Susan C. Scrimshaw

Susan C. Scrimshaw
Born1945 (age 7980)
Alma materBarnard College
Columbia University
Known forResearch on cultural factors affecting public health
AwardsMargaret Mead Award (1985)
Scientific career
FieldsMedical anthropology
InstitutionsColumbia University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Illinois Chicago
Simmons University
The Sage Colleges
Academic advisorsMargaret Mead

Susan Crosby Scrimshaw is an American scholar of medical anthropology and university administrator. She served as president of Simmons University, The Sage Colleges, and dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois Chicago.