Dr Dina Radenkovic is a Serbian-born physician, scientist and biotech entrepreneur - recognised on the Forbes  “30 Under 30” lists in recent years - who is best known as co-founder and CEO of Gameto . Gameto is a biotechnology company developing innovative fertility therapies designed to reduce the physical and hormonal burden of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and improve reproductive care for people undergoing assisted conception. Early Life and Medical Training Dina Radenkovi

Credit: Getty Images Dr. Virginia Apgar (1909–1974) was an American physician whose work transformed neonatal medicine and dramatically improved newborn survival worldwide. Best known as the creator of the Apgar Score, she introduced the first standardised, rapid method for assessing the health of newborn babies immediately after birth — an innovation now used universally in delivery rooms across the globe. Early Life and Education Virginia Apgar was born on June 7, 1909, in

Dr Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831–1895) was an American physician and the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. Through her clinical work and writing, she made enduring contributions to maternal and child health, particularly among formerly enslaved people and impoverished communities in the post-Civil War South. Her career challenged entrenched racial and gender barriers and helped lay early foundations for equitable primary health care. Early Life and

Note: Image of Dr Patricia Shoer Goldman-Rakic has been enhanced using AI technology due to poor historic photograph quality Dr Patricia Shoer Goldman-Rakic (1937–2003) was an American neuroscientist whose research revolutionised understanding of the neural basis of cognition, particularly working memory and executive function. Her work established the prefrontal cortex as a central structure for higher cognitive processes and laid essential foundations for research into sex

Note: Image has been enhanced using AI due to poor historic image quality. Dr Judith Ann Lumley (1941–2011) was an Australian epidemiologist whose work redefined how maternal health, pregnancy outcomes, and perinatal care are studied and improved. Through rigorous population-based research, she brought scientific clarity to the social, medical, and behavioural factors influencing pregnancy, fundamentally shaping modern maternal epidemiology and perinatal outcomes research bot

Dr Mildred Cohn (1913–2009) was an American biochemist whose innovative application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) revolutionised the study of metabolism and human physiology. Her work provided unprecedented insight into how biochemical reactions occur in living systems, profoundly influencing physiology, enzymology, and modern biomedical research. Early Life and Education Mildred Cohn was born on 12 July 1913 in New York City, United States. She showed early aptitude fo

Dr Mary-Claire King (born 27 February 1946) is an American geneticist whose research established the first definitive link between inherited genetic mutations and breast cancer. Her discovery of the chromosomal location of BRCA1 transformed cancer genetics, proving that susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer can be inherited and fundamentally changing risk prediction, screening, and preventive care worldwide. Early Life and Education Mary-Claire King was born in Illinois

Dr Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren (1927–2007) was a British developmental biologist whose research was foundational to modern reproductive biology and instrumental in the scientific advances that made in vitro fertilisation (IVF) possible. Through her pioneering work on mammalian embryo development, implantation, and genetics, McLaren helped establish the biological principles that underpin assisted reproductive technologies used worldwide today. Early Life and Education Anne M

Dr Rosalind Elsie Franklin (1920–1958) was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose research was crucial to elucidating the structure of DNA, one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century. Her work provided essential experimental evidence for the DNA double helix and laid foundations not only for molecular biology but also for reproductive genetics, genomics, and modern medicine. Early Life and Education Rosalind Franklin was born on 25 J

Margaret Higgins Sanger (1879–1966) was an American nurse, activist, and reformer who played a central role in founding the modern birth control movement and establishing what would later become Planned Parenthood. Her work transformed access to contraception, reshaped public health policy, and fundamentally altered women’s ability to control their reproductive lives. Early Life and Influences Margaret Sanger was born on 14 September 1879 in Corning, New York, the sixth of el

Dr Alice Bunker Stockham (1833–1912) was an American physician, author, and social reformer whose work made her an early and influential advocate for reproductive autonomy, sex education, and women’s health. At a time when open discussion of sexuality and reproduction was considered socially taboo, Stockham argued that informed consent, bodily autonomy, and sexual knowledge were essential to women’s physical and moral wellbeing. Her ideas helped shape early discourse on repro

Dr Helen Brooke Taussig (1898–1986) was an American physician whose work founded the field of paediatric cardiology and transformed the outlook for infants born with congenital heart disease. Through her clinical insight and collaboration with surgical innovators, she helped develop the first effective treatment for “blue baby syndrome”, saving thousands of infants who would previously have died in early childhood. Her work reshaped both paediatric medicine and cardiac surger