Brenda Gallie
Brenda Gallie | |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Michael Jewett |
| Academic background | |
| Education | MD, 1969, Queen's University at Kingston |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Sick Kids Hospital |
| Main interests | Retinoblastoma |
Brenda Louise Gallie CM OOnt is a Canadian ophthalmologist. She is the Head of the Retinoblastoma Program in the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences.
Early life and education
[edit]Gallie completed her medical degree at Queen's University at Kingston in 1969. Following this, she completed her residency and fellowship training at the University of Toronto and a second research fellowship in Immunology and Cancer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.[1]
Career
[edit]Upon completing her fellowships, Gallie joined Sick Kids Hospital where she made numerous discoveries about the cancer retinoblastoma.[1] In January 1988, Gallie collaborated with Drs. Robert Phillips and Andy Becker to set up a Retinoblastoma Group in Toronto.[2] This eventually led to the discovery of a new therapy for retinoblastoma.[3] She discovered the fundamental principles of tumor suppressor genes and developed a new methodology to identify the RB1 gene.[1] These tests accurately identified children at risk of developing retinoblastoma before they are born.[4] In 1999, following the discovery of academic misconduct by Gideon Koren, Gallie moved her laboratory to Princess Margaret Hospital. She then opened her laboratory at Toronto Western Hospital a year later.[5] By 2006, Gallie put forward a National Strategy to optimize care for retinoblastoma in Canada. She was also named a Member of the Order of Ontario for being an expert in the treatment of retinoblastoma and contributing to the health care of Canadians.[4]
In 2013, Gallie led a research team that discovered a new and potentially less life-threatening form of retinoblastoma.[6] The following year, Gallie was named a Member of the Order of Canada for her "contributions to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of retinoblastoma, a childhood eye cancer."[7] She was also recognized with the 2018 Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research[8] and the 2019 Collaborative Leadership Research Grant from the non-profit Uplifting Athletes.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Gallie is married to urologist Michael Jewett.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Brenda Gallie". Sick Kids. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ "Pledge to help in Terry Fox run". Houston Today. September 14, 1988. Retrieved February 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Insulin100". University of Toronto. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "Order of Ontario appointments announced". Government of Ontario. December 12, 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ Patrick, Kelly (January 9, 2006). "Families fight for eye clinic". National Post. Retrieved February 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "New form of child's eye tumour identified". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. March 13, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ "Dr. Brenda Louise Gallie". Government of Canada. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ "The Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research". rbcanadaresearch.com. 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ "Dr. Brenda Gallie to receive Collaborative Leadership Research Grant at 2019 Young Investigator Draft presented by CSL Behring". Uplifting Athletes. February 26, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ "Prizes and Progress in Urology". The Surgical Spotlight. Winter 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Brenda Gallie publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Living people
- Canadian ophthalmologists
- 20th-century Canadian women physicians
- 21st-century Canadian women physicians
- 21st-century Canadian women scientists
- 20th-century Canadian women scientists
- Members of the Order of Canada
- Members of the Order of Ontario
- Queen's University at Kingston alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Toronto