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.
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 |
Early life and education
editDouglas 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
editIn 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- 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]
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 Columbia Archives.
- ^ a b c "UBC Archives - Senate Tributes - C". www.library.ubc.ca. Retrieved May 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 from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ^ "Douglas Harold Copp, MD". CMHF. January 16, 1915. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ "The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame: The Hall". Archived from the original on November 9, 2014., Canada Science and Technology Museum.
- ^ "IBMS Society Awards". IBMS. Retrieved April 2, 2024.