Helen Chambers CBE was a British pathologist and cancer expert whose findings on radium were essential in the fight against cervical cancer.
11 Facts About Helen Chambers
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Helen Chambers's father was a member of the Indian Civil Service before returning the family back to Britain.
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Helen Chambers entered the London School of Medicine for Women in 1898 to train as a doctor.
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Helen Chambers continued her studies at London University, graduating Bachelor of Medicine with first-class honors and the gold medal for medicine in 1903.
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Helen Chambers earned her Bachelor of Surgery in 1904, and in the same year joined the Royal Free Hospital as a pathologist, taking charge of the department at the age of only 24.
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Helen Chambers lectured over pathology at the University of London.
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Helen Chambers received a scholarship in cancer research becoming a part-time researcher at the Cancer Research Laboratories at the Middlesex Hospital, where she worked with physics and radium expert, Sidney Russ.
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From 1911 to 1913, Russ and Helen Chambers studied the biological effects of radium.
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Helen Chambers researched immunology and radiobiology of tumours in the early 1920s but she recognised the potential of radium for treating cancer.
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Helen Chambers never married, dedicating her entire life to science and research.
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Helen Chambers lived in Watford, and on 21 July 1935, died of breast cancer.