Charles Scriver
Charles Scriver | |
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| Born | Charles Robert Scriver November 7, 1930 |
| Died | April 7, 2023(aged 92) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Known for | Inborn errors of metabolism |
| Awards | E. Mead Johnson Award(1968) William Allan Award(1978) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pediatrics Biochemical genetics |
| Institutions | McGill University |
Charles Robert ScriverCCGOQFRSFRSC(November 7, 1930 – April 7, 2023) was a Canadianpediatricianandbiochemical geneticist.His work focused oninborn errors of metabolismand led in establishing a Canada-wide newbornmetabolicscreening program.
Early life and education[edit]
Born inMontreal,Quebec,Scriver graduated with aBachelor of Artsin 1951 and from the Faculty of Medicine ofMcGill Universityin 1955.
Scientific career[edit]
Scriver was appointed to the Department of Paediatrics at McGill and as a Markle scholar in 1961, becoming a professor in pediatrics in 1969. He was the Samuel Rudin Distinguished Visiting Professorship atColumbia Universityfrom 1979 to 1980 and was the Alva professor Emeritus of Human Genetics in the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University.
In 1969 he discovered thatricketscould be caused byvitamin D deficiencyamong poorer children who drank bottled milk instead of infant formula. He persuaded Quebec suppliers to add vitamin D to their milk, leading to a decrease in the rate of rickets.[1]
Scriver played a critical role in developing scientific and ethical policies associated with the international Human Genome Project - created to decode more than three billion DNA base pairs and identify all human genes.[2][3]
Scriver was co-editor of the authoritative multi-volume textbook entitledThe Metabolic & Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease,published by McGraw-Hill.
Death[edit]
Scriver died in Montreal on April 7, 2023, at the age of 92.[4]
Honours[edit]
- He was awarded the McLaughlin medal from the Royal Society of Canada in 1981.
- In 1985 he was made an Officer of theOrder of Canada
- In 1991, he was elected a Fellow of theRoyal Society.
- In 1995, he was awarded the Government of Quebec'sPrix Wilder-Penfield.
- In 1996 he was promoted to Companion of theOrder of Canada
- He was the 1996 recipient of theCanadian Medical AssociationMedal of Service, awarded to a physician who has made "an exceptional and outstanding contribution to the advancement of health care in Canada."
- In 1997 he was made a Grand Officer of theNational Order of Quebec.
- In 2001 he was inducted into theCanadian Medical Hall of Fame.
- In 2001, he was inducted into theCanadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame.[5]
- In 2008, he was awarded the Paediatric Academic Leadership Award for Clinical Investigation by the Paediatric Chairs of Canada[6]
- In 2010, he was honored by the American Pediatric Society with the 2010 John Howland Award
- In 2010, he was awarded thePollin Prize for Pediatric Research
- He received honorary Doctor of Science degrees from theUniversity of Manitoba,Glasgow Universityand theUniversité de Montréal.
Honorary degrees[edit]
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- The University of Western OntarioinLondon,Ontario;Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) June 13, 2007[7]
References[edit]
- ^Leung, Wency (5 May 2023)."Dr. Charles Scriver was a pioneer of medical genetics".The Globe and Mail.Retrieved10 January2024.
after discovering vitamin D deficiency was the cause of rickets among poorer children who were fed milk instead of infant formula, Dr. Scriver enlisted the help of Arnold Steinberg of Steinberg's grocery chain to demand that Quebec milk suppliers add vitamin D
- ^Western University 2007 Convocation
- ^Leung, Wency (5 May 2023)."Dr. Charles Scriver was a pioneer of medical genetics".The Globe and Mail.Retrieved10 January2024.
Scriver also played a role in initiating The Human Genome Project,... In 1986, while at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the U.S., he brought together key researchers and funders for a meeting to pursue the project,
- ^"In memoriam: Charles R. Scriver".McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.April 18, 2023.RetrievedApril 19,2023.
- ^Pierre Dansereau, Charles Scriver Inducted Into The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of FameArchived2013-10-17 at theWayback Machine,News Release, Canada Science and Technology Museum, November 8, 2001.
- ^"Pediatric Chairs of Canada".paediatricchairs.ca.RetrievedAugust 26,2020.
- ^UWO List of Honorary degreesArchived2012-02-12 at theWayback Machine
- "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry".University of Toronto Press.RetrievedOctober 13,2006.[permanent dead link]
- Fedak, George; Kim, Nam-Soo (May 2008). "Canadian Pioneers. Dr. Charles Robert Scriver".Genome.51(5): iii–iv.doi:10.1139/g08-914.PMID18595221.
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