Patricia Baird
Patricia Ann Baird | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 October 1939 |
| Awards | Order of Canada Order of British Columbia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | geneticist |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia |
Patricia Ann Baird, OC OBC (born 11 October 1939)[1] is a British geneticist active in Canada. Her research has specialized on the relationship between medical technology and ethics.[2]
Born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, the daughter of Harold and Winifred Cainen Holt, she was educated at the Queen Mary School for Girls in Lytham, Lancashire. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University in 1959 and a M.D., C.M. in 1963. She married Robert Merrifield Baird in 1964. They had three children, Jennifer, Brian and Bruce Baird.[3]
She is a University Distinguished Professor, Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia.[4] She was Chair of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies.[2]
Honours
In 1992, she was made a Member of the Order of British Columbia.[5] In 2000, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition for being "a contributor to science, public policy and the advancement of women".[2] In 2001, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[3] She was presented the Cooper Ornithological Society Harry R. Painton Award in 2013,[6] along with her co-authors Hope M. Draheim and Susan M. Haig, for their paper entitled “Temporal analysis of mtDNA variation reveals decreased genetic diversity in Least Terns”[7] published in The Condor.
References
- ^ Ernest Kay (1990). The World who's who of women: Volume 10.
- ^ a b c "Order of Canada citation".
- ^ a b Elizabeth Lumley. Canadian Who's Who 2002. University of Toronto Press. p. 55.
- ^ "Patricia Baird".
- ^ "Order of British Columbia citation".
- ^ "Harry R. Painton Award 2013, to Hope M. Draheim, Patricia Baird, and Susan M. Haig". The Condor. 116 (1): 148. 2014-01-29. doi:10.1650/CONDOR-13-158.1. ISSN 0010-5422.
- ^ Draheim, Hope M.; Baird, Patricia; Haig, Susan M. (2012-02-01). "Temporal Analysis of mtDNA Variation Reveals Decreased Genetic Diversity in Least Terns". The Condor. 114 (1): 145–154. doi:10.1525/cond.2012.110007. ISSN 0010-5422.
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