title: Leaning in to the power of the possible: the crucial role of women scientists on preventing Haemophilus influenzae type b disease.
abstract: Beginning in an era when female scientists were a lonely minority, women have made major contributions to our understanding of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) as a pathogen, its treatment and its prevention. The individual scientific and public health contributions, and their collective impact, are reviewed in the context of the development and successful implementation of highly efficacious Hib vaccines that are now being deployed to nearly every country worldwide for the prevention of life-threatening pediatric Hib disease.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; and †Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Katherine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Porter W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000266:history* / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines / Q000266:history*; D019741:Haemophilus influenzae type b; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D014930:Women / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines