P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Pulodova, Mahkam

Tajik obstetrician-gynecologist Mahkam Tohirovna Pulodova was

born into a family of workers in Samarqand on February 25, 1928. She

received her early education in the Russian schools of the region. She

joined the CPSU in 1952.

Pulodova graduated from Tajikistan State Medical Institute in 1949.

From 1950 to 1953, she was a graduate student, and from 1954 to 1957,

an employee of Tajikistan State Medical Institute. Then, between 1958

and 1962, she was Acting Minister of Health and Well-Being. From

1962 to 1965, she was an Assistant Professor and Senior Scientific

Worker. She became a Doctor of Medicine in 1967, and a professor in

1968. From 1968 to 1970, she was Prorector of Scientific Affairs. In

1971, she was the Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecol-

ogy of the Tajikistan State Medical Institute until she retired.

Pulodova's research deals with the effects of high altitude on preg-

nant women, and with the physiology of girls reaching the age of pu-

berty. Her contributions include Beremennost' i sviortivaiushchaya sis-

tema krovi v usloviyakh sukhikh subtropikov Tadzhikistana (Pregnancy

and the Principles for Blood Coagulation in Tajikistan's Dry, Subtropic

Conditions, Dushanbe, 1970) and Gumoral’nie aspekti immu-

nologicheskogo protsesa v rannem ontogeneze (The Humoral Aspects

of the Immunological Process in the Early Ontogenesis, Dushanbe,

1979).

Pulodova was recognized as a Distinguished Scientist of the Repub-

lic in 1978. Pulodova also received the Red Banner of Labor and sev-

eral medals. Pulodova has traveled to India, Italy, and Iran.