Douglas Harold Copp | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 16, 1915 Toronto, Ontario |
| Died | March 17, 1998 (aged 83) |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto University of California, Berkeley |
| Awards | Gairdner Foundation International Award (1967) Flavelle Medal (1972) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia |
Douglas Harold Copp CC FRS FRSC (January 16, 1915 – March 17, 1998) was a Canadian scientist who discovered and named the hormone calcitonin, which is used in the treatment of bone disease.[1]
Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received his MD from the University of Toronto in 1939 and his PhD in biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1943. In 1950 he became the first head of the physiology department in the newly established Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.[2]
In 1967 he received the Gardner International Award jointly with the British endocrinologist Iain Macintyre who had sequenced calcitonin and showed it originated in the thyroid gland.[3] He was a Fellow of both the Royal Society (elected 1971) and the Royal Society of Canada.
Honours
- In 1971 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1980.[4]
- In 1972 he was awarded the Flavelle Medal Award of the Royal Society of Canada.[2]
- In 1994 he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.[2]
- In 2000 he was inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame.[5]
References
- ↑ "Dr. Douglas Copp | Canadian Medical Hall of Fame". www.cdnmedhall.org. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- 1 2 3 "UBC Archives - Senate Tributes - C". www.library.ubc.ca. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ Martin, T. John (2012-12-31). "Iain MacIntyre. 30 August 1924 — 18 September 2008". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 58: 179–201. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2011.0025.
- ↑ The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. "The Governor General of Canada". archive.gg.ca. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame: The Hall Archived 2014-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, Canada Science and Technology Museum.
Office of the Governor General of Canada. Order of Canada citation. Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 26 May 2010