{"id":15037,"date":"2022-03-04T12:26:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T17:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=15037"},"modified":"2022-03-04T12:28:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T17:28:56","slug":"pvm-professor-among-six-doctoral-alumnae-selected-as-a-2022-purdue-distinguished-woman-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/pvm-professor-among-six-doctoral-alumnae-selected-as-a-2022-purdue-distinguished-woman-scholar.php","title":{"rendered":"PVM Professor among Six Doctoral Alumnae Selected as a 2022 Purdue Distinguished Woman Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mohammed-sulma_sm-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Sulma Mohammed portrait\" class=\"wp-image-15040\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mohammed-sulma_sm-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mohammed-sulma_sm-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mohammed-sulma_sm-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mohammed-sulma_sm-188x235.jpg 188w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mohammed-sulma_sm.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A faculty member in Purdue Veterinary Medicine\u2019s Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/cpb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comparative Pathobiology<\/a>, is one of six Purdue alumnae from five Purdue colleges selected as 2022 Distinguished Women Scholars for their exceptional leadership and significant contributions to their fields. Dr. Sulma Mohammed, professor of cancer biology, earned her PhD in microbiology from Purdue\u2019s Department of Biological Sciences in 1991. Her areas of interest include breast and cervical cancer biology with a focus in cancer prevention, biomarkers, and global disparities in these diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A committee of three faculty members reviewed and scored the Distinguished Women Scholars nomination packets, and decisions were made based on nominees\u2019 scholarly excellence and accomplishments.&nbsp;\u201cThe Distinguished Women Scholars award is intended to recognize the doctoral alumnae of Purdue who have made significant scholarly contributions,\u201d writes Dr. Mangala Subramaniam, professor of sociology and chair and director of Purdue\u2019s Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence. \u201cIn recognizing these women, an example is made, and a standard set for the aspiring women scholars at Purdue today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office of the Provost and the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence will honor the six alumnae during an award reception March 29 at the Purdue Memorial Union. Awards will be presented by Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Diversity Jay Akridge. The reception is open to all, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_56y28OEfYrjN1dQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">registration<\/a> is required. For a complete list of this year\u2019s Distinguished Women Scholars, click here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/purduetoday\/releases\/2022\/Q1\/six-alumnae-named-as-distinguished-women-scholars.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to see the article published this week in Purdue Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Sulma Mohammed, professor of cancer biology in Purdue Veterinary Medicine\u2019s Department of Comparative Pathobiology, is one of six Purdue alumnae from five Purdue colleges selected as 2022 Distinguished Women Scholars for their exceptional leadership and significant contributions to their fields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,29],"tags":[123,8,26,56,125],"class_list":["post-15037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-our-people","tag-cpb","tag-faculty","tag-featured-story","tag-homepage","tag-sulma-mohammed"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15037"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15078,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15037\/revisions\/15078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}