Douglas Harold Copp
Douglas Harold Copp | |
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| 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 CoppCCFRSFRSC(January 16, 1915 – March 17, 1998) was a Canadian scientist who discovered and named the hormonecalcitonin,which is used in the treatment of bone disease.
Early life and education[edit]
Douglas Harold Copp was born inToronto,Ontario,on January 16, 1915.[1]
He received his MD from theUniversity of Torontoin 1939 and his PhD in biochemistry from theUniversity of California at Berkeleyin 1943.
Career[edit]
In 1950 Copp became the first head of the physiology department in the newly-established Faculty of Medicine at theUniversity of British Columbia.[2]
Recognition, honours and legacy[edit]
- In 1967 he received the Gardner International Award jointly with the British endocrinologistIain Macintyrewho had sequenced calcitonin and showed it originated in the thyroid gland.[3]
- He was elected fellow of theRoyal Society of Canada.
- In 1971 he was elected fellow of both theRoyal Society
- In 1971 he was made an Officer of theOrder of Canadaand was promoted to Companion in 1980.[4]
- In 1972 he was awarded theFlavelle MedalAward of the Royal Society of Canada.[2]
- In 1980 he was madeCompanion of the Order of Canada[5]
- In 1994 he was inducted into theCanadian Medical Hall of Fame.[2]
- In 2000 he was inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame.[6]
- From 2001 until 2009, theInternational Bone and Mineral Societyawarded the biennial D. Harold Copp Award, named in honour of Copp.[7]
References[edit]
- ^Hill, Krista (2011)."Douglas Harold Copp fonds"(PDF).Compiled by Krista Hill (2007); Revised by Jennifer Pecho (2009), and Emma Wendel (2010); Last revised October 2011.University of British ColumbiaArchives.
- ^abc"UBC Archives - Senate Tributes - C".library.ubc.ca.RetrievedMay 12,2016.
- ^Martin, T. John (December 31, 2012)."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.Archived fromthe originalon March 30, 2022.RetrievedMay 12,2016.
- ^"Douglas Harold Copp, MD".CMHF.January 16, 1915.RetrievedApril 2,2024.
- ^"The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame: The Hall".Archived fromthe originalon November 9, 2014.,Canada Science and Technology Museum.
- ^"IBMS Society Awards".IBMS.RetrievedApril 2,2024.
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- 1915 births
- 1998 deaths
- Canadian biochemists
- Companions of the Order of Canada
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Canadian Fellows of the Royal Society
- Scientists from Toronto
- Academic staff of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine
- UC Berkeley College of Chemistry alumni
- University of Toronto alumni
- 20th-century Canadian biologists