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Ob.gyn. wins MacArthur Foundation award: 'victory for the female circumcision issue'.(Gynecology)
Nobody likes to be interrupted in the middle of a delivery--unless, of course, the interruption is a phone call with the news that you've just been awarded $500,000.
"I delivered the placenta and went to my office to return the call," said Dr. Nawal Nour, an ob.gyn, at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston. On the other end of the line, a spokesman for the Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation told Dr. Nour she was one of 24 newly named MacArthur Fellows. She would be awarded $500,000 to use at her discretion.
"I was absolutely stunned," Dr. Nour said. "I actually had palpitations."
The MacArthur Foundation recognized Dr. Nour for her work with African women who have undergone genital cutting.
"This is a victory for the female circumcision issue," she said.
She will use the grant to work with grassroots African organizations whose goal is the eradication of female circumcision.
Each year, the MacArthur Foundation awards the grants to individuals who demonstrate exceptional creativity and promise. Nominators are appointed each year and serve anonymously. A 12-member selection committee, whose members also serve anonymously, makes final recommendations to the foundation's board of directors.
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