Bernard Brodie Scientist

Bernard Beryl Brodie (1907 – 1989), a leading researcher on drug therapy, is considered by many to be the founder of modern pharmacology and brought the field to prominence in the 1940s and 1950s. He was a major figure in the field of drug metabolism, the study of how drugs interact in the body and how they are absorbed. A member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Brodie was a founder and former chief of the Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology at the National Heart Institute of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1907
Birth place
Liverpool , United Kingdom
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1989
Place of death
Charlottesville Virginia
Education
McGill University
New York University

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Scientist

awards
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
National Academy of Sciences
National Medal of Science
Field of study
Pharmacology

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