Helen W. Deane | |
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 Deane at Harvard Medical School | |
| Born | Helen Wendler Deane 1917 |
| Died | July 20, 1966 (aged 49) Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Other names | Helen Wendler Deane Markham |
| Alma mater | Brown University Wellesley College |
| Spouse | George F. Markham (m. 1947) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Histochemistry, histophysiology |
| Institutions | Albert Einstein College of Medicine Harvard Medical School McGill University |
| Thesis | A Cytological Study of the Diurnal Cycle of the Liver of the Mouse in Relation to Storage and Secretion (1943) |
| Doctoral advisor | J. Walter Wilson |
Helen Wendler Markham (née Deane; 1917 – 1966) was an American histochemist and histophysiologist. She researched the cytology and histology of the liver, ovaries, and adrenal glands. She was a professor at Harvard Medical School, where she was the first woman professor in the department of anatomy. She later taught at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
During her career, she published 147 journal articles and co-founded The Histochemical Society. She earned her PhD from Brown University and a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College. During McCarthyism, Deane was accused of being a Communist and was subpoenaed twice to appear before a Senate Committee chaired by William E. Jenner. Following the hearings, Harvard denied her tenure and terminated her position.