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Eloise Cram, Ph.D. next to an engraved microscope
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Eloise Cram, Ph.D., an international authority on worm parasite diseases, spent over 30 years in the Federal government. Dr. Cram became Head Scientist for parasite investigations in poultry and game birds with the USDA's Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI). Leaving USDA to join the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Cram pioneered research into schistosomiasis, an infection caused by parasitic worms. Towards the end of her career, Dr. Cram was the first woman president of the American Society of Parasitologists.
Learn more about her and her important work in the Eloise B. Cram Papers.
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