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Introduction and Family
Gertrude Maengwyn-Davies, born in 1910, was an Austrian-American scientist who contributed to many fields, including pharmacology [|pharmacology], physiology [|physiology], and chemistry [|chemistry]. Maengwyn-Davies was born in Paris, France, and died in Maryland, United States. She is the daughter of Irene Porges and Chemistry Professor [|Ernst Zerner]. Her father began at the University of Vienna, but was dismissed in 1938 for being Jewish, and is actually a Holocaust survivor. Despite coming from marginalized family backgrounds, Gertrude Maengwyn-Davies successfully completed medical school in the United States in 1945, an impressive and rare feat for females at that time.

Published Works
She published work concerning Experimental Biology and Medicine in Sage Journal with research at Georgetown University in 1962. She also published work in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism with research on 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids during the menstrual cycle. More of her work includes the Adrenal Cortex and B-vitamins as they relate to diabetes, published from the University of North Carolina in 1954, as well as research on desoxyisoprenaline published in 1972, and more.

Legacy
Gertrude Maengwyn-Davies has left a legacy in medical schools around the United States with scholarships and awards named in her honor, including the Gertrude Maengwyn-Davies Award for Most Outstanding PhD at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the Gertrude Maengwyn-Davies Loan Fund at Johns Hopkins University given to deserving graduate students.