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Jimena Fernández de la Vega
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| Born | 1895  |
| Died | 1984 (aged 88–89) |
Jimena María Francisca Emilia Fernández de la Vega y Lombán ( 1895, Vegadeo - 1984 Santiago de Compostela ) was a Spanish doctor, geneticist, and teacher. On 11 February 2021, she has been named 2021 Scientist of the Year, by the Royal Galician Academy of Sciences.
Life
Her father, Wenceslao Fernández de la Vega Pasarín, was a doctor and was the first director of the Guitiriz spa, in Lugo. She and her sister, Elisa Fernández de la Vega, studied for a university career and a job. They were admitted to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Santiago. They graduated together. Elisa, like her sister Jimena, also obtained the Grand Cross of Alfonso XII, due to her excellent university record. She entered the Extraordinary Prize contest, which was won by Jimena. She studied in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, with professors such as F. Kraus, T. Brugsh, E. Baur, E. Fischer (Berlin), H. Poll (Hamburg), J. Baur (Vienna) and N. Pende (Genoa).
In genetics, she was a student of Nóvoa Santos, Gregorio Marañón and Gustavo Pittaluga. She was a professor in the Chair of General Pathology at the Central University of Madrid.
