Audrey S. Penn

Audrey S. Penn
Born	1934 New York City
Alma mater	Swarthmore College Columbia University
Known for	Deputy Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH) President, American Neurological Association (1994) First African-American woman to serve as (acting) director of an NIH institute
Scientific career
Fields	Neurology
Institutions	Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center University of Pennsylvania Columbia University National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH)

Audrey Shields Penn (born in 1934) is an American neurologist and emeritus professor. Her major area of research was in the biochemistry of muscle weakness in myasthenia gravis. Penn was elected President of the American Neurological Association in 1994. She was deputy director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and is the first African-American woman to serve as an (acting) director of an Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).