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Jerri Barden Perkins was heading to the peak of a powdery slope in Sun Valley, Idaho, when her ski instructor suggested they spread out from the group. As they stepped into the gondola, the women pointed their elbows away from their sides to create personal space.<\/p>\n

\"Jerri
Jerri Perkins, MD, graduated from Mary Washington in 1961, studied at the National Institutes of Health, and recommended the first FDA therapy related to AIDS. With a background in infectious disease, she believes that social distancing – and patience – are our best weapons in the fight against COVID-19. Photo courtesy of Jerri Perkins.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was the first of March, and coronavirus was beginning to creep through the United States. By the time Perkins, an infectious disease expert who graduated from Mary Washington in 1961, returned to her Hilton Head home in South Carolina, she was concerned. She sat down in her office overlooking peaceful Calibogue Sound to pen a letter to the editor<\/a> of her local newspaper.<\/p>\n

Like her ski instructor, Perkins believed social distancing was the way to slow the virus\u2019s spread. But rather than scooching away from gondola-riders, Perkins was asking a town to close a bridge that provides access to an island.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t respect people or borders; it\u2019s going to do its own thing,\u201d she said of COVID-19. \u201cIf we want to survive, we have to pause and distance ourselves until we get more data and knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perkins, who trained with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and recommended the first FDA therapy related to AIDS, built a career in the type of medical fact-finding being used to fight COVID-19. By the time she arrived at Mary Washington in the late 1950s, she was headed for the front lines in medicine, but her path would veer off course. Thanks to a liberal arts education, and professors who pushed her, she was ready to handle the twists and turns.<\/p>\n

Growing up poor in Richmond, Virginia, Perkins knew she would go to college; her mother insisted. A high school job on a maternity ward ruled by male doctors gave her a drive to do better for women, and she set her sights on medical school.<\/p>\n

She earned a $100 scholarship \u2013 \u201chuge at the time\u201d \u2013 from Mary Washington and filled in the gaps with government loans and part-time jobs, at the post office, in retail and with the Virginia Department of Health. She majored in chemistry, but professors encouraged her to study opera and art, and she swam, danced and golfed, gaining, she said, \u201cthe background I needed to have a very good life.\u201d<\/p>\n

And something else \u2013 admission to the Medical College of Virginia, where she felt better prepared than most of her classmates. Through a rotation in obstetrics, she realized her dream of delivering babies, but Perkins found the work too physical for her 100-pound frame.<\/p>\n

A fellowship to study at NIH, with mostly men from Ivy League schools, would help her discover two things: a microorganism that causes rheumatoid-like arthritis in mice and a new way to make a difference in medicine \u2013 research.<\/p>\n

She was working as an FDA medical officer in the \u201980s, when a drug with potential made its way to her desk. She endorsed it for approval, spawning the first FDA-recommended therapy related to a deadly \u2013 and spreading \u2013 disease known as AIDS.<\/p>\n

\u201cAIDS changed the world and how we look at life,\u201d said Perkins, who helped create medical regulations leading to the manufacture of safer condoms and gloves. \u201cCOVID-19 will certainly change our lives, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jerri <\/a>
Jerri Ann Barden Perkins is shown here as a first-year Mary Washington student in the 1958 Battlefield yearbook. She received a scholarship to attend Mary Washington and went on to train at the National Institutes of Health and become an infectious disease expert. Photo courtesy of Simpson Library Photo Archives. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Perkins, <\/a>
Perkins, shown here as a college junior in the 1960 Battlefield yearbook, said the liberal arts education she received at Mary Washington gave her the well-rounded background she needed to build a dynamic life and career. Photo courtesy of Simpson Library Photo Archives. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

And what a life Perkins has had. She published and presented her work across the globe, meeting Pope Francis and the King of Sweden, before building Perkins & Perkins with late husband Cal to help companies get their products to market.<\/p>\n

In a loft water-view office, with glimpses of herons and egrets, she still does medical consulting from home. It\u2019s where she penned that letter to the editor in March and where she\u2019s planned with UMW Advancement\u2019s Jan Clarke to establish and fund five scholarships, much like the one that launched her own college career.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s really a pioneer,\u201d Clarke said of Perkins. \u201cShe feels like she\u2019s part of the students\u2019 lives and that she\u2019s helped make their Mary Washington experiences possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, in a world caught in the grips of COVID-19, Perkins has a message for those students, and for everyone else. Be patient, she said. A treatment will come. In the meantime, her best piece of advice?<\/p>\n

\u201cListen to Dr. Fauci, the scientist,\u201d she said. \u201cOur economy will come back; that\u2019s not a worry. We need to get this deadly virus under control.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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