Biography:Zola Cooper

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Short description: American medical researcher
Zola Cooper
A middle-aged white woman with short curly hair, smiling
Born
Zola Katharine Cooper

September 10, 1904
Richview, Illinois
DiedOctober 23, 1954
St. Louis, Missouri
OccupationDermatologist, medical school professor
Years active1930s-1950s

Zola Katharine Cooper (September 10, 1904 – October 23, 1954) was an American dermatologist, cancer researcher, and medical school professor, based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Early life

Zola Cooper was born in Richview, Illinois, the daughter of William P. Cooper Jr.[1] and Rose Elliott.[2] She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) in 1925, and continued at the same school for her master's degree in 1926, and her Ph.D. in 1929.[3]


Career

Cooper was a dermatologist,[4] cancer researcher and pathologist at the Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital.[5][6] She studied the structural changes of skin exposed to radiation,[7] and the effect of hormones on hair growth and distribution.[8] In 1940, she joined the faculty at her alma mater's School of Medicine to teach pathology courses. From 1947 to 1949, while her mother was living in Oklahoma City,[2] she was an assistant professor of histology at the University of Oklahoma's medical school.[9] In 1949 she was made an assistant professor of pathology at WashU.[3][10] She also spoke to community groups about cancer and other topics.[11][12][13]

Her research was published in Archives of Dermatology,[14] The American Journal of Anatomy,[15] The American Journal of Cancer,[16] Journal of the National Cancer Institute,[17] Cancer Research,[18] and Experimental Biology and Medicine.[19] She contributed a chapter on skin for the textbook Cowdry's Problems of Ageing (1952).[20]

Personal life and legacy

Cooper died suddenly from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1954, aged 50 years, at her home in St. Louis.[10][21] The annual Zola Cooper Seminar is named in her memory,[22][23] and promotes learning in clinical dermatology and dermatopathology.[24][25]

References

  1. ↑ "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1970". https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Rose Elliott". St. Louis Post-Dispatch: pp. 26. 1948-05-04. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74305933/rose-elliott/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Biographies - Zola K. Cooper". http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/mowihsp/bios/cooper.htm. 
  4. ↑ Palmer, Alice E. (December 1978). "Women Dermatologists on the North American Continent: An Overview" (in en). International Journal of Dermatology 17 (10): 808–822. doi:10.1111/j.1365-4362.1978.tb05985.x. ISSN 0011-9059. PMID 365802. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1365-4362.1978.tb05985.x. 
  5. ↑ "Urges Public Education of Cancer Treatment". St. Louis Globe-Democrat: pp. 11. 1944-04-06. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74306194/urges-public-education-of-cancer/. 
  6. ↑ "Barnard to Study Skin Cancer". St. Louis Globe-Democrat: pp. 4. 1940-01-23. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74307148/barnard-to-study-skin-cancer/. 
  7. ↑ "Rhythm in Division of Skin Cells Found by Barnard Hospital Research". The St. Louis Star and Times: pp. 6. 1940-01-23. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74306353/rhythm-in-division-of-skin-cells-found/. 
  8. ↑ Fishbein, Morris (July 8, 1930). "Daily Health Service". Jefferson City Post Tribune: p. 4. https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-08-1930-2342410/. 
  9. ↑ "Cancer Research Grants". The McIntosh County Democrat: pp. 12. 1948-06-24. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74307478/cancer-research-grants/. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lane, Clinton W. (1955-05-01). "ZOLA K. COOPER, Ph.D. 1904-1954" (in en). Archives of Dermatology 71 (5): 634. doi:10.1001/archderm.1955.01540290074017. ISSN 0003-987X. http://archderm.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/archderm.1955.01540290074017. 
  11. ↑ "Cancer an Old Disease; Dr. Zola Cooper Traces it back to 1500 B.C.". The Kansas City Times: pp. 8. 1944-04-20. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74301113/cancer-an-old-disease-dr-zola-cooper/. 
  12. ↑ "Women's Clubs". St. Louis Post-Dispatch: pp. 52. 1939-01-22. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74305692/womens-clubs/. 
  13. ↑ "Club Calendar for the Week". St. Louis Post-Dispatch: pp. 56. 1940-03-10. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74305809/club-calendar-for-the-week/. 
  14. ↑ Cooper, Zola K. (1932-03-01). "LX.—The Effect of Thallium Acetate on Thyroidectomized Albino Rats" (in en). Archives of Dermatology 25 (3): 522. doi:10.1001/archderm.1932.01450020538010. ISSN 0003-987X. http://archderm.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/archderm.1932.01450020538010. 
  15. ↑ Cooper, Zola K. (1930). "A histological study of the integument of the armadillo, tatusia novemcincta" (in en). American Journal of Anatomy 45 (1): 1–37. doi:10.1002/aja.1000450102. ISSN 1553-0795. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aja.1000450102. 
  16. ↑ Seelig, M. G.; Cooper, Zola K. (May 1933). "A Review of the Recent Literature of Tar Cancer (1927-1931 Inclusive)". The American Journal of Cancer 17: 589–. https://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/amjcancer/17/3/589.full.pdf. 
  17. ↑ Cooper, Zola K.; Reller, Helen C. (February 1942). "Mitotic Frequency in Methylcholanthrene Epidermal Carcinogenesis in Mice". Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2: 335–343. https://books.google.com/books?id=3C0CWDuXgnkC&q=Zola+K.+Cooper&pg=PA335. 
  18. ↑ Cooper, Zola K.; Firminger, Harlan I.; Reller, Helen C. (October 1944). "Transplantable Methylcholanthrene Skin Carcinomas of Mice". Cancer Research 4: 617–621. https://archive.org/details/sim_cancer-research_1944-10_4_10/page/616/mode/2up?q=Zola+K.+Cooper. 
  19. ↑ Cooper, Zola K.; Schiff, Alice (1938-11-01). "Mitotic Rhythm in Human Epidermis" (in en). Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 39 (2): 323–324. doi:10.3181/00379727-39-10190P. ISSN 0037-9727. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3181/00379727-39-10190P. 
  20. ↑ Cowdry, Edmund Vincent (1952) (in en). Cowdry's Problems of Ageing: Biological and Medical Aspects. Williams & Wilkins. https://books.google.com/books?id=eRBrAAAAMAAJ&q=Zola+K.+Cooper. 
  21. ↑ "Funeral Service Tomorrow for Dr. Zola K. Cooper". St. Louis Post-Dispatch: pp. 10. 1954-10-25. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74301242/funeral-service-tomorrow-for-dr-zola/. 
  22. ↑ "Historical Background" (in en-US). https://zolacooper.org/historical-background. 
  23. ↑ Farber, George A. (December 1974). "Zola Cooper Memorial Clinicopathological Seminar in Dermatology" (in en). Journal of Cutaneous Pathology 1 (6): 291–293. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0560.1974.tb00640.x. ISSN 0303-6987. PMID 4620277. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1600-0560.1974.tb00640.x. 
  24. ↑ "AFIP Staff in the News". AFIP Letter 158: 8. February 2000. https://books.google.com/books?id=YyGhZt0DqcsC&q=Zola+K.+Cooper&pg=PA8. 
  25. ↑ Marks, Etan; Persad, Leah; Cockerell, Clay (2019-01-09). "Review of Instructive Cases from the Zola Cooper and Lee T. Nesbitt Seminar". SKIN the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine 3 (1). doi:10.25251/skin.3.1.4. ISSN 2574-1624. 



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