Sheila Dorothy King
Sheila Dorothy King | |
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| Born | 1932 (age 92–93) |
| Nationality | Jamaican |
| Other names | Dorothy King, Dorothy King Wynter, Sheila Dorothy King-Wynter |
| Occupation(s) | physician, academic |
| Years active | 1959–2001 |
| Known for | First woman to become a full professor in the Medical Faculty at the University of the West Indies |
Sheila Dorothy King, CD (born 1932) was a Barbadian-born, Jamaican academic and physician. She was the second woman to be appointed as full professor at the University of the West Indies (UWI). She was the first woman appointed as a professor in the Faculty of Medicine in 1983, ten years after she was appointed as head of UWI's Microbiology Department. A specialist in infectious disease and viral epidemiology, she advised numerous national, regional and international departments and governmental agencies on such diseases as dengue, influenza, and typhoid. In 1998, she was honored as a Commander of the Order of Distinction.