Background
Stanbury, John Bruton was born on May 15, 1915 in Clinton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter A. and Zula (Bruton) Stanbury.
(The Iodine Trail takes the reader from Dr. Stanbury's ear...)
The Iodine Trail takes the reader from Dr. Stanbury's early days at his research laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston to his groundbreaking observations of the impact on man of iodine deficiency in Mendoza, Argentina. The book recounts his medical research and travels across South America, adventures in the Sahara, and studies in Central Africa, Thailand, across India, China, New Guinea and beyond. Along the way he encountered a series of unexpected challenges, from tropical infections to wild animals, and was often accompanied as a colleague by his wife, Jean. Part medical history, part travelogue, The Iodine Trail details Dr. Stanbury's scientific contributions at the molecular, cellular, community and global levels and captures his exciting spirit of exploration. The many lessons learned on his remarkable journey are still relevant and inspiring for doctors, scientists, and interested armchair travellers today.
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Stanbury, John Bruton was born on May 15, 1915 in Clinton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter A. and Zula (Bruton) Stanbury.
AB, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1935. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1939. Doctor honoris causa, University Leiden, Netherlands, 1975.
Doctor honoris causa, University Pisa, Italy, 1994. Doctor honoris causa, University Cuyo, Argentina, 2005.
House officer Massachusetts General Hospital, 1940-1941, assistant resident, 1946, chief medical resident, 1948, member medical staff, since 1949. Research fellow pharmacology Harvard Medical School, 1947. Visiting professor medicine University Leiden, 1955.
Professor experimental medicine Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1966-1980, emeritus, since 1980. Consultant Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, United States Atomic Energy Commission.
(The Iodine Trail takes the reader from Dr. Stanbury's ear...)
Served from lieutenant (junior grade) to Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945. Member American Association Physicians, Society Clinical Investigation, American Thyroid Association (president 1969), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Endocrine Society, Endocrine Societies Finland, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Argentina, International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (chair emeritus).
Married Jean F. Cook, January 6, 1945. Children: John Bruton, Martha Jean, Sarah Katherine, David McNeill, Pamela Cook.