Harold Copp

Douglas Harold Copp
Born	(1915-01-16)January 16, 1915 Toronto, Ontario
Died
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	University of British Columbia
Alma mater	University of Toronto University of California, Berkeley
Notable awards	Gairdner Foundation International Award (1967) Flavelle Medal (1972)

Douglas Harold Copp, CC FRSC (January 16, 1915 – March 17, 1998) was a Canadian scientist who discovered and named the hormone calcitonin, which is used in the treatment of bone disease.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received his M.D. from the University of Toronto in 1939 and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1943. In 1950 he became the first head of the physiology department in the newly established Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.

He was a Fellow of both the Royal Society (elected 1971) and the Royal Society of Canada.

Honours

• In 1971 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1980.
• In 1972 he was awarded the Flavelle Medal Award of the Royal Society of Canada.
• In 1973 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Sciences from the University of Ottawa.
• In 1980 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Sciences from the University of British Columbia.
• In 1994 he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
• In 2000 he was inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame.

References

• Office of the Governor General of Canada. Order of Canada citation. Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 26 May 2010