Charles Scriver

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Charles Robert Scriver (born November 7, 1930 in Montreal ) is a Canadian pediatrician and geneticist .

Life

Charles Scriver's parents were both doctors. His mother was in the first year women were allowed to study medicine at McGill University in Montreal.

Scriver earned a bachelor's degree from McGill University in 1951 and MDCM (comparable to the MD ) as a degree in medicine in 1955 . He worked as an assistant doctor at McGill University and Harvard University before moving to London in 1958 as a research assistant to Charles Dent and Harry Harris . In 1961, Scriver moved back to McGill University, where he founded the deBelle Laboratory for Human Biochemical Genetics, a research facility at Montreal Children's Hospital at McGill University Health Center . In 1969 he received a professorship for paediatrics , and in 1978 for human genetics . Most recently, he also held professorships for biochemistry and biology . In 2009, Scriver retired.

Scriver has been married to Esther Pierce since 1956. The couple have four children.

Act

Scriver has made a significant contribution to the detection and treatment of congenital metabolic disorders . Scriver's early work focused primarily on transport systems for amino acids and phosphates, as well as the hereditary diseases caused by disorders of these systems. He later obtained vitamin D fortification of dairy products to prevent rickets in Canada and installed programs for the early detection of phenylketonuria and other congenital metabolic disorders in newborns ( newborn screening ). Further work dealt with the population genetics of Canada and bioinformatics .

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Charles Scriver at the Royal Society of Canada (rsc-src.ca); Retrieved April 27, 2013
  2. ^ Past Recipients at the American Society of Human Genetics (ashg.org); Retrieved April 27, 2013
  3. ^ CR Scriver: The William Allan Memorial Award address: On phosphate transport and genetic screening. "Understanding backward-living forward" in human genetics. In: American Journal of Human Genetics . Volume 31, Number 3, May 1979, pp. 243-263, ISSN  0002-9297 . PMID 380328 . PMC 1685785 (free full text). (Review).
  4. ↑ Charles R. Scriver MDCM, FRSC, FRCP (C), FCCMG in Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); Retrieved April 27, 2013
  5. ^ A b Charles Robert Scriver, CC, MDCM, D.Sc., FRSC with the Governor General of Canada (gg.ca); Retrieved April 27, 2013
  6. ^ Charles Scriver. Royal Society , accessed December 17, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Charles Scriver, D.Sc., May 27, 1992 at the University of Manitoba (umanitoba.ca); Retrieved April 27, 2013
  8. ↑ Scriver, Charles R. to the Québec Government (gouv.qc.ca); Retrieved April 27, 2013
  9. ↑ Pierre Dansereau, Charles Robert Scriver inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame at technomuses.ca ( Memento from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Dr. Charles Scriver at the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (cdnmedhall.org); Retrieved February 20, 2016
  11. ↑ Geneticist urges grads to look after Mother Earth at the University of Western Ontario (uwo.ca); Retrieved April 27, 2013
  12. ^ Russell W Chesney: Introduction of the American Pediatric Society's 2010 John Howland Award Recipient, Charles R. Scriver, MDCM. In: Pediatric Research . 69, 2011, pp. 573-575, doi: 10.1203 / PDR.0b013e31821aac5d .
  13. ^ Charles R Scriver: American Pediatric Society's 2010 John Howland Award Acceptance Lecture: Some Things Considered. In: Pediatric Research. 69, 2011, pp. 576-577, doi: 10.1203 / PDR.0b013e31821aac74 .
personal data
SURNAME Scriver, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scriver, Charles R .; Scriver, Charles Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian pediatrician and human geneticist
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal