Janet W. Hartley | |
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Alma mater | University of Maryland, College Park George Washington University |
Years active | 1953-2009 |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Virology, oncology |
Institutions | National Institutes of Health |
Janet W. Hartley (born March 25, 1928) is an American virologist who worked at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). A Washingtonian, she received degrees in bacteriology and virology research before graduating with a Ph.D. and joining the National Institutes of Health lab of Bob Huebner. Later becoming section head for the virology department, she would spend the next four decades researching a variety of viruses, discovering numerous species, and identifying new methods for quantifying viruses and the involvement of viral infection in cancer development.