Janet Simpson Ferguson Niven FCPath, (20 August 1902 – 15 July 1974) was a British histologist and pathologist. Janet Niven graduated from the University of Glasgow with a first class Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree in 1925. She was the first woman to win the Brunton Memorial Prize, awarded to the most distinguished medical graduate each year. During her time working at the University of Glasgow, she was awarded the Faulds Research Fellowship (1924 - 1928), the McCunn Scholarship (1928 - 1940), and the Carnegie Research Fellowship (1940 - 1942). In 1932, she was awarded an MD for her research on tissue culture and became a lecturer in the Pathology Department (1932-1946), as well as working as an assistant pathologist at the Western Infirmary. In 1967, she was awarded an honorary L