The Story
Collip became a medical researcher after obtaining his PhD from UofT. At Banting’s request, Collip was asked to join the team investigating the internal secretion of the pancreas. A skillful biochemist, he produced the first insulin suitable for use on human beings. With Best and Banting, he was one of the original patentees of insulin, and in 1923 received a one-quarter share of the Nobel Prize money awarded to Banting and J. J. R. MacLeod. He contributed to endocrinological research and was one of the first to isolate the parathyroid hormone. In 1928 he became professor of biochemistry at McGill University in Montreal, where for the next decade he and his students were leaders in endocrinology, pioneering in the isolation and study of the ovarian and gonadotrophic hormones. Collip left McGill in 1947 to become Dean of Medicine at Western Ontario. In 1994, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
Sources: The Canadian Encyclopedia 1988
The Person
- Birthdate
- November 20, 1892
- Birthplace
- Bellville, Ontario
- Date of Death
- June 19, 1965
- Place of Death
- London, Ontario
- Status
- Deceased
- Degrees
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- PhD (Biochem), University of Toronto
- MD
- Last Updated
- August 30, 2004
- Popularity
- 30312
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