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Dr. Willie Lena Austin, Associate Professor in the HUCM Department of Microbiology, passed away on October 14, 2018. She served as a faculty member of the College of Medicine for 37 years before she retired in August 2010. She was a fellow at the National Institutes of Health and was also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Inc. Funeral Services were held in Jacksonville, FL on October 20, 2018.