Douglas Harold Copp
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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.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Douglas Harold Copp was born in Toronto, Ontario, on January 16, 1915.[1]
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.
Career
[edit | edit source]In 1950 Copp became the first head of the physiology department in the newly-established Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.[2]
Recognition, honours and legacy
[edit | edit source]- 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 elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
- In 1971 he was elected fellow of both the Royal Society
- 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 1980 he was made Companion of the Order of Canada[5]
- 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.[6]
- From 2001 until 2009, the International Bone and Mineral Society awarded the biennial D. Harold Copp Award, named in honour of Copp.[7]
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Categories:
- 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