death_date birth_place awards fields workplaces birth_date article_title name alma_mater
17 march 1998 toronto , ontario gairdner foundation international award -lrb- 1967 -rrb- flavelle medal biochemistry university of british columbia 16 january 1915 harold copp
 douglas harold copp university of toronto university of california , berkeley
harold copp

douglas harold copp , -lrb- january 16 , 1915 -- march 17 , 1998 -rrb- 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 -lrb- elected 1971 -rrb- and the royal society of canada .
