Dorothy Pamela (DeMontmerency) Warburton (12 January 1936 – 26 April 2016)[2] was a Canadian[3] geneticist whose research focused on fetal chromosomal abnormalities and reasons for miscarriage.
[7] In 1964, Warburton moved to New York City and took a position as a faculty member at Barnard College of Columbia University.
[7] Here, she started training as a human cytogeneticist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
She was frequently met with criticism throughout her career, and was denied faculty appointments and tenure because she was a woman in science.
This condition was known as a neutrophil chemotactic defect, and she and her children often suffered from eczema, asthma, and severe allergies.