Dr. Joseph and Dorothy Beard seated at micrscope, examining slides. Joseph W. Beard was professor of surgery from 1937 to 1973. In 1946 Beard became the James B. Duke professor of surgery and was appointed professor of virology in 1965. Dorothy...
Dr. Joseph Beard and Dorothy Beard worked together to isolate and identify cancer viruses that cause leukemia in chickens. Joseph W. Beard was professor of surgery from 1937 to 1973.
Wilburt Cornell Davison, Joseph Beard, and Dorothy Beard standing together. Dr. Davison was the first dean of the School of Medicine at Duke University. Joseph and Dorothy Beard were researchers in the fields of virology and immunology.
Dorothy Beard in a laboratory. A research associate in the Department of Surgery, she worked alongside her husband, Joseph Beard, as part of the internationally prominent Beard cancer research team to help develop the first usable vaccine for...