Rose Frisch
Rose Epstein Frisch | |
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Frisch in the early 1980's | |
| Born | Rose Epstein July 7, 1918 |
| Died | January 30, 2015 (aged 96) Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Education | Smith College, Columbia University, University of Wisconsin |
| Alma mater | Smith College - BA, 1939 |
| Known for | discovery of leptin; work in infertility, specifically her discovery that low body fat was a contributing factor to infertility |
| Spouse | David H. Frisch |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Lee Eastman (brother) Linda McCartney (niece) |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship – 1975–1976 Sigma Xi national lecturer – 1988–1990
Fellow of the Bunting Institute – 1993–1994 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Women's health, women's biology, leptin, obesity, fat, infertility, public health, population health, biology |
| Institutions | Manhattan Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM; Harvard School of Public Health |
| Website | www |
Rose Epstein Frisch (born Rose Epstein; July 7, 1918 – January 30, 2015) was a pioneering American scientist in fertility and human development whose work was instrumental in the discovery of leptin. She researched infertility and discovered that low body fat is a contributing factor to infertility.