Hay, Elizabeth D.

Elizabeth D. Hay was named the Louise Foote Pfeiffer Professor of Embryology in 1969, and in 1975 was the first woman to be made full professor in a Harvard Medical School preclinical department. She was the chair of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology from 1975-1993. Dr. Hay's greatest scientific achievement was her breakthrough understanding of the extracellular matrix. Once thought to be an inert support structure, Dr. Hay found that it was in fact a a complex structure that has a large role in determining cell properties. Dr. Hay's research formed the foundation of an entire field in cellular biology.

From the description of Papers, 1970-2005. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 231055173

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