# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jane-stafford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:07:55.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jane-stafford"
name: "Jane Stafford"
slug: "jane-stafford"
description: "Jane Stafford (1899–1991) was an American medical writer and chemist. She wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column called \"Your Health - Here's How\" and worked for Science Service. She wrote about cancer, polio, heart disease, influenza, sexually transmitted disease, and vitamins. She was assistant director of the NIH Office of Information. Stafford co-founded the National Association of Science Writers and served as president of the Women's National Press Club."
tagline: "American medical writer and chemist (1899-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jane_Stafford_(1899-1991)_-_12484394433.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1899"
deathDate: "1991"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.19
  momentum:             2.363636363636364
  historical:           7.002448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جاين ستافورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جین استافورد (شیمی‌دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Stafford"
    title: "Jane Stafford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Stafford"
    title: "Jane Stafford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Stafford"
    title: "Jane Stafford"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "جین استافورد (شیمی‌دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump