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Marilyn Hughes Gaston

CTL-E-6743 · Person · physician · 1939–present

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Marilyn Hughes Gaston (born 1939) is a pediatrician whose 1986 landmark study proved that daily penicillin prevented deadly pneumococcal infections in children with sickle cell disease — the evidence behind nationwide newborn screening and prophylaxis programs. She became the first African American woman to direct a bureau of the US Public Health Service, heading the Bureau of Primary Health Care at HRSA. She later co-founded the Gaston & Porter Health Improvement Center in Washington, DC.

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Merged 2026-11-02 from the staged health pioneers packet (website/.build-work/scratch-v114/health/) under the GOV-006 founder gate opened 2026-11-02; the staged record is carried verbatim — no claim upgraded in transit (GOV-004). · Roles as staged: Physician — pediatrician and public health official (HRSA) · Photo slot: HELD — No file on Wikimedia Commons under her name (searched 2026-11-02, including 'Gaston sickle').

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