Background
Murphy, Beverley Elaine Pearson was born on March 15, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daughter of Ernest Wallace and Edith (Johnson) Pearson.
Murphy, Beverley Elaine Pearson was born on March 15, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daughter of Ernest Wallace and Edith (Johnson) Pearson.
Bachelor of Arts, University Toronto, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, University Toronto, 1956; Master of Science, McGill University, Canada, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, Canada, 1964.
Rotating interne, Toronto General Hospital, 1956-1957;
research fellow, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1957-1959;
resident in medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1959-1961;
research fellow, Queen Mary Veterans Hospital, Montreal, 1961-1964;
director endocrinology laboratory, Queen Mary Veterans Hospital, Montreal, 1964-1978;
consultant in endocrinology, Queen Mary Veterans Hospital, Montreal, 1970-1973;
assistant, associate obstetrician & gynecologist, Montreal General Hospital, 1972-1979;
director reproductive physiology unit, Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, since 1972;
senior physician, senior obstetrician and gynecologist, Montreal General Hospital, since 1979;
medical scientist, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, since 1981;
lecturer, assistant, associate professor medicine, McGill University, Montreal, 1964-1974;
professor, McGill University, Montreal, since 1975;
professor obstetrics and gynecology, McGill University, Montreal, since 1979;
associate member department physiology, McGill University, Montreal, since 1981;
professor psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, since 1985. Lecturer in the United States, Federal Republic of Germany, England, France, Mexico, India, Italy, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada. Organizer Satellite Symposium, International Congress Endocrinology, McGill University, 1982, Symposium on Psychoendocrinology, McGill University, 1989.
Reviewer grant applications for Medical Research Council Canada, Fonds de la recherche en Santé du Qué, March of Dimes, Ontario Mental Health Foundation, Canada Heart Foundation, Canada LiverFound., National Science Foundation, B.C. Health Scis. Career investigator Medical Research Council Canada, 1968-1994.
Fellow Royal Society Canada. Member American College of Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation, Endocrine Society, Canada Association Medical Biochemists, Canada Society Clinical Investigation, Canada Society Endocrinology and Metabolism (secretary-treasurer 1984-1989), Canada Investigators in Reproduction, Canada Bio-chemical Society, Montreal Physiological Society (president 1972-1973, 73-74), Quebec Association Laboratory Physicians, Society Obstetricians and Gynecologists Canada, Syndicat Professionel des Médecins Endocrinologues du Québec, Association Women in Science.
Married David Raymond Murphy, June 15, 1958. Children: Madeleine, Catherine.