The Chinese-American scientist Evelyn Hu (born 1947), Wu's only female protege of Chinese origin in her latter years, is currently the sole woman of Chinese ancestry to be a fellow of both the US National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.
美籍華裔科學家胡玲（1947-）是吳健雄晚年唯一嫡傳的女性華人弟子，也是當代最傑出，且目前唯一擁有美國國家科學院與工程院雙院士榮譽的女性華人。