Background
She went to visit her mother and sister who were in Japan at the time, and was able to catch a ship out of Japan prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 1941.
researcher cytogenetics educator
She went to visit her mother and sister who were in Japan at the time, and was able to catch a ship out of Japan prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 1941.
Bachelor, University Toronto, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, University Toronto, 1951. Doctor of Science honoris causa, University Western Ontario, 1996.
Research associate Hospital Sick Children, Toronto, 1951-1959. Director medical genetics Children's Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1960-1969. Assistant professor University Manitoba, 1963-1967, associate professor, 1967-1969.
Director cytogentics laboratory McMaster University Medical Center, Hamilton, Ontario, 1969-1991. Professor pediatrics, pathology McMaster University, 1969-1985, professor emeritus, since 1985. Director cytogenetics Oshawa (Ontario) General Hospital, 1991-1995.
Member science advisory committee Institute for Basic Research, Staten Island, New York, since 1984. Visiting scientist Medical Research Council Canada, University London and Harwell Radiobiol. Research Unit, 1969; visiting professor Medical Research Council Canada, University Western Ontario, 1973.
Member Science Council Canada, Ottawa, 1970-1973. Member of advisory committee Ontario MinistryHealth, Toronto, 1979-1985. Fellow Canada College Medical Geneticists (emeritus 1992, Founder's award 1995), American College Medical Genetics (emeritus 1993).
Member American Society Human Genetics (president 1968), Peruvian Society Medical Genetics (honorary).