Katherine S. Squibb | |
|---|---|
| Born | Katherine Anne Sprague May 10, 1949 |
| Died | August 18, 2018 (aged 69) Columbia, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison Rutgers University |
| Spouse |
Robert E. Squibb
(m. 1971; died 2016) |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Toxicology |
| Institutions | New York University Medical Center University of Maryland School of Medicine |
Katherine Sprague Squibb (May 10, 1949 – August 18, 2018) was an American toxicologist who specialized in metal toxicity. She was a faculty member at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and served as co-director of the University System of Maryland's graduate program in toxicology.
Life
Katherine Anne Sprague[1] was born May 10, 1949, in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[2] She is the daughter of agronomist Milton Alan Sprague and homemaker Margarete Hardegen Sprauge.[2] Raised in the Dayton section of South Brunswick, Squibb graduated from South Brunswick High School.[1] She majored in biochemistry at University of Wisconsin–Madison, graduating in 1971.[2] Squibb married fellow toxicologist Robert E. Squibb on August 21, 1971.[1] Squibb completed a master's and Ph.D. (1977) in biochemistry at Rutgers University.[2] Her dissertation was titled Control of hepatic metallothionein synthesis by zinc and cadmium.[3] She was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.[2]
In 1984, Squibb joined the New York University Medical Center's Institute of Environmental Medicine.[2] In 1993, she joined the department of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.[2] She worked as the co-director of the University System of Maryland's graduate program in toxicology.[2] Squibb led research on metal toxicity "and metabolism elucidated ways in which metals such as cadmium, lead, and depleted uranium target specific organ systems."[2] In the fall of 2015, Squibb received the achievement graduate education award from the University of Maryland's graduate program in life sciences.[4]
Squibb had a daughter and son.[2] She died August 18, 2018, in Columbia, Maryland, of Alzheimer's disease.[2]
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Squibb, Katherine Sprague (1977). Control of hepatic metallothionein synthesis by zinc and cadmium (Ph.D. thesis). Rutgers University. OCLC 55162528.
- "Achievement in Graduate Education". University of Maryland School of Medicine. 2015. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- "Miss Sprauge, R. E. Squibb Exchange Marriage Vows". The Central New Jersey Home News. 1971-08-22. p. 40. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- "Katherine Squibb". Slack Funeral Home. August 2018. Retrieved 2022-04-23.