Smith College, Columbia University, University of Wisconsin
Alma mater
Smith College - BA, 1939
Known for
discovery of leptin; work in infertility, specifically her discovery that low body fat was a contributing factor to infertility
Spouse
David H. Frisch[3]
Children
2[4]
Relatives
Lee Eastman (brother) Linda McCartney (niece)
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship – 1975–1976[1]
Sigma Xi national lecturer – 1988–1990[2]
Fellow of the Bunting Institute – 1993–1994[2]
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[2]
Rally Day Medal for Medical Research and Reproductive Health (awarded by Smith College)[2]
Professor Emeritus Award of Merit, Harvard School of Public Health[2]
Scientific career
Fields
Women's health, women's biology, leptin, obesity, fat, infertility, public health, population health, biology
Institutions
Manhattan Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Los Alamos, NM; Harvard School of Public Health
Rose Epstein Frisch (born Rose Epstein; July 7, 1918 – January 30, 2015) was a pioneering American scientist in fertility and human development whose work was instrumental in the discovery of leptin.[5][6][7] She researched infertility and discovered that low body fat is a contributing factor to infertility.[8]
^"1975 Fellows". Guggenheim Foundation. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015.
^ abcde"Rose E. Frisch". Harvard University. 2015.
^Weisskopf, Victor; Low, Francis; Osborne, Louis (July 1992). "Obituary: David H. Frisch". Physics Today. 45 (7): 80–81. Bibcode:1992PhT....45g..80W. doi:10.1063/1.2809748.
^"C.V. — Henry Jonathan Frisch" (PDF). University of Chicago. January 22, 2017.
^Female Fertility and the Body Fat Connection, book for the non-scientist describing her detective work leading to the discovery of leptin
^"In memoriam: Rose Epstein Frisch, expert in women's fertility". Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. February 13, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
^Weinstock, Maia. "Gone in 2015: Commemorating 10 Outstanding Women in Science". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
^Belluck, Pam (February 11, 2015). "Rose E. Frisch, Scientist Who Linked Body Fat to Fertility, Dies at 96". New York Times.
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rate in MLB history among managers, behind only Paul Richards and Frankie Frisch, and ahead of Earl Weaver, Bobby Cox, and Ron Gardenhire, managers who were...
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