Jane Anne Russell

Career Following her Ph.D., she continued at the University of California, Berkeley doing post-doctoral research on a Porter fellowship from the American Physiological Society. She taught biochemistry at Emory University from 1950 to 1967. During 1954–57 Russell worked on the committee of the United States National Research Council, then during 1958–64 at the National Science Foundation. She became a full professor at Emory University in 1965.

Research In 1936, Russell spent time working with the Nobel-prize winning couple Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Cori

Pituitary gland research Russell's major research indicated that fasting rats lose muscle glycogen following pituitary removal and injections of pituitary extract can prevent weight loss. She determined the relationship between the anterior pituitary and carbohydrates. Her work allowed the further isolation and identification of growth hormones.

Recognition Russell was awarded the Kraft Prize, Phi Beta Kappa Key, Steward Scholarship, and University Gold Medal. In 1945 she received the CIBA award of the Endocrine Society. She worked on the National Institutes of Health peer review committee, and was Vice President of the Endocrine Society. Russell was awarded the Upjohn Award of the Endocrine Society in 1961 Russell developed breast cancer in 1962, but worked to the end of her life.