found: African American National Biography, accessed January 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Epps, Anna Cherrie; medical educator, educational institution official, medical researcher, immunologist; born 08 July 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; BS in Zoology from Howard University (1951); MS in Biological Sciences (1959); PhD from Howard University (1966); US Public Health Service (USPHS) Faculty Research Fellowship in the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; associate professor of medicine at Tulane (1971-1980); associate dean of student services at the Tulane Medical Center (1986); first black woman appointed dean of a US medical school, the Meharry Medical College (1997); honors include, National Medical Association's Scroll of Merit and the Presidential Distinguished Service Award from Meharry Medical College (2002))
