhoutte PM; Rubanyi GM; Miller VM; Houston DS (1 January 1986). "Modulation of vascular smooth muscle contraction by the endothelium". Annual Review of Physiology. 48: 307–320. doi:10.1146/ANNUREV.PH.48.030186.001515. ISSN 0066-4278. PMID 2871807. Wikidata Q39441004.
- Virginia M Miller; Sue P Duckles (25 June 2008). "Vascular actions of estrogens: functional implications". Pharmacological Reviews. 60 (2): 210–241. doi:10.1124/PR.107.08002. ISSN 0031-6997. PMC 2637768. PMID 18579753. Wikidata Q37088243.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Virginia Miller - Gender Summit". gender-summit.com. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ "Virginia Miller - Director at Lutheran Hour Ministries". THE ORG. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ "Women's wellness: Virginia M. Miller, Ph.D., on sex and gender in research". Mayo Clinic. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ "BIRCWH Leadership Webinars". bircwh.emory.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ "BioConferences International, Inc". www.bioconferences.com. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ Staff, Woman's Day (2017-07-18). "Red Dress Award Winners Through the Years". Woman's Day. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ a b c "Mayo Researcher Receives Woman's Day Red Dress Award". Mayo Clinic. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ Vanhoutte, Paul M. (2011). "Editorial Highlighted Meetings Series". Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 58 (6): 559. doi:10.1097/fjc.0b013e31820ae111. ISSN 0160-2446. PMID 22146402.