Abby Lippman

{{short description|Canadian feminist and epidemiologist}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|12|11}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age |2017|12|26|1939|12|11}}

| death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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| nationality = Canadian

| fields = Epidemiology

| workplaces = McGill University

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| education = Cornell University
McGill University

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| thesis_title = Genetic counseling: parents' response to uncertainty

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| thesis_year = 1978

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| known_for = Women's health

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Abby Lippman (December 11, 1939 – December 26, 2017) was a Canadian feminist and epidemiologist who served as a professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at McGill University.{{Cite web |url=http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2018/01/womens-health-advocate-emerita-professor-abby-lippman-1939-2017/ |title=Women's health advocate, Emerita Professor Abby Lippman (1939-2017) |website=McGill Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=2018-06-18}} She was known for her advocacy for human rights and women's health, and for her research applying a feminist perspective to biotechnology and pharmaceutical drugs. Among her most notable works were her critiques of hormone replacement therapy, the pharmaceutical industry, the HPV vaccine, and the "geneticization" of reproductive technologies.{{Cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/abby-lippman-former-mcgill-epidemiologist-dead-at-78 |title=Abby Lippman, former McGill epidemiologist, dead at 78 |date=2017-12-29 |work=Montreal Gazette |access-date=2018-06-18 |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/abby-lippman-78-was-an-epidemiologist-who-always-voiced-her-convictions/article37678942/ |title=Abby Lippman, 78, was an epidemiologist who always voiced her convictions |last=Fitterman |first=Lisa |date=2018-01-21 |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=2018-06-18}} In 2001, Lippmann helped the Center for Genetics and Society (CGS) to continue their efforts to bring social justice on human biotechnology.{{Cite web |title=Remembering Abby Lippman |url=https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical-times/remembering-abby-lippman |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Center for Genetics and Society |language=en}}