Dr. Maxine, Gossell-Williams
Dr. Gossell-Williams
AN HONOURS graduate of the University of the West Indies, Dr. Maxine Gossell-Williams, completed her secondary education at Alpha Academy. She completed her first degree in 1990 at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in chemistry and biochemistry and a master of philosophy degree in pharmacology in 1994.
For her doctorate, Gossell-Williams looked at choline, a type B vitamin important for proper liver and memory function. Today, she continues to specialise in the field of ethno-pharmacology.
She grew up in Bull Bay, St. Andrew, the eldest of four children. Her father was a salesman for Dairy Farmers and her mother, a housewife.
ACADEMIC
Gossell-Williams has always shone academically. She started her education at St. Benedict's School and continued at Alpha before heading to UWI.
Dr Gossell-Williams presently lectures at the department of basic medical sciences in the pharmacology section on the Mona campus, and conducts research specifically looking at medicinal benefits from plants.
In addition, she is researching pumpkin seed oil and its treatment of diseases concerning prostate enlargement. For this research, she copped the Scientific Research Council's Young Scientist of the Year Award for 2003. She has five peer reviewed papers to her credit, two of which were published in the West Indian Medical Journal and three in Phytotherapy Research.
INTERESTS
Outside of that, like many women, Gossell-Williams said she loves to shop and travel. There is, however one little thing that she is unable to work into her busy schedule.
"I'm missing the gym and want to go back so bad but I don't have time."
