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Rebecca Jackson, MD
A medical researcher, medical practitioner and professor of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism
(1955 – )
A medical researcher, medical practitioner and professor of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism.
Jackson’s research is concentrated in the area of women’s health (particularly osteoporosis). She also researches the opioid crisis in Ohio.
She had a spinal cord injury in the late 1970s and has used a wheelchair since then.
In 1998, she was elected to Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame and in 2017 she was named Best doctor in America.
Alma mater: Ohio State University College of Medicine