Simone Badal-McCreath
Born
Simone Anna Marie Badal
NationalityJamaican
Alma materUniversity of the West Indies
Scientific career
FieldsCancer research

Simone Anne Marie Badal-McCreath is a Jamaican chemist and cancer researcher.[1] In 2014 she was one of five women awarded the Elsevier Foundation Award for Early Career Scientists in the Developing World for her creation of a lab at the Natural Products Institute to research the anti-cancer properties of natural Jamaican products.[2][3][4][5][6] She currently lectures in Basic Medical Sciences ) in Mona, Jamaica.[7][1]

Early life

Growing up the daughter of a shop keeper in a family where no one had attended college, she intended to study medicine. Her science education was held back by a lack of teachers in her local school and it was once she reached university that she decided to be a researcher.[8]

Authorship

Along with Rupika Delgoda, she is the co-author of the textbook Pharmacognosy: Fundamentals, Application and Strategy.[9] She is currently writing her first book, A Woman's Journey to Success.[1]

Career

Badal-McCreath's work is currently focused on investigating isolates of Jamaican plants which may contain anti-cancer properties, and isolating a unique Jamaican cell line, to counteract the dominance of Caucasian cell dominance in research.[1] More specifically, Badal-McCreath and her colleagues isolated the compounds in a common seaweed called Cympolia barbata and tested them in human cells.[10]

She aims to market her products eventually, leading her to pursue a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Wales, Cardiff. She believes that the ultimate goal of scientific research is for it to be able to make money and contribute to society.[1]

"Knowledge is power.... accumulating as much data as you can and publishing these in peer reviewed journals contributes significantly to future research." - Simone Badal-McCreath, 2014.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Wilson, Nadine (2 March 2014). "Dr Simone Badal-McCreath is focused on becoming a pioneer in cancer treatment". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  2. ↑ "UWI Mona's Simone Badal McCreath receives prestigious Award for cancer research". www.mona.uwi.edu. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Chemists receive prize for women in science". TWAS. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  4. ↑ Elsevier. "Women chemists from developing countries honored for research of natural medicinal compounds". Elsevier Connect. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  5. ↑ el-Kurebe, Abdallah (2014-02-13). "Nigerian woman for the Elsevier Foundation Awards". Newsdiaryonline (Lagos). Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  6. ↑ "Five Female Chemists Win TWAS Awards". Asian Scientist Magazine. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  7. ↑ "Mrs. Simone Ann Marie Badal". University of the West Indies. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  8. ↑ Brink, Susan (2014-08-05). "Against All Odds: Women in Developing Countries Succeed in STEM Fields". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  9. ↑ Mcintosh, Douglas (2017-11-01). "Jamaican Scientists Excel". Jamaica Information Service. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  10. 1 2 "College of Natural Sciences | University of Puerto Rico| Rio Piedras Campus - News". natsci.uprrp.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
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