Nawal M. Nour
Nawal M. Nour | |
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Born |
1966 Khartoum |
Residence | United States of America |
Nationality | Sudanese American |
Fields | obstetrician and gynecologist |
Alma mater | Brown University, Harvard Medical School |
Known for | African Women's Health Practice |
Notable awards | MacArthur Fellows Program |
Nawal M. Nour (born 1966, in Khartoum, Sudan) is a Sudanese American obstetrician and gynecologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She was a recipient of a 2003 MacArthur Fellowship, the "Genius award".[1]
Life
She was raised in Sudan and England. She graduated from Brown University, and from Harvard Medical School in 1994, and completed a chief residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, in 1998. She graduated from Harvard School of Public Health with a MPH in 1999, as a Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellow.
She created the African Women's Health Practice that focuses on Female genital cutting.[2]
Awards
- 2003 MacArthur Fellows Program
- 1998-1999 Reede Scholar [3]
Works
- "Female genital cutting", OB/GYN News, July 1, 2005
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