Nawal M. Nour

Nawal M. Nour (born 1966 Khartoum, Sudan) is an American obstetrician and gynecologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, she won 2003 Genius Award. ^[1]

Life

She was raised in Sudan, Egypt, 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

References

1. ^ http://www.brighamandwomens.org/africanwomenscenter/bio.aspx?sub=0
2. ^ "A CONVERSATION WITH/NAWAL NOUR; A Life Devoted to Stopping The Suffering of Mutilation", The New York Times, CLAUDIA DREIFUS, July 11, 2000
3. ^ http://www.reedescholars.org/scholars/scholar.cfm?id=43

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