Harriet Louise Hardy (September 23, 1906 - October 13, 1993) was an American pioneer in occupational medicine and the first woman professor at Harvard Medical School.

[1][2] Hardy completed her residency at Philadelphia General Hospital—one of the few hospitals to accept women students at the time.

After five years at Northfield Academy, she began working in a field that would become a significant area of study for her throughout her career.

Her studies on beryllium began in 1945 when she started working for the Massachusetts Division of Occupational Medicine.

The disease presents itself with coughing, weight loss, shortness of breath, and scarring of the lungs.