Eleanor Zaimis

Eleanor Christides Zaimis (16 June 1915 – 3 October 1982) was a Greek-British academic who was professor at Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, often referred to as "Nora".[1] She was the recipient of the 1959 Gairdner Foundation International Award for study of methonium compounds and other pharmacology contributions.[2]

Eleanor Christides Zaimis
Born
Eleanor Christides

16 June 1915
Galați, Romania
Died3 October 1982
Athens, Greece
Alma materUniversity of Athens
AwardsCameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1956)
Gairdner Foundation International Award (1959)
Scientific career
FieldsPharmacology

Zaimis was elected to the British Pharmacological Society Hall of Fame.

Early life and education

Zaimis was born in Galați, Romania.[3] She was educated at the Greek Gymnasium and graduated in medicine at the University of Athens in 1938.[4]

Career

In 1947, she went to England as a British Council scholar. After working briefly as a research assistant in the department of pharmacology at Bristol University and later at the National Institute for Medical Research, she moved to the department of pharmacology at the school of pharmacy, University of London. In 1956, she was awarded the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh.

References
  1. British Medical Journal obituary
  2. Gairdner Foundation International Award page for Eleanor Zaimis
  3. "Eleanor Zaimis". British Pharmacological Society. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. Hudson, Briony; Boylan, Maureen (8 June 2013). The School of Pharmacy, University of London: Medicines, Science and Society, 1842-2012. Academic Press. ISBN 9780124076907.



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