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Siminovitch, Louis was born on May 1, 1920 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Nathan and Goldie (Wachman) Siminovitch.
Siminovitch, Louis was born on May 1, 1920 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Nathan and Goldie (Wachman) Siminovitch.
Bachelor of Science, McGill University, 1941;Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, 1944;D honoris causa, Memorial U., 1978;D honoris causa, McMaster U., 1978;D honoris causa, U. Montreal, 1990;D honoris causa, McGill University, 1990;D honoris causa, U. Western Ontario, 1990;D honoris causa, U. Toronto, 1995.
Member of staff, National Research Council Canada, 1944-1947;Canadian Royal Society fellow, Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1947-1949;member of staff, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, 1949-1953;National Cancer Institute Canada fellow, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1953-1956;assistant professor department medical biophysics, U. Toronto, 1956-1958;associate professor medical biophysics, U. Toronto, 1958-1960;professor medical biophysics, U. Toronto, 1960-1985;professor Institute Medical Science, U. Toronto, 1968-1985;professor department medical cell. biology, U. Toronto, 1969-1985;department chairman medical cell biology, U. Toronto, 1969-1972;associate professor pediatrics, U. Toronto, 1972-1978;medical genetics, U. Toronto, 1972-1979;university professor, U. Toronto, 1976-1985;university professor emeritus, U. Toronto, since 1985;director research Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute,, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, 1985-1994;director emeritus Samuel Lunendfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, since 1994. Scientist division biological research Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, 1956-1969, head microbiology section division biological research, 1957-1963, head division biological research, 1963-1969. Geneticist-in-chief Hospital Sick Children, Toronto, 1970-1985.
Member virology and rickettsiology section National Institutes of Health, 1966-1968. Member healthresearch committee Ontario Council Health, 1966-1982. Member panel section National Cancer Institute, Canada, 1965-1969, member research advisory group, 1969-1974, chairman, 1970-1972, board directors 1975-1985, president 1982-1984.
Board directors Canada Weizmann Institute Science, since 1972. Member of advisory board Ontario Mental Health Foundation, 1974-1978. Chairman Ontario Health Research and Development Committee, 1974-1982.
Task force on genetic services Ontario Ministry Health, 1974-1976. Member Ontario Task Force On HealthResearch Requirements, 1974-1976. Member grants committee for cancer, growth and differentiation Medical Research Council Canada, 1967-1970, member grants committee for genetics, 1971-1974, Chairman of Commission on guidelines for Recombinant DNA, 1975-1977, member executive, 1977-1983.
Board directors Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, 1975-1982. Member United Church Canada General Council Commision on Genetic Engineering, 1974-1978. Mem Killam selection committee The Canada Council, 1975-1978.
Board advisors Clinical Research Institute Montreal Center Bioethics, 1976-1980. Member of advisory commission on genetic services Ontario Ministry Health, 1976-1982. Member Science Coun.Can., 1976-1980.
Member Ontario Council Health, 1976-1982. Member board science counsellors National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1978-1983. G. Malcolm Brown Memorial lecturer Royal College Physicians and Surgeons, 1978.
Board directors Cancer Care Ontario (formerly Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation), 1979-1993, chairman research advisory panel, 1986-1998, member Executive Committee, board directors, 1991-1993. Member Alfred P. Sloan Junior selection committee General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, 1980-1981, 83-84. National board directors Canadian Cancer Society, 1981-1984.
Member science advisory board Huntingtons Society Canada, 1984-1989. Advising committee College Biological Sciences, Guelph, Ontario, 1986-1990. Member research county Canada Institute Advanced Research, Toronto, 1982-1991, chairman advising committee evolutionary biology, 1986-1993.
Member medical advisory board The Gairdner Foundation, 1983-1993. Member of the Board of Governors Baycrest Centre Geriatric Care, since 1987, board directors. Chairman external advising committee Leob Institute Medical Research, since 1987.
Chairman advisory board Allelix, Inc., 1987-1991. Member science technical services sub-committee Science Council Canada, 1988-1989. Chairman steering committee for evaluation of Medical Research Council grants program Medical Research Council, Ottawa, 1989-1991.
Chairman science advising committee Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, since 1990, Phagetech, since 1998. Member Canada Institute Academy Medicine, since 1992. Member Montreal Neurological Institute advisory board Montreal, since 1992.
Special advisory research to dean School Medicine U.Toronto, since 1994, chairman program advising committee, science advising committee Tanenbaum Chairs, since 1995. With science advisory board Medical Discoveries Fund, since 1994. Board directors Glycodesign, Toronto, 1995-1996, member science advising committee, since 1996.
Member science and medical advisory board Hybrisens, Ltd., Toronto, since 1995. Member science advisory board Apoptogen, since 1995, GeminX, since 1997, Genesense Technologies, since 1998, Ottawa General Hospital Research Institute, since 1998. Member review panel research resources program medical scholars Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1995.
Chairman science advisory board Bioniche, since 1996. Board directors U. Medical Discoveries, Inc., since 1996. Member neuro advisory county Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, since 1997.
Chairman science advanced.com. Phegetech, since 1998.
Fellow Royal Society Canada (member Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome study steering committee 1987-1988, member of advisory commission on evaluation research 1989-1992, Centennial medal 1967, Flavellemedal 1978), Royal Society London.
Married Elinore Esther Faierman, July 2, 1944 (deceased 1995). Children: Harriet Jane, Katherine Anne, Margo Ruth.