MS171: Interview with Diana Chow

Authors

Diana Shu-Lian Chow Ph.D.
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Author Biographical Info

The origins of the library date back to 1915, when the Houston Academy of Medicine (HAM) established a small library in downtown Houston to serve the Harris County Medical Society. This Library was combined with the Baylor College of Medicine’s (BCM’s) small library in 1949 to form a centralized collection. As more institutions joined the Texas Medical Center, they also shared the resources of the TMC Library, thereby creating a unique point of collaboration among the institutions of the TMC. A permanent home for this new library was built in the early 1950’s, through the efforts of HAM and BCM. Jesse H. Jones contributed funding for the construction, and in 1954, the approximately 27,000 square foot, three-story “Jesse H. Jones Library Building” was dedicated. By 1975, a new addition to the building had added another 76,000 square feet for the Library’s growing collection. At this time, the Library officially became known as the Houston Academy of Medicine – Texas Medical Center Library. Today the library uses the shorter operating name of The TMC Library. Find out more at History of the Library from the library website.

Publication Date(s)

April 1, 2017

Language

English

Keywords

University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics, Institute for Drug Education and Research, Professor

Abstract

Diana Shu-Lian Chow, Ph.D., is an outstanding researcher at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, where she began her career in 1981. She has authored or co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, three book chapters and more than 200 abstracts presented at national and international scientific conference or meetings. She is the editor of the British Journal of Pharmacology, editorial board member for the Journal of Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy and a reviewer for more than a dozen journals.

She holds more than 10 U.S. and international patents, and in 2009, the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association bestowed its “Inventor of the Year” Award to Dr. Chow. She has worked with collaborators across the Texas Medical Center and the world on drugs that fight cancer and strive to help those with spinal cord injuries.

She has received the Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award from the National Taiwan University School of Pharmacy in Taipei, Taiwan, awards as a Faculty Scholar-Minority Serving Institution Awards from the American Association for Cancer Research, and the UHCOP Faculty Service Excellence Award. In 2016, she was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office headquarters in Washington, D.C.

She is a demure woman who is hesitant to boast of her awards, but pursuing research that has an impact on patients’ lives has been her professional passion. See more at Texas Medical Center-Women's History Project and its finding aid.

Copyright

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Comments

Interview by: Ruth SoRelle
Transcription: Ruth SoRelle
Date of Interview: November 22, 2016

Recommended Citation

Chow, Diana Shu-Lian Ph.D. and Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, "MS171: Interview with Diana Chow" (2017). Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project. 19.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/tmc-whp/19