Connie Eaves

Connie Jean Eaves, FRSC CorrFRSE (née Constance Halperin; born 22 May 1944), is a biologist with significant contributions to cancer and stem cell research.[2][3] Eaves is a professor generics of genetics at the University of British Columbia[3] and is also the co-founder with Allen C Eaves of Terry Fox Laboratory (Vancouver, Canada).

Connie Jean Eaves
Born
Constance Halperin

22 May 1944
Ottawa, Ontario[1]
EducationQueen's University (BA),(MS)
University of Manchester (PhD)
AwardsFRSC
Royal Society of Canada (2008)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia
WebsiteUniversity website

Education and career

In high school, Eaves was interested in becoming a physician but later decided to pursue into research due to gender discrimination in medical school acceptance rates.[4]

Eaves received a BA in Biology and Chemistry and in 1964 and 1966 an MSc in Biology (Genetics) working on oncogenic viruses from Queen's University.[4] She then pursued doctoral training at the Paterson Laboratories of the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute and obtained a PhD from the University of Manchester in Great Britain in 1969.

She did postdoctoral work on hematopoiesis at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, Canada, as a member of the research team of James Till and Ernest McCulloch.

After completing her studies, moved to British Columbia because she was offered an academic position at the University of British Columbia.[4]

Her contributions to the professional and scholarly community include acting as the editor-in-chief of the journal Experimental Hematology,[5] in addition to serving as the president of the National Cancer Institute (Canada),[6] the associate scientific director of the Canadian Stem Cell Network,[6] and president of the International Society of Experimental Hematology.[6]

Honors and recognition

She is also currently a Professor of Medical Genetics and an Associate Member of Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia[10]

References
  1. http://www.cdnmedhall.org/inductees/connieeaves. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Connie J. Eaves, PhD | Canadian Medical Hall of Fame". www.cdnmedhall.org. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  3. "Cancer cure breakthrough needs more research". Kelowna Capital News. 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  4. "An interview with Dr. Connie Eaves". Regenerative Medicine Cluster Initiative in BC. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  5. "Editorial Board". Experimental Hematology. Elsevier. Retrieved 2017-12-20. Editor-in-Chief, Connie J. Eaves, PhD, British Columbia Cancer Agency and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  6. "Dr. Connie Eaves inducted into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame". www.bccancer.bc.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  7. Donald Metcalf Lecture Award
  8. 2019 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award
  9. "Professor Connie Jean Eaves CorrFRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  10. "Connie J Eaves | Terry Fox Laboratory". www.terryfoxlab.ca. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
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