Dorothy Millicent Horstmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 2, 1911 |
| Died | January 11, 2001 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Francisco, Vanderbilt University Hospital |
| Known for | poliovirus |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | virology, epidemiology |
| Institutions | Yale School of Medicine |
Dorothy Millicent Horstmann (July 2, 1911 – January 11, 2001) was an American epidemiologist, virologist, and pediatrician whose research on the spread of poliovirus in the human bloodstream helped set the stage for the development of the polio vaccine. She was the first woman appointed as a professor at the Yale School of Medicine and she held a joint appointment in the Yale School of Public Health.