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Shyamala Gopalan
Shyamala Gopalan
Born	December 7, 1938; Chennai, India
Died	February 11, 2009 (aged 70); Oakland, California, U.S.
Other names	Shyamala Gopalan Harris
Education	Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi (BSc); University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD);
Spouse	Donald J. Harris (m. 1963; div. 1971)
Children	Kamala; Maya;
Parent(s)	P. V. Gopalan (father); Rajam Gopalan (mother)
	Scientific career
Institutions	Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;
Thesis	The isolation and purification of a trypsin inhibitor from whole wheat flour (1964)
Doctoral advisor	Richard L. Lyman

Shyamala Gopalan (December 7, 1938 – February 11, 2009)^[1] was an India-born Tamil American civil rights activist and cancer researcher. She is the mother of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. Gopalan conducted research in the Cancer Research Lab in UC Berkeley's Department of Zoology. Her research led to advancements in the knowledge of breast cancer hormones. Her work changed the progress on the research of the hormone-responsiveness of breast tissue.

She married Jamaican economics professor Donald J. Harris in 1963. They had two children named Kamala and Maya. Gopalan and Harris later divorced in 1971.

Gopalan died from colon cancer in 2009. She was 70 years old.^[2]

References

↑ Dev, B. C. A. (2009-06-21). "In Memoriam: Dr. Shyamala G. Harris". Breast Cancer Action. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
↑ X; X (2019-10-25). "The progressive Indian grandfather who inspired Kamala Harris". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-07-24.

[1] Dev, B. C. A. (2009-06-21). "In Memoriam: Dr. Shyamala G. Harris". Breast Cancer Action. Retrieved 2024-07-24.

[2] X; X (2019-10-25). "The progressive Indian grandfather who inspired Kamala Harris". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-07-24.

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