Mary Ellen Wohl

[1] She developed a number of techniques to evaluate the function of the lungs in young children and is the author of many research papers in this field.

Wohl served on a number of national and regional committees as well as the board of advisors at Harvard Medical School.

From 1993 to 1996 she was a member of the faculty council overseeing the Promotions and Reappointments Committee addressing issues concerning women in medicine.

Concerned that women today face challenges she never knew of, Wohl stated that she was especially grateful for the opportunities she had early in her career.

Beginning with modest ambitions to work alongside her husband and balance a fulfilling career with raising a family, Wohl eventually became a leader in the field of children's respiratory disease and the use of clinical trials in cystic fibrosis research.

Born during the Great Depression and attending medical school in the 1950s, Wohl believed she "profited so much from not being visible for many years in the career I had chosen...