Nancy Andrews
Nancy Andrews received her BS and MS degrees in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University, her PhD in Biology from MIT, and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed her Internship and Residency in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston and her Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at Children’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
After completing her training, Andrews rose through the academic ranks to become the George Richards Minot Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard, Senior Associate in Medicine and attending physician in Hematology and Oncology at Children’s Hospital Boston, and a distinguished physician at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She was also involved in the leadership of the Harvard-MIT MD-PhD Program for more than a decade, first as Associate Director (1996-99), then as Director (1999-2003) and finally as Dean for Basic Sciences and Graduate Studies (2003-2007).
Dr. Andrews became Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the first female Dean of the Duke University School of Medicine in 2007. After being in this role for a decade, she stepped down as Dean in 2017. Currently she serves as Nanaline H. Duke Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Duke Frofessor of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology.
Dr. Andrews has maintained an active NIH-funded research laboratory studying mouse models of human diseases and was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator from 1993 to 2006. She has received many awards and honors for her research and has authored well over 100 peer-reviewed articles and 16 book chapters. She is a Past President of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and has held membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Interview: November 30, 2010
This oral history interview was conducted with Nancy Andrews on November 30, 2010 by Jessica Rosenberry.
Interview: Janaury 8, 2019
This oral history interview was conducted with Nancy Andrews on January 8, 2019 by Joseph O’Connell.
Interview: Janaury 10, 2019
This oral history interview was conducted with Nancy Andrews on January 10, 2019 by Joseph O’Connell.