Irene Ayako Uchida
Genetics
World-famous Down syndrome researcher "Do your best no matter what you do even if it's a menial job." |
- Birthdate
- April 8, 1917
- Birthplace
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Residence
- Burlington, Ontario
- Family Members
- Father: Sentaro
- Mother: Shizuko
- Personality
- Hard worker, feisty, jovial, gracious
- Favorite Music
- Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
- Other Interests
- Violin, piano, art, photography
- Title
- Professor Emeritus, Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, McMaster University. Director of Cytogenetics, Oshawa General Hospital
- Office
- Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
- Status
- Retired
- Degrees
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- BA, University of Toronto, Ontario, 1946
- PhD, University of Toronto, Ontario, 1951
- Awards
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- Ramsay Wright Scholar, University of Toronto, 1947
- Woman of the Century, National Council of Jewish Women, 1967
- Manitoba Annual Queen Elizabeth II Lectures, Canadian Pediatric Society, first invited speaker, Children’s Hospital, Winnipeg, 1967
- Named one of 25 Outstanding Women, International Women’s Year, Ontario, 1975
- Canadian Women of Note 1867-1967, Media club of Canada and Women’s Press Club of Toronto, 1983
- Officer of the Order of Canada, 1993
- Mentor
Curt Stern, geneticist, and Bruce Chown, blood group specialist
- Last Updated
- June 27, 2011
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