Mary Styles Harris

*Mary Styles Harris*' (an haife ta a ranar 26 ga Yuni, 1949) ƙwararriyar masaniyar ilmin halittu ce kuma masaniyar kwayoyin halitta ta Amurka, shugabar Harris & Associates a Atlanta, Georgia, kuma mamallakin BioTechnical Communications, wacce ta shirya shirin talabijin mai suna "To My Sister...A Gift for Life."  

Shirye-shiryen kafofin watsa labarai na Harris sun nuna matsalolin lafiya na 'yan Afirka 'yan Amurka. Waɗannan sun haɗa da yin kamfen don buƙatar gano cutar kansar nono da wuri, kwayoyin halittar cutar sickle-cell anemia da kuma fahimtar matsalolin da suka shafi ciwon suga. Sauran batutuwan da aka bincika sun haɗa da cutar kanjamau, cutar kansar mahaifa, cutar kansar hanji, hauhawar jini da cutar kansar mafitsara .  

Harris ya kasance mai fafutukar cike gibin da ke tsakanin jami'an gwamnati da masana kimiyya wajen bayyana gaskiya a fannin ilimin lafiyar jama'a domin a bai wa jama'a muhimman bayanai kan lafiya. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Harris a Nashville, Tennessee ga George da Margaret Styles, yayin da mahaifinta ke samun digirin likitanci daga Kwalejin Kiwon Lafiya ta Meharry da ke birnin.   Mahaifiyar Harris, Margaret, ta sami digiri a fannin gudanar da harkokin kasuwanci a Jami'ar Jihar Tennessee . 

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haihuwar Harris, iyalin suka ƙaura zuwa garin mahaifinta na Miami, Florida,  inda iyayenta suka gina asibitin mahaifinta.  Duk da haka, mahaifin Harris ya mutu a shekarar 1958 lokacin da Harris ke da shekaru tara.

## Ilimi
Harris ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan Afirka ta farko da suka yi rajista a Makarantar Sakandare ta Miami Jackson, inda ta kammala karatunta na sha biyu a ajinta na 350 a shekarar 1967. 

Ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko da suka yi rajista a Jami'ar Lincoln da ke Pennsylvania, inda ta shafe mafi yawan lokacinta tare da ɗaliban pre-medical. Daga nan ta ƙi karɓar guraben karatu a Makarantar Likitanci ta Jami'ar Miami, don neman aikin bincike.  

Bayan kammala karatunta daga Jami'ar Lincoln a shekarar 1971, Harris ta yi rajista a Jami'ar Cornell inda ta yi karatun kwayoyin halitta, tare da tallafin tallafin karatu na Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship. Harris ta sami digirin digirgir a shekarar 1975 kuma ta kasance mataimakiyar bincike, tana nazarin ilimin ƙwayoyin cuta na ciwace-ciwacen daji, a makarantar likitanci a Jami'ar Rutgers daga 1975 zuwa 1977. 

## Sana'a
Bayan kammala karatunsa a Cornell, Harris ta sami tallafin karatu na gaba da digirin digirgir daga Cibiyar Kula da Cututtukan Daji ta Kasa. Ta je Jami'ar Magunguna da Hakora ta New Jersey inda ta yi bincike kan kwayoyin halittar ƙwayoyin cuta.

A shekarar 1977, Harris ta zama babbar darakta ta Gidauniyar Sickle Cell ta Georgia . A wannan matsayin, ta dauki nauyin tara kudi don binciken cutar sickle cell - wata cuta da ta fi shafar mutanen Afirka - da kuma wayar da kan jama'a game da cutar. Saboda aikinta, ta sami kyautar zama a fannin kimiyya ta Gidauniyar Kimiyya ta Kasa a shekarar 1979. Wannan ya haifar da jerin shirye-shiryen fina-finai kan kimiyya da magani, kuma a shekarar 1980, Harris ta lashe kyautar mata masu aiki ta mujallar *Glamour* a wani bikin bayar da kyaututtuka da Shugaba Carter ya shirya a Fadar White House . 

Daga baya Harris ta zama Daraktan Ayyukan Halitta na Ma'aikatar Ayyukan Dan Adam ta Georgia,  tare da alhakin yin tasiri ga manufofin lafiyar jama'a a jihar da kuma faɗin ƙasar. Ta yi aiki a matsayin darakta na tsawon shekaru uku bayan haka ta yi aiki na tsawon shekaru biyu a matsayin mai kula da ayyukan tantance kwayoyin halitta na jarirai, da kuma mataimakiyar farfesa a Kwalejin Morehouse a 1978 da Kwalejin Atlanta daga 1980 zuwa 1981. 

A shekarar 1987, Harris ya kafa BioTechnical Communications, wanda ke ƙirƙirar kayan ilimi na gani na gani kan batutuwan lafiya.  Harris ya shirya shirye-shiryen talabijin da rediyo, kuma ya ɗauki nauyin shirin rediyo mai suna, *Journey To Wellness: African American Health Radio* kuma ya ƙirƙiri wani shirin gaskiya, *To My Sisters...* *A Gift For Life,* wanda ke mai da hankali kan cutar kansar nono a cikin matan Afirka ta Amurka. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Harris ta auri Sidney Harris, wacce ta kammala karatun digirin digirgir a Morehouse, jim kaɗan bayan ta sami digirin digirgir. Dukansu an shigar da su Jami'ar Cornell kuma aka ƙaura zuwa Ithaca, New York inda aka karɓe shi a shirin injiniyan digiri na biyu kuma ta yi aiki a cibiyar binciken kwayoyin halitta ta jami'ar. Mary da Sidney Harris suna da 'ya mace ɗaya.

## Kyaututtuka

* 1979–80: Majalisar Ba da Shawara ta Gwamna kan Shan Barasa da Shan Miyagun Kwayoyi  
* 1979–80: Dandalin Mata na Georgia 
* 1979–80: Ƙungiyar Ayyukan Halittar Dan Adam ta Georgia 
* 1979–80: Ƙungiyar Kula da Lafiyar Ƙwaƙwalwar Baƙar fata ta Congressional; Hukumar Kula da Regents ta Georgia, Jami'ar Georgia 
* 1979–80: memba na kwamitin gudanarwa, Gidauniyar *CDC* 
* 1979–80: Masanin Kimiyya a Gidan zama na Tashar WGTV 8 
* 1977: Ƙungiyar Lafiyar Jama'a, Ƙungiyar Nazarin Halittar Dan Adam ta Amurka 
* 1971: Ƙungiyar Digiri na Biyu ta Ford Foundation 

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