Sarah Gilbert, a 59-year-old professor and co-developer of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, is one of six women in the Covid-19 fight who have new Barbies modeled after them.
British coronavirus vaccine developer Sarah Gilbert has many science accolades to her credit but now shares an honor with Beyoncé, Marilyn Monroe andGilbert, a 59-year-old professor at Oxford University and co-developer of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, is one of six women in the Covid-19 fight who have new Barbies modeled after them.Toy maker Mattel Inc is recognizing them with a line of Barbie"role model" dolls.
Gilbert's Barbie shares her long auburn hair and oversized black glasses, and she wears a sensible navy blue pantsuit and white blouse. Vaccinologist Sarah Gilbert with her own Barbie doll at the History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, UK."It's a very strange concept having a Barbie doll created in my likeness," Gilbert said in an interview for Mattel.Among the honorees are emergency room nurse Amy O'Sullivan who treated the first Covid-19 patient at the Wycoff Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, and Audrey Cruz, frontline doctor in Las Vegas who fought discrimination, according to Mattel.
Lastly a doll honors Kirby White, an Australian doctor who pioneered a surgical gown that can be washed and reused by frontline workers during the pandemic. Gilbert chose nonprofit organization WISE , dedicated to inspiring girls to consider a career in STEM, to receive a financial donation from the toy maker.
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