Virginia M. Miller | |
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Alma mater | University of Missouri Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Mayo Clinic |
Thesis | Cord-hypothalamic temperature regulation in the marmot (1976) |
Virginia M. Miller is an American comparative physiologist who is a professor emerita and former Director of the Women's Health Research Center at the Mayo Clinic. Her research considered how sex hormones such as estrogen impact cardiovascular health.
Miller earned her bachelor's degree in education at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.[1] She earned a Master of Business Administration at the University of Minnesota.[1][2] She moved to the University of Missouri for graduate studies, where she specialized in physiology.[1]
Miller dedicated her career to better understanding women's health.[3] Miller studied sex hormones and their role in cardiovascular health. She served as Principal Investigator of the Mayo Clinic Building Interdisciplinary Careers in Women’s Health scholar's program.[4]